Best High Schools in South Carolina for Military Connected Students

Check out our new feature available only on SchoolDigger: rankings for different groups of students in South Carolina!

Every year, the South Carolina Department of Education shares test results for various student groups in each school. We use these results to find out which schools do best for each group and list them from the best to the worst.

Additionally, we also compare the performance of the subgroup to the performance of the school as a whole. This makes it easy to see if, for example, Military Connected students are overperforming or underperforming their peers in each school.

Year after year, SchoolDigger is always the first to publish South Carolina test scores and rankings. Other sites use stale test score data that are several years old! Be in the know with the very latest performance metrics.

The list is updated annually upon the release of the EOCEP test scores by the South Carolina Department of Education. The most recent update was on Monday, August 19, 2024.

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School															Students/Teachers											Per Pupil Expenditures (2023)							Ranking (Military Connected vs All Students - 2024)
ID	Rank (of 15)	School	Type	Grades	Address	City	Zip	County	District	Is Charter	Is Magnet	Is Virtual	Is Title I	Phone	# Students	Full-time Teachers	Student/ Teacher Ratio	Free/Disc Lunch Recipients	White	Black	Hispanic	Asian	American Indian	Pacific Islander	Two or More Races	Per Pupil Expenditures: Total	Personnel from Federal Funds	Non-Personnel from Federal Funds	Total from Federal Funds	Personnel from State and Local Funds	Non-Personnel from State and Local Funds	Total from State and Local Funds	Statewide Rank Percentile (Military Connected)	Statewide Rank Percentile (All Students)	Rank Percentile Difference from All Students	SchoolDigger Rating (Military Connected)	SchoolDigger Rating (All Students)
450201001508	1	Ashley Ridge High	Public	9-12	9800 Delemar Highway	Summerville	29485	Dorchester County	Dorchester 02	No	No	No	No	(843) 695-4900	2,542	121	21	49.9%	1,472 (57.9%)	675 (26.6%)	212 (8.3%)	21 (0.8%)	5 (0.2%)	2 (0.1%)	155 (6.1%)	$9,900	$786	$710	$1,496	$7,111	$1,293	$8,404	93.3%	78.7%	14.61%
450111001666	2	May River High	Public	9-12	601 New Riverside Road	Bluffton	29910	Beaufort County	Beaufort 01	No	No	No	No	(843) 836-4900	1,601	107	15	25.7%	861 (53.8%)	167 (10.4%)	483 (30.2%)	19 (1.2%)	6 (0.4%)	2 (0.1%)	63 (3.9%)	$12,277	$424	$1,081	$1,505	$8,782	$1,991	$10,772	86.7%	83.0%	3.69%
450201000007	3	Fort Dorchester High	Public	9-12	8500 Patriot Boulevard	North Charleston	29420	Dorchester County	Dorchester 02	No	No	No	No	(843) 760-4450	2,312	129	17.9	62.5%	713 (30.8%)	963 (41.7%)	371 (16.0%)	84 (3.6%)	4 (0.2%)	4 (0.2%)	173 (7.5%)	$10,538	$820	$712	$1,532	$7,460	$1,547	$9,006	80.0%	71.1%	8.94%
450249000244	4	Carolina Forest High	Public	9-12	700 Gardner Lacy Road	Myrtle Beach	29579	Horry County	Horry 01	No	No	No	No	(843) 236-7997	3,059	157	19.5	57.8%	1,942 (63.5%)	372 (12.2%)	524 (17.1%)	63 (2.1%)	7 (0.2%)	3 (0.1%)	148 (4.8%)	$11,330	$660	$1,072	$1,733	$8,283	$1,314	$9,598	73.3%	84.7%	11.35%
450339000928	5	Blythewood High	Public	9-12	10901 Wilson Boulevard	Blythewood	29016	Richland County	Richland 02	No	No	No	No	(803) 691-4090	2,094	133	15.7	39.2%	705 (33.7%)	1,052 (50.2%)	158 (7.5%)	56 (2.7%)	5 (0.2%)	5 (0.2%)	109 (5.2%)	$11,930	$400	$575	$976	$9,130	$1,824	$10,954	66.7%	78.3%	11.63%
450255000665	6	Lugoff-Elgin High	Public	9-12	1284 Highway 1 South	Lugoff	29078	Kershaw County	Kershaw 01	No	No	No	No	(803) 438-3481	1,744	85	20.5	62.4%	1,075 (61.6%)	384 (22.0%)	163 (9.3%)	14 (0.8%)	1 (0.1%)	4 (0.2%)	103 (5.9%)	$10,145	$703	$440	$1,143	$7,344	$1,658	$9,001	60.0%	51.9%	8.09%
450111000147	7	Beaufort High	Public, Magnet	9-12	84 Sea Island Parkway	Beaufort	29907	Beaufort County	Beaufort 01	No	Yes	No	No	(843) 302-2000	1,191	82	14.5	49.3%	503 (42.2%)	470 (39.5%)	124 (10.4%)	22 (1.8%)	7 (0.6%)	3 (0.3%)	62 (5.2%)	$14,950	$649	$1,167	$1,816	$10,761	$2,373	$13,134	53.3%	50.2%	3.12%
450339000975	8	Spring Valley High	Public, Magnet	9-12	120 Sparkleberry Lane	Columbia	29229	Richland County	Richland 02	No	Yes	No	No	(803) 699-3500	2,187	122	17.8	48.6%	496 (22.7%)	1,099 (50.3%)	316 (14.4%)	164 (7.5%)	4 (0.2%)	1 (0.0%)	107 (4.9%)	$11,898	$398	$608	$1,006	$9,068	$1,825	$10,892	46.7%	67.7%	20.99%
450201000402	9	Summerville High	Public	9-12	1101 Boone Hill Road	Summerville	29483	Dorchester County	Dorchester 02	No	No	No	No	(843) 873-6460	3,308	162	20.3	59.3%	1,776 (53.7%)	913 (27.6%)	326 (9.9%)	19 (0.6%)	11 (0.3%)	1 (0.0%)	262 (7.9%)	$9,779	$706	$704	$1,410	$7,003	$1,367	$8,369	40.0%	66.4%	26.38%
450339001606	10	Westwood High	Public, Magnet	9-12	180 Turkey Farm Road	Blythewood	29016	Richland County	Richland 02	No	Yes	No	No	(803) 691-4049	1,684	94	17.9	65.8%	162 (9.6%)	1,295 (76.9%)	129 (7.7%)	12 (0.7%)	3 (0.2%)	3 (0.2%)	80 (4.8%)	$11,584	$308	$671	$979	$8,720	$1,884	$10,605	33.3%	35.3%	1.99%

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About our rankings:

Schooldigger calculates school rankings based on EOCEP Algebra 1/Mathematics for the Technologies 2, EOCEP English 1, EOCEP U.S. History and the Constitution, EOCEP English 2 test scores released by the South Carolina Department of Education.
These rankings were last updated on August 19, 2024, and are based on the most recent test scores available. We update rankings as we receive new test scores from the South Carolina Department of Education, usually on a yearly basis.
Our sources of data include the National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Department of Education and the South Carolina Department of Education.
For more information about our ranking process, please see our Ranking FAQ. Details about our methodology are here.

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SchoolDigger data sources: National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Department of Education, the U.S. Census Bureau and the South Carolina Department of Education.