Best Elementary Schools in South Carolina for Homeless Students

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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, Homeless 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 SC READY 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 (Homeless vs All Students - 2024)
ID	Rank (of 6)	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 (Homeless)	Statewide Rank Percentile (All Students)	Rank Percentile Difference from All Students	SchoolDigger Rating (Homeless)	SchoolDigger Rating (All Students)
450333000883	1	Crosswell Elementary	Public	PK, KG-5	161 School Road	Easley	29640	Pickens County	Pickens 01	No	No	No	Yes	(864) 397-1600	517	40	12.9	100.0%	311 (60.2%)	28 (5.4%)	141 (27.3%)	1 (0.2%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	36 (7.0%)	$11,073	$1,203	$779	$1,982	$8,177	$914	$9,091	83.3%	61.4%	21.89%
450333000895	2	McKissick Academy of Science and Technology	Public	PK, KG-5	156 McKissick Road	Easley	29640	Pickens County	Pickens 01	No	No	No	Yes	(864) 397-2200	510	35	14.4	100.0%	269 (52.7%)	62 (12.2%)	119 (23.3%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	60 (11.8%)	$10,825	$1,244	$742	$1,987	$7,902	$936	$8,838	66.7%	72.6%	5.90%
450333000890	3	Liberty Elementary	Public	3-5	251 North Hillcrest Street	Liberty	29657	Pickens County	Pickens 01	No	No	No	Yes	(864) 397-2100	448	33	13.6	100.0%	371 (82.8%)	10 (2.2%)	34 (7.6%)	1 (0.2%)	1 (0.2%)	0 (0.0%)	31 (6.9%)	$12,339	$1,730	$938	$2,667	$8,709	$962	$9,672	50.0%	53.0%	2.98%
450333000892	4	Pickens Elementary	Public	PK, KG-5	567 Hampton Avenue	Pickens	29671	Pickens County	Pickens 01	No	No	No	No	(864) 397-2300	501	37	13.6	100.0%	425 (84.8%)	14 (2.8%)	31 (6.2%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	31 (6.2%)	$11,679	$1,126	$647	$1,773	$9,110	$795	$9,905	33.3%	62.2%	28.89%
450354001005	5	Cowpens Elementary	Public	PK, KG-5	341 Foster Street	Cowpens	29330	Spartanburg County	Spartanburg 03	No	No	No	Yes	(864) 279-6300	464	32	14.3	100.0%	301 (64.9%)	49 (10.6%)	75 (16.2%)	6 (1.3%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	33 (7.1%)	$13,473	$1,228	$327	$1,554	$9,709	$2,210	$11,919	16.7%	60.8%	44.15%
450333000894	6	West End Elementary	Public	PK, KG-5	314 Pelzer Highway	Easley	29642	Pickens County	Pickens 01	No	No	No	Yes	(864) 397-2500	663	43	15.2	100.0%	392 (59.1%)	81 (12.2%)	100 (15.1%)	1 (0.2%)	2 (0.3%)	0 (0.0%)	87 (13.1%)	$10,096	$1,323	$704	$2,028	$7,143	$925	$8,068	0.0%	43.1%	43.10%

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About our rankings:

Schooldigger calculates school rankings based on SC READY English Language Arts, SC READY Mathematics 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.