Best High Schools in South Carolina

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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 (2024 vs 2023)
ID	Rank (of 235)	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	Average Standard Score (2024)	Average Standard Score (2023)	Rank (2023)	Rank Change from 2023	SchoolDigger Rating (2024)
450258000688	101	Andrew Jackson High	Public	9-12	6925 Kershaw-Camden Highway	Kershaw	29067	Lancaster County	Lancaster 01	No	No	No	No	(803) 475-2381	594	44	13.4	61.3%	401 (67.5%)	143 (24.1%)	20 (3.4%)	1 (0.2%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	29 (4.9%)	$12,948	$583	$550	$1,133	$10,207	$1,609	$11,815	49.5	42	124	23
450390101645	102	Riverwalk Academy	Public, Charter, Alternative	K-12	5750 Mount Gallant Road	Rock Hill	29732	York County	School Public Charter School District	Yes	No	No	No	(803) 327-8400	680	65	10.3	20.9%	513 (75.4%)	76 (11.2%)	46 (6.8%)	6 (0.9%)	8 (1.2%)	2 (0.3%)	29 (4.3%)	$9,823	$676	$472	$1,147	$6,355	$2,321	$8,676	49.4	56.4	84	18
450390101646	103	Lowcountry Montessori School	Public, Charter, Alternative	PK, KG-12	749 Broad River Drive	Beaufort	29906	Beaufort County	School Public Charter School District	Yes	No	No	No	(843) 322-0577	388	28	13.7	18.6%	268 (69.1%)	61 (15.7%)	44 (11.3%)	2 (0.5%)	1 (0.3%)	7 (1.8%)	5 (1.3%)	$10,404	$1,312	$335	$1,646	$6,651	$2,107	$8,758	48.8	56.4	83	20
450258001261	104	Buford High	Public	9-12	4290 Tabernacle Road	Lancaster	29720	Lancaster County	Lancaster 01	No	No	No	No	(803) 286-7068	554	44	12.6	55.8%	486 (87.7%)	33 (6.0%)	20 (3.6%)	0 (0.0%)	2 (0.4%)	0 (0.0%)	13 (2.3%)	$14,216	$741	$558	$1,299	$11,391	$1,526	$12,917	48.8	54.1	89	15
450391901604	105	OCSD High School for Health Professions	Public, Charter	9-12	130 Howard Hill Drive	Orangeburg	29118	Orangeburg County	Limestone Charters Association	Yes	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(803) 535-1693	439	27	16.5	0.7%	5 (1.1%)	415 (94.5%)	4 (0.9%)	14 (3.2%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.2%)								48.7	56.2	85	20
450378001772	106	Kingstree High	Public	9-12	615 Martin Luther King Avenue	Kingstree	29556	Williamsburg County	Williamsburg 01	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(843) 355-6525	686	45	15.4	100.0%	32 (4.7%)	626 (91.3%)	9 (1.3%)	6 (0.9%)	2 (0.3%)	0 (0.0%)	11 (1.6%)								48.1	29.1	161	55
450333000902	107	Easley High	Public	9-12	154 Green Wave Boulevard	Easley	29642	Pickens County	Pickens 01	No	No	No	No	(864) 397-3100	1,885	100	18.8	59.7%	1,237 (65.6%)	220 (11.7%)	293 (15.5%)	12 (0.6%)	3 (0.2%)	0 (0.0%)	120 (6.4%)	$9,508	$558	$532	$1,090	$7,280	$1,138	$8,418	48.1	52.3	99	8
450249001595	108	Palmetto Academy of Learning Motorsports (PALM)	Public, Charter	9-12	826 West Cox Ferry Road	Conway	29526	Horry County	Horry 01	Yes	No	No	Yes	(843) 903-6600	190	13	14.6	40.5%	159 (83.7%)	5 (2.6%)	16 (8.4%)	1 (0.5%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	9 (4.7%)	$13,996	$3,200	$163	$3,363	$7,059	$3,574	$10,633	48	27.9	164	56
450153000301	109	Lewisville High	Public	9-12	3971 Lewisville High School Ro	Richburg	29729	Chester County	Chester 01	No	No	No	No	(803) 789-5131	428	31	13.8	100.0%	238 (55.6%)	141 (32.9%)	16 (3.7%)	3 (0.7%)	2 (0.5%)	0 (0.0%)	28 (6.5%)	$14,748	$1,437	$1,220	$2,656	$9,759	$2,332	$12,091	48	45.9	116	7
450264000708	110	Clinton High	Public	9-12	18132 Highway 72 East	Clinton	29325	Laurens County	Laurens 56	No	No	No	No	(864) 833-0817	760	59	12.9	100.0%	370 (48.7%)	289 (38.0%)	61 (8.0%)	5 (0.7%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	35 (4.6%)	$14,463	$1,018	$2,148	$3,166	$9,430	$1,867	$11,297	47.9	44.9	120	10

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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.