Best Elementary Schools in South Carolina

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School															Students/Teachers											Per Pupil Expenditures (2023)							Ranking (2024 vs 2023)
ID	Rank (of 638)	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)
450117000156	581	Cainhoy Elementary	Public	PK, KG-5	2434 Cainhoy Road	Huger	29450	Berkeley County	Berkeley 01	No	No	No	Yes	(843) 899-8975	157	9	17	100.0%	8 (5.1%)	126 (80.3%)	14 (8.9%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.6%)	0 (0.0%)	8 (5.1%)	$20,251	$2,373	$1,232	$3,604	$14,489	$2,158	$16,646	11.6	10.6	602	21
450072000031	582	North Aiken Elementary	Public	PK, KG-5	100 Bears Rock Road	Aiken	29801	Aiken County	Aiken 01	No	No	No	Yes	(803) 641-2690	424	33	12.8	100.0%	47 (11.1%)	287 (67.7%)	64 (15.1%)	2 (0.5%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	24 (5.7%)	$12,489	$1,705	$701	$2,406	$8,891	$1,192	$10,083	11.5	13.1	573	9
450111000047	583	Joseph S. Shanklin Elementary	Public	PK, KG-5	121 Morrall Drive	Beaufort	29906	Beaufort County	Beaufort 01	No	No	No	Yes	(843) 466-3400	427	47	9	100.0%	35 (8.2%)	189 (44.3%)	172 (40.3%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	31 (7.3%)	$18,122	$1,627	$1,657	$3,284	$12,607	$2,231	$14,838	11.5	9.1	612	29
450186000363	584	Thornwell School for the Arts	Public, Magnet	1-5	437 West Carolina Avenue	Hartsville	29550	Darlington County	Darlington 01	No	Yes	No	Yes	(843) 383-3127	192	19	10.1	100.0%	31 (16.1%)	128 (66.7%)	13 (6.8%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	20 (10.4%)	$23,878	$4,877	$2,602	$7,479	$13,803	$2,597	$16,399	11.3	8.3	619	35
450391000849	585	Bethune-Bowman Elementary	Public	PK, KG-5	4857 Charleston Highway	Rowesville	29133	Orangeburg County	Orangeburg	No	No	No	Yes	(803) 533-6371	271	20	13.4	100.0%	8 (3.0%)	224 (82.7%)	33 (12.2%)	1 (0.4%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	5 (1.8%)	$12,119	$1,194	$445	$1,639	$9,201	$1,278	$10,479	11.2	11.5	593	8
450303000812	586	Newberry Elementary	Public	PK, KG-5	1829 Nance Street	Newberry	29108	Newberry County	Newberry 01	No	No	No	Yes	(803) 321-2670	439	32	13.7	100.0%	51 (11.6%)	232 (52.8%)	136 (31.0%)	3 (0.7%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	17 (3.9%)	$13,879	$1,869	$1,448	$3,317	$8,931	$1,632	$10,562	11.2	6.1	631	45
450111000392	587	Whale Branch Elementary	Public	PK, KG-5	15 Stuart Point Road	Seabrook	29940	Beaufort County	Beaufort 01	No	No	No	Yes	(843) 466-1000	400	50	8	100.0%	16 (4.0%)	294 (73.5%)	62 (15.5%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.3%)	0 (0.0%)	27 (6.8%)	$29,678	$2,480	$4,252	$6,732	$18,916	$4,030	$22,946	11	4	641	54
450390201062	588	Willow Drive Elementary	Public	PK, KG-5	26 Willow Drive	Sumter	29150	Sumter County	Sumter 01	No	No	No	Yes	(803) 773-5796	539	36	14.8	100.0%	58 (10.8%)	412 (76.4%)	44 (8.2%)	7 (1.3%)	0 (0.0%)	3 (0.6%)	15 (2.8%)	$11,002	$1,543	$758	$2,301	$7,976	$726	$8,701	10.9	8.6	617	29
450144001611	589	North Charleston Creative Arts Elementary	Public	PK, KG-5	5200 Lackawanna Boulevard	North Charleston	29405	Charleston County	Charleston 01	No	No	No	Yes	(843) 529-2831	403	35	11.5	100.0%	101 (25.1%)	187 (46.4%)	84 (20.8%)	2 (0.5%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	29 (7.2%)	$17,123	$2,118	$1,639	$3,757	$10,706	$2,661	$13,367	10.8	15.9	556	33
450144001648	590	Meeting Street Elementary	Public	PK, KG-8	2685 Leeds Avenue	North Charleston	29405	Charleston County	Charleston 01	No	No	No	Yes	(843) 735-7102	1,153	134	8.6	100.0%	44 (3.8%)	754 (65.4%)	306 (26.5%)	4 (0.3%)	2 (0.2%)	1 (0.1%)	41 (3.6%)	$19,558	$1,216	$1,577	$2,793	$13,151	$3,614	$16,765	10.7	10.4	604	14

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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.
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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.