Best High Schools in South Carolina

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Find the best South Carolina high schools with SchoolDigger.com! Focused on test scores for accurate rankings, our user-friendly site simplifies your search. Empower your decisions by exploring top-rated schools, only on SchoolDigger.com - the ultimate guide to K-12 schools!

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 (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)
450390101742	231	Lowcountry Acceleration Academy	Public, Charter	9-12	5935 Rivers Avenue suite 101A	N Charleston	29406	Charleston County	School Public Charter School District	Yes	No	No	No	(843) 804-6778	462	10	48.6	13.9%	149 (32.3%)	218 (47.2%)	77 (16.7%)	7 (1.5%)	1 (0.2%)	1 (0.2%)	9 (1.9%)								5.5	7.8	225	6
450390101781	232	Polaris Technical Charter School	Public, Charter, Alternative	K-12	1508 Grays Highway	Ridgeland	29936	Jasper County	School Public Charter School District	Yes	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(843) 645-0605	515	36	14.3	99.4%	95 (18.4%)	270 (52.4%)	148 (28.7%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.2%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.2%)								2.9			(n/a)
450144000251	233	North Charleston High	Public	9-12	1087 East Montague Avenue	North Charleston	29405	Charleston County	Charleston 01	No	No	No	Yes	(843) 745-7140	785	86	9.1	100.0%	28 (3.6%)	552 (70.3%)	175 (22.3%)	3 (0.4%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	27 (3.4%)	$17,300	$1,623	$1,066	$2,690	$11,072	$3,538	$14,610	2.6	2.5	234	1
450390101740	234	Learn4Life High School-Charleston	Public, Charter	9-12	6209 Rivers Avenue	N Charleston	29406	Charleston County	School Public Charter School District	Yes	No	No	No	(843) 666-6362	134	5	29.7	97.8%	22 (16.4%)	84 (62.7%)	22 (16.4%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	6 (4.5%)								1.6	1.9	235	1
450144000857	235	Greg Mathis Charter High	Public, Charter	9-12	2872 Azalea Drive	North Charleston	29405	Charleston County	Charleston 01	Yes	No	No	Yes	(843) 557-1611	61	5	12.2	100.0%	0 (0.0%)	61 (100.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	$27,906	$4,186	$3,394	$7,580	$11,292	$9,033	$20,326	0.9	0.9	236	1

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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.