Best High Schools in South Carolina

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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)
450390800773	221	Mullins High	Public	9-12	747 Miller's Road	Mullins	29574	Marion County	Marion 10	No	No	No	Yes	(843) 464-3710	568	30	18.9	100.0%	80 (14.1%)	430 (75.7%)	38 (6.7%)	1 (0.2%)	3 (0.5%)	0 (0.0%)	16 (2.8%)	$14,855	$1,607	$1,407	$3,014	$9,267	$2,574	$11,841	8.2	11	213	8
450183000347	222	Colleton County High	Public	9-12	150 Cougar Nation Drive	Walterboro	29488	Colleton County	Colleton 01	No	No	No	No	(843) 782-0031	1,396	82	17.1	100.0%	511 (36.6%)	658 (47.1%)	124 (8.9%)	7 (0.5%)	12 (0.9%)	1 (0.1%)	83 (5.9%)	$12,820	$1,429	$1,035	$2,464	$8,628	$1,729	$10,356	8.1	19.8	190	32
450297001434	223	Marlboro County High	Public	9-12	951 Fayetteville Avenue Extens	Bennettsville	29512	Marlboro County	Marlboro 01	No	No	No	No	(843) 479-5900	1,020	73	14	100.0%	251 (24.6%)	648 (63.5%)	17 (1.7%)	4 (0.4%)	40 (3.9%)	0 (0.0%)	60 (5.9%)	$14,671	$2,066	$1,997	$4,063	$7,807	$2,801	$10,608	7.7	9.2	218	5
450228000482	224	Andrews High	Public	9-12	12890 County Line Road	Andrews	29510	Georgetown County	Georgetown 01	No	No	No	Yes	(843) 264-3414	509	48	10.5	100.0%	186 (36.5%)	272 (53.4%)	42 (8.3%)	2 (0.4%)	1 (0.2%)	0 (0.0%)	6 (1.2%)	$15,658	$1,645	$952	$2,596	$11,019	$2,043	$13,062	7.7	15.2	204	20
450390200223	225	Lakewood High	Public	9-12	350 Old Manning Road	Sumter	29150	Sumter County	Sumter 01	No	No	No	No	(803) 506-2700	1,016	47	21.6	100.0%	318 (31.3%)	598 (58.9%)	53 (5.2%)	3 (0.3%)	1 (0.1%)	4 (0.4%)	39 (3.8%)	$10,875	$721	$594	$1,315	$8,218	$1,342	$9,559	7.6	9.6	215	10
450336000951	226	Eau Claire High	Public	9-12	4800 Monticello Road	Columbia	29203	Richland County	Richland 01	No	No	No	Yes	(803) 735-7600	599	48	12.4	100.0%	13 (2.2%)	498 (83.1%)	67 (11.2%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	21 (3.5%)	$21,310	$1,118	$1,057	$2,174	$15,483	$3,652	$19,135	6.7	4.5	233	7
450391000850	227	Bethune-Bowman Middle/High	Public	6-12	4857 Charleston Highway	Rowesville	29133	Orangeburg County	Orangeburg	No	No	No	Yes	(803) 516-6011	367	25	14.8	100.0%	20 (5.4%)	291 (79.3%)	51 (13.9%)	2 (0.5%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	3 (0.8%)	$12,752	$1,406	$875	$2,281	$9,218	$1,253	$10,471	6.6	23.7	175	52
450390901527	228	Odyssey Online Learning	Public, Virtual, Charter	9-12	510 Lexington Ave #102	Chapin	29036	Lexington County	Charter Institute at Erskine	Yes	No	Yes	Yes	(803) 735-9110	452	31	14.5	12.6%	298 (65.9%)	93 (20.6%)	35 (7.7%)	1 (0.2%)	2 (0.4%)	0 (0.0%)	23 (5.1%)								6.2	14.9	205	23
450390901759	229	The South Carolina Preparatory Academy	Public, Virtual, Charter	6-12	1650 E. Greenville St. Suite H	Anderson	29621	Anderson County	Charter Institute at Erskine	Yes	No	Yes	No	(864) 923-6909	692	34	20.6	69.7%	403 (58.2%)	203 (29.3%)	51 (7.4%)	3 (0.4%)	1 (0.1%)	0 (0.0%)	31 (4.5%)								5.9	9.3	217	12
450390800765	230	Marion High	Public	9-12	1205 South Main Street	Marion	29571	Marion County	Marion 10	No	No	No	Yes	(843) 423-2571	597	37	16.1	100.0%	82 (13.7%)	478 (80.1%)	17 (2.8%)	3 (0.5%)	5 (0.8%)	0 (0.0%)	12 (2.0%)	$16,026	$1,496	$1,947	$3,442	$9,959	$2,624	$12,583	5.5	8.4	221	9

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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.

Educational resources:

Student-Teacher Ratios and their Impact on Class Sizes & School Selection

Per-Pupil Spending: Understanding the Breakdown of Federal, State, and Local Funds

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.