Best High Schools in South Carolina for Low Socio Economic Status 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, Low Socio Economic Status 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 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 (Low Socio Economic Status vs All Students - 2024)
ID	Rank (of 229)	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 (Low Socio Economic Status)	Statewide Rank Percentile (All Students)	Rank Percentile Difference from All Students	SchoolDigger Rating (Low Socio Economic Status)	SchoolDigger Rating (All Students)
450144000168	1	Academic Magnet High	Public, Magnet	9-12	5109-A West Enterprise Street	North Charleston	29405	Charleston County	Charleston 01	No	Yes	No	No	(843) 746-1300	718	43	16.6	13.1%	541 (75.3%)	25 (3.5%)	39 (5.4%)	70 (9.7%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	43 (6.0%)	$17,063	$560	$631	$1,191	$11,425	$4,447	$15,872	99.6%	98.7%	0.84%
450186000190	2	Mayo High For Math Science & Technology	Public, Magnet	9-12	405 Chestnut Street	Darlington	29532	Darlington County	Darlington 01	No	Yes	No	No	(843) 398-5050	343	24	14.2	100.0%	184 (53.6%)	95 (27.7%)	19 (5.5%)	10 (2.9%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	35 (10.2%)	$16,056	$1,368	$1,340	$2,708	$11,604	$1,744	$13,348	99.1%	98.3%	0.83%
450249001531	3	HCS Early College High	Public, Magnet	9-12	2050 Highway 501 East HGTC	Conway	29528	Horry County	Horry 01	No	Yes	No	Yes	(843) 349-3131	342	21	16.2	57.6%	151 (44.2%)	94 (27.5%)	72 (21.1%)	4 (1.2%)	1 (0.3%)	0 (0.0%)	20 (5.8%)	$14,653	$820	$1,374	$2,194	$10,878	$1,581	$12,459	98.7%	97.0%	1.67%
450390101688	4	Greer Middle College Charter High	Public, Charter	9-12	138 West McElhaney Road	Taylors	29687	Greenville County	School Public Charter School District	Yes	No	No	No	(864) 469-7571	527	30	17.5	2.3%	462 (87.7%)	14 (2.7%)	27 (5.1%)	3 (0.6%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	21 (4.0%)	$9,851	$1,182	$247	$1,430	$6,281	$2,140	$8,421	98.3%	97.9%	0.38%
450144000083	5	Charleston School of the Arts	Public, Magnet	6-12	5109-B West Enterprise Street	North Charleston	29405	Charleston County	Charleston 01	No	Yes	No	No	(843) 529-4990	1,069	69	15.6	27.1%	733 (68.6%)	138 (12.9%)	93 (8.7%)	46 (4.3%)	2 (0.2%)	2 (0.2%)	55 (5.1%)	$16,269	$1,091	$976	$2,067	$10,639	$3,563	$14,202	97.8%	96.2%	1.65%
450390901687	6	Brashier Middle College Charter High	Public, Charter	9-12	1830 West Georgia Road Buildin	Simpsonville	29680	Greenville County	Charter Institute at Erskine	Yes	No	No	No	(864) 757-1800	484	27	17.9	3.7%	378 (78.1%)	28 (5.8%)	59 (12.2%)	12 (2.5%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	7 (1.4%)	$10,461	$80	$32	$112	$7,341	$3,007	$10,348	97.4%	97.4%	0.07%
450390901715	7	Legion Collegiate Academy	Public, Charter	9-12	505 University Drive	Rock Hill	29730	York County	Charter Institute at Erskine	Yes	No	No	No	(803) 620-6040	602	28	21.5	3.7%	443 (73.6%)	76 (12.6%)	34 (5.6%)	14 (2.3%)	4 (0.7%)	2 (0.3%)	29 (4.8%)								96.9%	91.9%	5.03%
450390100460	8	Greenville Technical Charter High School	Public, Charter	9-12	506 Pleasantburg Drive #119	Greenville	29607	Greenville County	School Public Charter School District	Yes	No	No	No	(864) 250-8844	526	32	16.6	6.7%	308 (58.6%)	66 (12.5%)	75 (14.3%)	48 (9.1%)	2 (0.4%)	0 (0.0%)	27 (5.1%)	$11,902	$469	$502	$972	$8,094	$2,837	$10,931	96.5%	96.6%	0.09%
450144001655	9	Allegro Charter School of Music	Public, Charter	6-12	2731 Gordon Street	North Charleston	29405	Charleston County	Charleston 01	Yes	No	No	No	(843) 321-7104	216	31	7	82.9%	43 (19.9%)	136 (63.0%)	26 (12.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	11 (5.1%)	$17,303	$2,582	$352	$2,934	$10,983	$3,386	$14,369	96.1%	82.6%	13.52%
450249000645	10	Aynor High	Public	9-12	201 Jordanville Road	Aynor	29511	Horry County	Horry 01	No	No	No	No	(843) 488-7100	878	52	16.8	99.7%	705 (80.3%)	58 (6.6%)	76 (8.7%)	7 (0.8%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	32 (3.6%)	$14,539	$828	$1,066	$1,894	$10,750	$1,895	$12,645	95.6%	92.3%	3.29%

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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.