Best Elementary Schools in South Carolina for African American 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, African American 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 SC READY 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 (African American vs All Students - 2024)
ID	Rank (of 369)	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 (African American)	Statewide Rank Percentile (All Students)	Rank Percentile Difference from All Students	SchoolDigger Rating (African American)	SchoolDigger Rating (All Students)
450384000522	1	Crowders Creek Elementary	Public	PK, KG-5	5515 Charlotte Highway	Clover	29710	York County	York 02	No	No	No	No	(803) 810-8500	1,155	79	14.6	22.6%	723 (62.6%)	124 (10.7%)	153 (13.2%)	23 (2.0%)	2 (0.2%)	0 (0.0%)	130 (11.3%)	$10,713	$412	$358	$770	$8,610	$1,333	$9,943	99.7%	88.9%	10.86%
450210001448	2	Fairfield Magnet for Math and Science	Public, Magnet	PK, KG-6	1647 US Highway 321 Bypass Nor	Winnsboro	29180	Fairfield County	Fairfield 01	No	Yes	No	Yes	(803) 635-4810	205	20	10.2	100.0%	29 (14.1%)	158 (77.1%)	12 (5.9%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	6 (2.9%)	$22,559	$1,970	$1,808	$3,778	$15,873	$2,908	$18,781	99.5%	92.0%	7.45%
450258000678	3	Indian Land Elementary	Public	K-4	4137 Doby's Bridge Road	Indian Land	29707	Lancaster County	Lancaster 01	No	No	No	No	(803) 548-2916	1,041	69	15.1	27.3%	646 (62.1%)	114 (11.0%)	125 (12.0%)	72 (6.9%)	3 (0.3%)	0 (0.0%)	81 (7.8%)	$9,865	$800	$573	$1,372	$7,434	$1,058	$8,493	99.2%	93.6%	5.61%
450387001714	4	Cherry Park Elementary School of Language Immersion	Public	K-5	1835 Eden Terrace	Rock Hill	29730	York County	York 03	No	No	No	No	(803) 985-2255	815	49	16.8	31.2%	403 (49.4%)	169 (20.7%)	183 (22.5%)	9 (1.1%)	7 (0.9%)	0 (0.0%)	44 (5.4%)								98.9%	92.3%	6.60%
450213000433	5	Royall Elementary	Public	K-5	1101 Cheraw Drive	Florence	29501	Florence County	Florence 01	No	No	No	Yes	(843) 664-8167	488	40	12.2	100.0%	202 (41.4%)	187 (38.3%)	41 (8.4%)	14 (2.9%)	1 (0.2%)	0 (0.0%)	43 (8.8%)	$14,780	$1,068	$1,023	$2,091	$11,218	$1,470	$12,688	98.6%	96.6%	2.09%
450234000590	6	Pinecrest Elementary	Public	PK, KG-5	220 East Northside Drive	Greenwood	29649	Greenwood County	Greenwood 50	No	No	No	Yes	(864) 941-5580	369	40	9.1	100.0%	67 (18.2%)	182 (49.3%)	101 (27.4%)	1 (0.3%)	1 (0.3%)	2 (0.5%)	15 (4.1%)	$15,393	$2,737	$1,407	$4,144	$10,079	$1,171	$11,250	98.4%	79.9%	18.44%
450339000966	7	Bethel-Hanberry Elementary	Public	PK, KG-5	125 Boney Road	Blythewood	29016	Richland County	Richland 02	No	No	No	No	(803) 691-6880	721	53	13.7	48.1%	166 (23.0%)	430 (59.6%)	66 (9.2%)	11 (1.5%)	1 (0.1%)	0 (0.0%)	47 (6.5%)	$10,803	$378	$651	$1,029	$8,586	$1,188	$9,774	98.1%	71.5%	26.63%
450231000498	8	Bryson Elementary	Public	PK, KG-5	703 Bryson Drive	Simpsonville	29681	Greenville County	Greenville 01	No	No	No	No	(864) 355-3600	1,078	58	18.5	65.3%	479 (44.4%)	287 (26.6%)	202 (18.7%)	11 (1.0%)	3 (0.3%)	0 (0.0%)	96 (8.9%)	$10,462	$1,172	$886	$2,058	$7,834	$570	$8,404	97.8%	67.6%	30.28%
450339000344	9	Bookman Road Elementary	Public	PK, KG-5	1245 Bookman Road	Elgin	29045	Kershaw County	Richland 02	No	No	No	No	(803) 699-1724	520	45	11.5	51.2%	110 (21.2%)	298 (57.3%)	61 (11.7%)	7 (1.3%)	2 (0.4%)	4 (0.8%)	35 (6.7%)	$14,430	$604	$753	$1,357	$11,585	$1,489	$13,073	97.6%	72.3%	25.30%
450231000526	10	Simpsonville Elementary	Public	PK, KG-5	200 Morton Avenue	Simpsonville	29681	Greenville County	Greenville 01	No	No	No	No	(864) 355-8300	774	48	16	58.9%	384 (49.6%)	197 (25.5%)	122 (15.8%)	14 (1.8%)	2 (0.3%)	1 (0.1%)	54 (7.0%)	$10,525	$902	$758	$1,661	$8,312	$552	$8,864	97.3%	87.1%	10.14%

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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.
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.