South Carolina Public Schools

South Carolina is the #31 largest school system in the United States, serving 723,255 students across 1,220 public schools. There are 42 Blue Ribbon Schools, 104 magnet schools, 44 charter schools, and 10 special education schools. The student ethnicity breakdown in the state is show below:

Student by Ethnicity

(SC) School Average
% American Indian		 n/a
% Asian		 1%
% Hispanic		 6%
% Black		 37%
% White		 53%
Unknown		 3%

South Carolina Public Schools by County

County
# High
# Middle
# Elementary
1. Abbeville County 4 2 6
2. Aiken County 10 10 22
3. Allendale County 1 1 2
4. Anderson County 7 8 28
5. Bamberg County 2 3 2
6. Barnwell County 4 4 3
7. Beaufort County 6 7 25
8. Berkeley County 7 11 20
9. Calhoun County 1 - 1
10. Charleston County 15 15 50
11. Cherokee County 3 4 12
12. Chester County 4 3 6
13. Chesterfield County 4 3 9
14. Clarendon County 6 4 6
15. Colleton County 2 3 8
16. Darlington County 5 4 13
17. Dillon County 4 4 6
18. Dorchester County 7 8 17
19. Edgefield County 3 1 3
20. Fairfield County 2 1 5
21. Florence County 10 10 25
22. Georgetown County 3 4 8
23. Greenville County 24 24 55
24. Greenwood County 5 5 12
25. Hampton County 2 3 5
26. Horry County 12 13 27
27. Jasper County 4 2 3
28. Kershaw County 3 3 13
29. Lancaster County 5 6 12
30. Laurens County 2 5 10
31. Lee County 4 3 2
32. Lexington County 14 19 38
33. Marion County 4 3 6
34. Marlboro County 1 2 6
35. Mccormick County 1 1 1
36. Newberry County 5 3 9
37. Oconee County 5 5 11
38. Orangeburg County 9 9 18
39. Pickens County 5 5 17
40. Richland County 25 19 62
41. Saluda County 1 1 4
42. Spartanburg County 19 24 49
43. Sumter County 5 8 17
44. Union County 1 2 5
45. Williamsburg County 6 3 8
46. York County 9 12 38

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