These Are The Top 25 Best High Schools In South Carolina

High school is an important experience that can help set the foundation for a student's life after graduation. However, some institutions have a higher rate of post-grad success than others.

U.S. News reviewed nearly 24,000 public high schools across the country and ranked the best in each state using a variety of factors, such as college readiness, college curriculum breadth, math and reading proficiency, math and reading performance, underserved student performance, and graduation rate.

According to the report, South Carolina has 243 high schools across 85 districts, with 14,507 full-time teachers and 234,438 students enrolled.

Here are the Top 25 best high schools in South Carolina:

1. Academic Magnet High School, in North Charleston
2. Charleston School of the Arts, in North Charleston
3. Wando High, Mt. Pleasant
4. Mayo High School for Math, Science and Technology, in Darlington
5. Chapin High, in Chapin
6. Nation Ford High, in Fort Mill
7. Wade Hampton High, in Greenville
8. Fort Mill High, in Fort Mill
9. Dreher High, in Columbia
10. Hilton Head Island High, in Hilton Head Island
11. Blythewood High, in Blythewood
12. D.W. Daniel High, in Central
13. Bluffton High, in Bluffton
14. Palmetto Scholars Academy, in North Charleston
15. Spring Hill High, in Chapin
16. Lexington High, in Lexington
17. York Preparatory Academy, in Rock Hill
18. Riverside High, in Greer
19. Dutch Fork High, in Irmo
20. James Island Charter High, in Charleston
21. North Augusta High, in North Augusta
22. Spring Valley High, in Columbia
23. Carolina Forest High, in Myrtle Beach
24. St. James High, in Murrells Inlet
25. Greenville Senior High Academy, in Greenville

Check out the full list here.

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