Here’s how every school in Lexington County ranked in the 2024 SC report cards

The S.C. Department of Education released its report cards on every South Carolina school this week.

The report cards, based on the 2023-24 school year, rank every school on a 100-point scale and gives every school a designation based on where they fall.

In Lexington County, the rankings produced 15 excellent schools, 21 ranked good, 31 average, 11 blow average and three unsatisfactory.

The schools that earned the top excellent ranking include:

Lexington 1

▪ Lake Murray Elementary

▪ Lakeside Middle

▪ Lexington High

▪ Meadow Glen Elementary

▪ Meadow Glen Middle

▪ Midway Elementary

▪ New Providence Elementary

▪ Pleasant Hill Middle

▪ River Bluff High

▪ Rocky Creek Elementary

Lexington-Richland 5

▪ Chapin High

▪ Chapin Intermediate

▪ Spring Hill High

Charter schools

▪ Gray Collegiate (high)

▪ Gray Collegiate (middle)

Those schools that achieved a good ranking are:

Lexington 1

▪ Beechwood Middle

▪ Deerfield Elementary

▪ Gilbert High

▪ Pleasant Hill Elementary

▪ Red Bank Elementary

Lexington 2:

▪ R.H. Fulmer Middle

▪ Springdale Elementary

Lexington-Richland 5

▪ Balletine Elementary

▪ Chapin Elementary

▪ Chapin Middle

▪ Dutch Fork High

▪ Dutch Fork Middle

▪ Irmo Elementary

▪ Lake Murray Elementary

▪ Leaphart Elementary

▪ Nursery Road

▪ Oak Pointe Elementary

▪ River Springs Elementary

Charter schools

▪ American Leadership Academy (middle)

▪ American Leadership Academy (elementary)

▪ East Point Academy (middle)

The schools ranked as average are:

Lexington 1

▪ Carolina Springs Elementary

▪ Carolina Springs Middle

▪ Centerville Elementary

▪ Gilbert Elementary

▪ Gilbert Middle

▪ Lexington Elementary

▪ Oak Grove Elementary

▪ Pelion Elementary

▪ Pelion Middle

▪ Saxe Gotha Elementary

▪ White Knoll Elementary

▪ White Knoll Middle

▪ White Knoll High

Lexington 2

▪ Congaree Elementary

▪ Busbee Creative Arts

▪ Northside Middle

▪ Pine Ridge Middle

▪ Riverbank Elementary

▪ Saluda River Academy for the Arts

Lexington 3

▪ Batesburg-Leesville High

▪ Batesburg-Leesville Middle

Lexington 4

▪ Sandhills Elementary

Lexington-Richland 5

▪ Crossroads Elementary

▪ H.E. Corley Elementary

▪ Harbison West

▪ Irmo Middle

▪ Piney Woods Elementary

Charter schools

▪ American Leadership Academy (high)

▪ East Point Academy (elementary)

▪ Green Charter School of the Midlands (middle)

▪ Midlands Middle College (high)

Those schools ranked below average are:

Lexington 1

▪ Forts Pond Elementary

▪ Pelion High

Lexington 2

▪ Airport High

▪ Brookland-Cayce High

▪ Herbert Wood Elementary

Lexington 3

▪ Batesburg-Leesvile Elementary

Lexington 4

▪ Frances Mack Intermediate

▪ Swansea High

Lexington-Richland 5

▪ Dutch Fork Elementary

▪ Irmo High

▪ Seven Oaks Elementary

Two schools in Lexington County registered as unsatisfactory

Lexington 2

▪ Cayce Elementary

Lexington 4

▪ Sandhills Middle

Charter school

▪ Green Charter School of the Midlands (elementary)

Statewide, 230 schools (18.3%) were rated as excellent, 316 (25.2%) are good, 477 (38%) are average, 186 (14.9%) are below average and 47 (3.7%) are unsatisfactory.

This story was originally published October 18, 2024 at 3:57 PM.

Bristow Marchant

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Bristow Marchant covers local government, schools and community in Lexington County for The State. He graduated from the College of Charleston in 2007. He has almost 20 years of experience covering South Carolina at the Clinton Chronicle, Sumter Item and Rock Hill Herald. He joined The State in 2016. Bristow has won numerous awards, most recently the S.C. Press Association’s 2024 education reporting award.  Support my work with a digital subscription