South Carolina · EDFacts 2021-22

Chronic Absenteeism in South Carolina

The 100 schools with the highest chronic absenteeism rates in South Carolina, ranked by the share of students missing 15 or more school days a year.

Compiled from official source data by .
96.3%
Highest rate
97
Schools above 50%
100
Schools ranked

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The 100 South Carolina schools listed here average 60.6% chronic absenteeism, against a national school average of 29.5%, and 97 of them sit above the 50% critical line.

60.6%
average across these 100 schools
29.5%
national school average
96.3%
highest rate (Simmons Pinckney Middle)
97
schools above 50%
# School Absent %
1 Simmons Pinckney Middle Charleston 96.3%
2 C. a. Johnson High Columbia 88.7%
3 John E. Ewing Middle Gaffney 86.6%
4 Blenheim Middle School of Discovery Blenheim 80.7%
5 North Charleston High North Charleston 78.2%
6 South Elementary Dillon 78.1%
7 Gregg Middle Summerville 77.9%
8 Eau Claire High Columbia 77.9%
9 Chestnut Oaks Middle Sumter 77.3%
10 Sedgefield Middle Goose Creek 74.0%
11 Lakewood High Sumter 73.7%
12 Morningside Middle North Charleston 73.6%
13 Blacksburg High Blacksburg 71.6%
14 Whale Branch Early College High Seabrook 71.0%
15 Marlboro County High Bennettsville 70.8%
16 Mccoll Elementary/Middle McColl 69.7%
17 Burke High Charleston 69.0%
18 Heyward Gibbes Middle Columbia 68.7%
19 Columbia High Columbia 68.6%
20 Wagener-Sally High Wagener 68.2%
21 Schofield Middle Aiken 66.3%
22 Burton Pack Elementary Columbia 65.9%
23 Allendale Fairfax High Fairfax 65.9%
24 Gordon Elementary Dillon 65.0%
25 Lee Central Middle Bishopville 64.9%
26 Dillon Middle Dillon 64.7%
27 Clio Elementary Clio 64.4%
28 North District Middle Varnville 63.6%
29 Whale Branch Middle Seabrook 63.4%
30 Lake City High Lake City 63.0%
31 Sc Whitmore School Columbia 62.9%
32 W. a. Perry Middle Columbia 62.8%
33 Harleyville-Ridgeville Middle Dorchester 62.7%
34 Swansea High Swansea 62.4%
35 Carver Edisto Middle Cope 62.4%
36 St. Stephen Middle St. Stephen 62.2%
37 Tanglewood Middle Greenville 61.7%
38 Sangaree Middle Ladson 61.7%
39 Frances F. Mack Intermediate Gaston 61.2%
40 New Heights Middle Jefferson 61.1%
41 Greg Mathis Charter High North Charleston 60.6%
42 Northwoods Middle North Charleston 60.3%
43 Hemingway High Hemingway 60.3%
44 North Middle/High North 59.9%
45 Learn4life High School-Charleston N Charleston 59.8%
46 Carolina Academy (High) Greenville 59.5%
47 Hemingway Elementary Hemingway 59.1%
48 Battery Creek High Beaufort 59.0%
49 Midlands Middle College West Columbia 58.3%
50 Aiken High Aiken 58.0%
51 Beaufort Middle Beaufort 58.0%
52 Lee Central High Bishopville 57.7%
53 Sandhills Primary Swansea 57.6%
54 Ronald E. Mcnair Jr. High Lake City 57.5%
55 Sandhills Elementary Swansea 57.4%
56 Hemingway Mb Lee Middle Hemingway 57.3%
57 Wallace Gregg Elementary Florence 57.2%
58 Furman Middle Sumter 57.0%
59 Colleton County Middle Walterboro 56.6%
60 Baptist Hill High Hollywood 56.6%
61 Kingstree Middle Magnet Kingstree 56.6%
62 Olanta Elementary Olanta 56.6%
63 Jerry Zucker Middle School of Science North Charleston 56.5%
64 Pelion High Pelion 56.3%
65 Crosswell Drive Elementary Sumter 55.9%
66 Carolina Springs Elementary Lexington 55.9%
67 Willow Drive Elementary Sumter 55.6%
68 Dillon High Dillon 55.0%
69 Gaffney Middle Gaffney 54.3%
70 Lewisville Middle Richburg 54.2%
71 Cherryvale Elementary Sumter 53.9%
72 Pelion Middle Pelion 53.6%
73 Allendale-Fairfax Middle Fairfax 53.6%
74 Liberty High Liberty 53.4%
75 Carver Middle Spartanburg 53.1%
76 Sandhills Middle Gaston 53.1%
77 Westview Middle Goose Creek 53.0%
78 Chester Middle Chester 52.8%
79 Alcorn Middle Columbia 52.8%
80 Colleton County High Walterboro 52.6%
81 Beaufort High Beaufort 52.4%
82 Mullins High Mullins 52.4%
83 Pickens High Pickens 52.3%
84 St. Andrews Middle Columbia 52.2%
85 Mccormick Middle McCormick 51.9%
86 Webber School Eastover 51.7%
87 Ridgeland Elementary Ridgeland 51.6%
88 Orangeburg Wilkinson High Orangeburg 51.3%
89 Langley-Bath-Clearwater Middle Warrenville 50.8%
90 Rosenwald Elementary/Middle Society Hill 50.7%
91 Edisto Elementary Orangeburg 50.6%
92 B. D. Lee Elementary Gaffney 50.4%
93 Lemira Elementary Sumter 50.3%
94 Goose Creek High Goose Creek 50.2%
95 H. E. Mccracken Middle Bluffton 50.2%
96 Bluffton High Bluffton 50.0%
97 Estill Elementary Estill 50.0%
98 Lakeview Middle Greenville 49.9%
99 A. R. Rucker Middle Lancaster 49.5%
100 W.M. Anderson Primary Kingstree 49.2%
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Source: U.S. Department of Education, EDFacts, Chronic Absenteeism Data (SY 2021-22). Schools with fewer than 50 students excluded. Percentage = chronically absent students / total enrollment U.S. Department of Education, EDFacts, Chronic Absenteeism Data (SY 2021-22). Schools with fewer than 50 students excluded. Percentage = chronically absent students / total enrollment

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