South Carolina · NCES CCD 2024-25

Largest Schools in South Carolina

The 50 largest public schools in South Carolina, ranked by total student enrollment from NCES CCD 2024-25.

Compiled from official source data by PlainSchools. · Updated August 2026

The ranking in one line

Sc Connections Academy in Columbia is South Carolina's largest public school with 6,152 students enrolled.

6,152
students at Sc Connections Academy: 27.8:1
student-teacher ratio at the largest school: 2,250
average across the top 50

#	School	Student:Teacher	Level	District	Enrollment
1	Sc Connections AcademyColumbia	27.8:1	Other	Charter Institute at Erskine	6,152
2	Dorman HighRoebuck	18.7:1	High	Spartanburg 06	3,920
3	Summerville HighSummerville	20.7:1	High	Dorchester 02	3,361
4	Cyber Academy of South CarolinaGreenville	19.3:1	Other	Charter Institute at Erskine	3,280
5	Carolina Forest HighMyrtle Beach	20.4:1	High	Horry 01	3,176
6	Boiling Springs HighBoiling Springs	20.7:1	High	Spartanburg 02	2,772
7	Clover HighClover	15.8:1	High	York 02	2,713
8	Stratford HighGoose Creek	16.3:1	High	Berkeley 01	2,605
9	Ashley Ridge HighSummerville	21.7:1	High	Dorchester 02	2,599
10	Wando HighMount Pleasant	17:1	High	Charleston 01	2,588
11	Lexington HighLexington	14.7:1	High	Lexington 01	2,536
12	Cane Bay HighSummerville	19.9:1	High	Berkeley 01	2,412
13	James F. Byrnes HighDuncan	20.4:1	High	Spartanburg 05	2,391
14	Fort Dorchester HighNorth Charleston	18.2:1	High	Dorchester 02	2,344
15	Spring Valley HighColumbia	18.3:1	High	Richland 02	2,230
16	South Carolina Virtual Charter SchoolWest Columbia	15.8:1	Other	Charter Institute at Erskine	2,180
17	Blythewood HighBlythewood	16.4:1	High	Richland 02	2,164
18	Spartanburg HighSpartanburg	16.3:1	High	Spartanburg 07	2,164
19	Woodmont HighPiedmont	19.4:1	High	Greenville 01	2,151
20	Rb Stall HighNorth Charleston	17.4:1	High	Charleston 01	2,135
21	Mauldin HighMauldin	17.5:1	High	Greenville 01	2,133
22	Sumter High SchoolSumter	18:1	High	Sumter 01	2,122
23	River Bluff HighLexington	15.6:1	High	Lexington 01	2,117
24	Fort Mill HighFort Mill	15.8:1	High	York 04	2,115
25	West Ashley HighCharleston	18.6:1	High	Charleston 01	2,069
26	Berkeley HighMoncks Corner	23.8:1	High	Berkeley 01	2,047
27	White Knoll HighLexington	14.8:1	High	Lexington 01	2,025
28	J. L. Mann High AcademyGreenville	18.1:1	High	Greenville 01	2,013
29	Rock Hill HighRock Hill	16.4:1	High	York 03	1,980
30	Goose Creek HighGoose Creek	17.6:1	High	Berkeley 01	1,973
31	Nation Ford HighFort Mill	15.4:1	High	York 04	1,921
32	Indian Land HighLancaster	20.1:1	High	Lancaster 01	1,905
33	T. L. Hanna HighAnderson	18.3:1	High	Anderson 05	1,899
34	Hillcrest HighSimpsonville	17.1:1	High	Greenville 01	1,894
35	Easley HighEasley	19.6:1	High	Pickens 01	1,862
36	Riverside HighGreer	20.1:1	High	Greenville 01	1,846
37	Gaffney HighGaffney	17.6:1	High	Cherokee 01	1,827
38	West Florence HighFlorence	17.9:1	High	Florence 01	1,827
39	St. James HighMurrells Inlet	17.2:1	High	Horry 01	1,826
40	Northwestern HighRock Hill	16.7:1	High	York 03	1,822
41	Wade Hampton HighGreenville	18.6:1	High	Greenville 01	1,790
42	Lugoff-Elgin HighLugoff	20.7:1	High	Kershaw 01	1,759
43	Lucy Garrett Beckham HighMt. Pleasant	18.9:1	High	Charleston 01	1,757
44	Westwood HighBlythewood	18.5:1	High	Richland 02	1,743
45	May River HighBluffton	16.3:1	High	Beaufort 01	1,731
46	Greenville Senior High AcademyGreenville	20.1:1	High	Greenville 01	1,730
47	Greenwood HighGreenwood	19.4:1	High	Greenwood 50	1,724
48	Conway HighConway	18.9:1	High	Horry 01	1,724
49	Socastee HighMyrtle Beach	17.7:1	High	Horry 01	1,720
50	Catawba Ridge High SchoolFort Mill	17.4:1	High	York 04	1,704

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Methodology

Enrollment data comes from the NCES Common Core of Data (CCD) 2024-25 school year. Schools are ranked by total student enrollment. Student-teacher ratios are calculated from full-time equivalent (FTE) teacher counts reported by each school.

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