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South Carolina school safety

City and district rankings from federal incident data · 2021-22 collection

1,214SCHOOLS

770WITH TRUSTED DATA

42RANKED CITIES

Safest ranked cities in South Carolina

Percentile is against all ranked U.S. cities (higher = safer). Only cities with ≥5 trustworthy-data schools are ranked. Home value is Zillow's ZHVI.

#	CITY	SAFETY PCTL	SCHOOLS	HOME VALUE
1	Anderson	95	17 of 23	$276,880
2	Lake City	92	5 of 5	$128,685
3	Mt. Pleasant	91	10 of 11	—
4	Clinton	91	5 of 7	$169,822
5	Pawleys Island	90	5 of 5	$549,127
6	Florence	90	18 of 22	$226,001
7	Newberry	85	6 of 7	$173,249
8	Fort Mill	81	17 of 17	$530,830
9	Sumter	77	18 of 20	$216,975
10	Spartanburg	76	17 of 28	$236,520
11	Greenville	75	22 of 52	$333,224
12	York	74	7 of 7	$359,364
13	Georgetown	62	8 of 8	$254,266
14	Orangeburg	61	11 of 12	$168,812
15	North Augusta	59	5 of 9	$283,135
16	Hopkins	50	5 of 5	$200,782
17	Westminster	47	5 of 5	$229,496
18	Irmo	45	6 of 9	$286,812
19	Lancaster	40	9 of 14	$296,839
20	Chapin	35	6 of 8	$448,393
21	Charleston	33	28 of 32	$598,419
22	Aiken	32	14 of 17	$283,665
23	Clover	31	8 of 10	$418,892
24	Moncks Corner	25	7 of 9	$365,596
25	Bluffton	22	7 of 10	$502,010
26	Myrtle Beach	22	23 of 26	$323,460
27	West Columbia	21	6 of 15	$232,906
28	Conway	18	12 of 15	$289,137
29	Summerville	18	14 of 25	$383,532
30	Mount Pleasant	17	5 of 5	$887,149
31	Lexington	15	16 of 20	$307,952
32	Seneca	14	6 of 6	$313,926
33	Ladson	12	6 of 7	$316,475
34	Goose Creek	11	10 of 14	$323,950
35	Rock Hill	11	22 of 27	$329,229
36	Beaufort	10	10 of 14	$416,559
37	North Charleston	8	29 of 30	$315,206
38	Columbia	8	59 of 76	$232,810
39	Easley	7	5 of 12	$323,996
40	Walterboro	2	5 of 6	$215,040
41	Elgin	1	6 of 6	$302,508
42	Blythewood	1	10 of 10	$345,965

Safest ranked districts

#	DISTRICT	SAFETY PCTL	SCHOOLS
1	Laurens 56	97	5 of 6
2	Spartanburg 06	96	9 of 13
3	Anderson 05	93	17 of 20
4	Laurens 55	91	5 of 9
5	Florence 01	88	18 of 23
6	Florence 03	87	8 of 8
7	Spartanburg 07	83	9 of 10
8	Charter Institute at Erskine	78	8 of 26
9	York 04	78	20 of 20
10	Greenville 01	78	34 of 88
11	Sumter 01	71	23 of 24
12	York 01	68	7 of 8
13	Georgetown 01	66	19 of 19
14	Orangeburg	61	26 of 28
15	Richland 01	59	40 of 47
16	Anderson 01	57	7 of 14
17	Cherokee 01	55	7 of 14
18	Newberry 01	54	12 of 14
19	Lancaster 01	40	13 of 22
20	Kershaw 01	37	10 of 16
21	Aiken 01	32	34 of 40
22	Lexington 02	29	7 of 12
23	York 02	28	8 of 10
24	Oconee 01	26	15 of 16
25	Lexington 05	23	19 of 22

Every South Carolina city with schools

Abbeville Aiken Anderson Andrews Aynor Bamberg Barnwell Batesburg-Leesville Beaufort Belton Belvedere Bennettsville Bethune Bishopville Blacksburg Blackville Blair Blenheim Bluffton Blythewood Boiling Springs Branchville Brunson Buffalo Calhoun Falls Camden Campobello Cassatt Cayce Central Chapin Charleston Cheraw Chesnee Chester Chesterfield Clearwater Clemson Clinton Clio Clover Columbia Conway Cope Cordova Cottageville Coward Cowpens Cross Dalzell Darlington Denmark Dillon Donalds Dorchester Due West Duncan Easley Eastover Edgefield Edisto Island Effingham Elgin Elloree Enoree Estill Eutawville Fairfax Florence Fort Mill Fountain Inn Gadsden Gaffney Galivants Ferry Garden City Gaston Georgetown Gilbert Gloverville Goose Creek Graniteville Gray Court Great Falls Greeleyville Green Sea Greenville Greenwood Greer Hampton Hanahan Hardeeville Hartsville Heath Springs Hemingway Hickory Grove Hilton Head Island Hodges Holly Hill Hollywood Honea Path Hopkins Huger Indian Land Inman Irmo Iva Jackson Jefferson Joanna Johns Island Johnsonville Johnston Jonesville Kershaw Kingstree Ladson Lake City Lake View Lamar Lancaster Landrum Latta Laurens Lexington Liberty Little Mountain Little River Loris Lugoff Lyman Manning Marietta Marion Mauldin Mayesville Mayo McBee McClellanville McColl McCormick Meggett Moncks Corner Monetta Moore Mount Pleasant Mt. Pleasant Mullins Murrells Inlet Myrtle Beach N Charleston Neeses New Ellenton New Zion Newberry Ninety Six North North Augusta North Charleston North Myrtle Beach Olanta Orangeburg Pacolet Pageland Pamplico Patrick Pauline Pawleys Island Pelion Pelzer Pendleton Pickens Piedmont Pineville Pinewood Pomaria Port Royal Prosperity Ravenel Reidville Rembert Richburg Ridge Spring Ridgeland Ridgeville Ridgeway Rock Hill Roebuck Rowesville Ruby Ruffin Saluda Santee Scranton Seabrook Seneca Shaw Air Force Base Simpsonville Six Mile Society Hill Spartanburg St. George St. Helena St. Matthews St. Stephen Starr Suite 200 Sullivan's Island Summerton Summerville Sumter Swansea Tamassee Taylors Tega Cay Timmonsville Townville Travelers Rest Trenton Turbeville Union Vance Varnville Wadmalaw Island Wagener Walhalla Wallace Walterboro Wando Ware Shoals Warrenville Waterloo Wellford West Columbia West Pelzer West Union Westminster Whitmire Williamston Williston Winnsboro Woodruff Yemassee Yonges Island York

Every South Carolina school district

Abbeville 60 Aiken 01 Allendale 01 Anderson 01 Anderson 02 Anderson 03 Anderson 04 Anderson 05 Anderson 80 Anderson 81 Bamberg 01 Bamberg 02 Barnwell 19 Barnwell 29 Barnwell 45 Barnwell 80 Beaufort 01 Beaufort 80 Berkeley 01 Calhoun 01 Charleston 01 Charter Institute at Erskine Cherokee 01 Chester 01 Chesterfield 01 Clarendon 02 Clarendon 04 Clarendon 80 Colleton 01 Darlington 01 Deaf & Blind School Dept Of Correction N04 Dept of Juvenile Justice Dillon 03 Dillon 04 Dillon 80 Dorchester 02 Dorchester 04 Dorchester 80 Edgefield 01 Fairfield 01 Florence 01 Florence 02 Florence 03 Florence 04 Florence 05 Georgetown 01 Governor's School for Science and Mathematics Governor's School for the Arts and Humanities Greenville 01 Greenwood 50 Greenwood 51 Greenwood 52 Greenwood 80 Hampton Horry 01 Jasper 01 Kershaw 01 Lancaster 01 Laurens 55 Laurens 56 Lee 01 Lexington 01 Lexington 02 Lexington 03 Lexington 04 Lexington 05 Marion 10 Marlboro 01 McCormick 01 Newberry 01 Oconee 01 Orangeburg Orangeburg 80 Orangeburg 81 Orangeburg 82 Pickens 01 Richland 01 Richland 02 SC Governor's School for Agriculture at John de la Howe Scho SC Public Charter School District Saluda 01 Spartanburg 01 Spartanburg 02 Spartanburg 03 Spartanburg 04 Spartanburg 05 Spartanburg 06 Spartanburg 07 Spartanburg 80 Spartanburg 81 Spartanburg 82 Sumter 01 Union 01 Williamsburg 01 York 01 York 02 York 03 York 04