The S.C. Department of Education released the report cards of every school in South Carolina this week.
The report cards, based on the 2023-2024 school year, rank each school on a 100-point scale and designate each school based on where they fall.
In Lexington County, the rankings yielded 13 excellent schools, including 18 good, 27 average, 11 average and two failing.
The schools that deserved the top excellent ranking includes:
Lexington1
▪ Lake Murray Primary School
▪ In the middle of the lake
▪ Lexington High
▪ Meadow Glen Elementary
▪ Meadow Glen Midden
▪ Halfway through Elementary
▪ New Providence Elementary
▪ Pleasant hill center
▪ River Bluff High
▪ Rocky Creek Elementary
Lexington Richland 5
▪ Chapin High
▪ Chapin average
▪ Spring hill high
The schools that have a Good rankings are:
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▪ Beechwood Middle
▪ Deerfield Elementary
▪ Gilbert High
▪ Pleasant hill elementary
▪ Red Bank Primary School
Lexington2:
▪ RH Fulmer Center
▪ Springdale Elementary
Lexington Richland 5
▪ Ballet Elementary
▪ Chapin Elementary
▪ Chapin Middle
▪ Dutch Fork High
▪ Dutch Fork Middle
▪ Irmo Elementary
▪ Lake Murray Primary School
▪ Leaphart Elementary
▪ The Children’s Way
▪ Oak Pointe Elementary
▪ River Springs Elementary
The schools ranked as average Are:
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▪ Carolina Springs Elementary School
▪ Carolina Springs Middle
▪ Centerville Elementary
▪ Gilbert Elementary
▪ Gilbert Middle
▪ Lexington Elementary
▪ Oak Grove Elementary
▪ Pelion Elementary
▪ Pelion Central
▪ Saxe-Gotha Elementary
▪ White Knoll Elementary
▪ White Knoll center
▪ White Knoll High
Lexington2
▪ Congaree Elementary
▪ Busbee Creative Arts
▪ North side Center
▪ Pine Ridge center
▪ Riverbank Elementary
▪ Saluda River Academy of the Arts
Lexington 3
▪ Batesburg-Leesville High
▪ Batesburg-Leesville Middle
Lexington 4
▪ Sandhills Elementary
Lexington Richland 5
▪ Crossroads Elementary
▪ HE Corley Elementary
▪ Harbison West
▪ Irmo Middle
▪ Piney Woods Elementary School
These schools are ranked below average Are:
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▪ Fort Pond Elementary
▪ Pelion high
Lexington2
▪ Airport high
▪ Brooklyn Cayce High
▪ Herbert Wood Elementary
Lexington 3
▪ Batesburg-Leesvile Elementary
Lexington 4
▪ Frances Mack Average
▪ Swansea High
Lexington Richland 5
▪ Dutch Fork Elementary
▪ Irmo High
▪ Seven Oaks Elementary
Two schools in Lexington County have registered as unsatisfactory
Lexington2
▪ Cayce Elementary
Lexington 4
▪ Sand hills in the middle
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.