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Percent of 3rd, 5th, and 8th Graders Below Basic on 2005 PACT (ELA)

Rank* County % of 3rd Graders Below Basic on 2005 PACT (ELA) Rank* County % of 5th Graders Below Basic on 2005 PACT (ELA) Rank* County % of 8th Graders Below Basic on 2005 PACT (ELA)
1 Anderson 6.3 1 Anderson 11.8 1 Edgefield 14.8
2 Dorchester 6.7 2 Oconee 12.8 2 Anderson 15.8
3 Williamsburg 6.8 3 Horry 13.4 3 Lexington 18.1
4 Horry 7.1 4 Georgetown 16.3 4 Oconee 18.1
5 Calhoun 7.5 5 Pickens 16.9 5 Horry 18.2
6 Pickens 8.0 6 York 17.7 6 Pickens 19.1
7 Georgetown 8.4 7 Dorchester 18.2 7 York 19.1
8 Oconee 9.2 8 Lexington 18.3 8 Kershaw 19.5
9 York 9.3 9 Kershaw 18.8 9 Greenwood 19.8
10 Abbeville 9.7 10 Aiken 20.5 10 Aiken 20.2
11 Aiken 9.9 11 Sumter 21.6 11 Dorchester 20.8
12 Kershaw 10.6 12 Edgefield 21.7 12 Spartanburg 22.2
13 Greenville 10.9 13 Greenville 21.9 13 Greenville 24.1
14 Edgefield 11.2 14 Spartanburg 22.0 14 Charleston 25.1
15 Sumter 11.2 15 Greenwood 22.1 15 Richland 25.9
16 Charleston 11.4 16 Richland 23.4 16 Chesterfield 26.3
17 Berkeley 11.8 17 Union 23.4 17 Abbeville 26.5
18 Lexington 12.4 18 Charleston 23.9 18 Berkeley 27.3
19 Newberry 12.8 19 Williamsburg 24.8 19 Union 27.6
20 Greenwood 13.2 20 Berkeley 25.1 20 Saluda 28.3
21 Beaufort 14.6 21 Lancaster 25.1 21 Beaufort 29.8
22 Richland 14.6 22 Beaufort 25.5 22 Barnwell 30.2
23 Union 14.8 23 Laurens 25.6 23 Calhoun 30.2
24 Florence 14.9 24 Newberry 25.9 24 Sumter 30.2
25 Clarendon 15.1 25 Abbeville 26.1 25 Darlington 30.4
26 Laurens 15.9 26 Cherokee 28.4 26 Georgetown 30.4
27 Spartanburg 16.3 27 Chesterfield 29.3 27 Laurens 30.5
28 Darlington 16.6 28 Clarendon 30.4 28 Williamsburg 31.1
29 Chesterfield 16.7 29 Florence 31.3 29 Cherokee 31.5
30 Fairfield 17.4 30 Bamberg 33.0 30 Clarendon 31.8
31 Lancaster 17.4 31 Orangeburg 33.1 31 Lancaster 32.0
32 Saluda 17.4 32 Darlington 33.7 32 McCormick 32.9
33 Orangeburg 18.5 33 Chester 34.0 33 Florence 33.0
34 McCormick 19.4 34 Saluda 36.2 34 Chester 33.8
35 Lee 21.1 35 Barnwell 36.4 35 Colleton 35.7
36 Dillon 21.2 36 Colleton 37.1 36 Orangeburg 36.5
37 Barnwell 21.8 37 Hampton 37.9 37 Dillon 36.7
38 Hampton 21.8 38 Allendale 38.0 38 Bamberg 36.9
39 Chester 21.9 39 Dillon 38.5 39 Marion 37.8
40 Colleton 21.9 40 Fairfield 38.6 40 Newberry 37.9
41 Cherokee 22.3 41 Calhoun 39.6 41 Jasper 40.5
42 Bamberg 22.7 42 McCormick 41.1 42 Marlboro 41.3
43 Marlboro 27.0 43 Marlboro 42.6 43 Hampton 44.6
44 Jasper 28.6 44 Jasper 46.4 44 Lee 45.0
45 Allendale 29.5 45 Lee 46.6 45 Fairfield 46.0
46 Marion 35.0 46 Marion 51.8 46 Allendale 49.6
- South Carolina 12.9 - South Carolina 23.2 - South Carolina 25.3

* 1 is best, 46 is worst.

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