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Percent of 3rd, 5th, and 8th Graders Proficient/Advanced on 2005 PACT (Math)

Rank* County % of 3rd Graders Proficient/ Advanced on 2005 Pact (Math) Rank* County % of 5th Graders Proficient/ Advanced on 2005 Pact (Math) Rank* County % of 8th Graders Proficient/ Advanced on 2005 Pact (Math)
1 Williamsburg 46.9 1 Horry 49.2 1 Oconee 34.7
2 Horry 43.5 2 Lexington 42.5 2 Anderson 33.2
3 Charleston 39.1 3 Oconee 41.8 3 Lexington 31.9
4 York 38.1 4 Georgetown 41.1 4 Horry 30.0
5 Pickens 37.6 5 York 39.6 5 Spartanburg 29.8
6 Greenville 37.2 6 Dorchester 38.6 6 Dorchester 29.4
7 Lexington 37.0 7 Anderson 37.3 7 York 29.2
8 Dorchester 34.5 8 Pickens 36.7 8 Greenwood 28.9
9 Anderson 34.3 9 Charleston 36.4 9 Aiken 27.8
10 Kershaw 34.2 10 Greenville 34.5 10 Pickens 27.7
11 Abbeville 34.0 11 Spartanburg 33.8 11 Kershaw 26.3
12 Calhoun 32.4 12 Laurens 33.7 12 Abbeville 24.5
13 Georgetown 31.9 13 Greenwood 32.3 13 Richland 23.9
14 Spartanburg 31.4 14 Kershaw 31.8 14 Edgefield 22.9
15 Darlington 29.9 15 Saluda 31.0 15 Charleston 22.7
16 Barnwell 29.9 16 Sumter 30.8 16 Greenville 21.6
17 Saluda 29.8 17 Newberry 30.8 17 Saluda 21.2
18 Greenwood 27.4 18 Aiken 30.3 18 Cherokee 20.6
19 Lancaster 27.0 19 Richland 30.1 19 Berkeley 20.0
20 Cherokee 26.8 20 Cherokee 29.5 20 Chesterfield 19.9
21 Aiken 26.6 21 Lancaster 29.3 21 Darlington 18.8
22 Florence 26.2 22 Dillon 29.2 22 Beaufort 18.3
23 Richland 25.6 23 Berkeley 28.0 23 Chester 18.3
24 Beaufort 25.6 24 Chesterfield 27.4 24 Union 17.9
25 Berkeley 24.8 25 Beaufort 27.3 25 Laurens 17.7
26 Oconee 24.6 26 Edgefield 27.2 26 Lancaster 16.8
27 Dillon 24.1 27 Abbeville 25.5 27 Williamsburg 16.3
28 Laurens 23.6 28 Union 24.0 28 Newberry 16.3
29 Sumter 23.4 29 Williamsburg 23.8 29 Barnwell 16.0
30 Edgefield 22.1 30 Calhoun 23.0 30 Clarendon 15.9
31 Clarendon 22.0 31 Clarendon 21.9 31 Florence 15.3
32 Chesterfield 21.9 32 Florence 21.4 32 McCormick 14.7
33 Newberry 21.1 33 Darlington 20.9 33 Sumter 14.3
34 Union 20.9 34 Barnwell 19.0 34 Dillon 14.3
35 Colleton 19.5 35 Bamberg 16.8 35 Georgetown 14.0
36 Jasper 19.4 36 Marion 16.8 36 Calhoun 13.1
37 Chester 19.1 37 Hampton 16.4 37 Marion 11.6
38 Orangeburg 18.5 38 Orangeburg 15.7 38 Marlboro 9.7
39 Hampton 17.3 39 Chester 15.6 39 Lee 9.4
40 Fairfield 14.2 40 Fairfield 15.0 40 Bamberg 8.4
41 Marion 13.7 41 McCormick 13.9 41 Jasper 8.2
42 Marlboro 13.4 42 Colleton 13.4 42 Orangeburg 7.5
43 McCormick 12.5 43 Allendale 13.0 43 Fairfield 7.5
44 Bamberg 12.2 44 Lee 9.9 44 Hampton 7.4
45 Lee 8.1 45 Marlboro 9.3 45 Colleton 6.9
46 Allendale 7.8 46 Jasper 6.7 46 Allendale 5.9
- South Carolina 30.9 - South Carolina 32.4 - South Carolina 23.2

* 1 is best, 46 is worst.

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