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Percent of 3rd, 5th, and 8th Graders Below Basic on 2007 PACT (Math)

Rank* County Percent of 3rd Graders Below Basic on 2007 PACT (Math) Rank* County Percent of 5th Graders Below Basic on 2007 PACT (Math) Rank* County Percent of 8th Graders Below Basic on 2007 PACT (Math)
1 Calhoun 10.3 1 Horry 12.9 1 Anderson 18.8
2 Horry 13.1 2 Oconee 13.4 2 Oconee 21.0
3 Edgefield 14.9 3 Abbeville 13.8 3 Horry 22.1
4 York 15.0 4 York 15.7 4 Lexington 22.6
5 Pickens 15.3 5 Anderson 16.2 5 York 22.6
6 Oconee 16.0 6 Calhoun 16.9 6 Greenwood 23.2
7 Anderson 16.6 7 Lexington 17.1 7 Pickens 23.8
8 Lexington 16.7 8 Dorchester 17.6 8 Lancaster 24.6
9 Georgetown 17.3 9 Georgetown 18.4 9 Aiken 25.1
10 Abbeville 17.5 10 Berkeley 18.7 10 Edgefield 25.5
11 Aiken 18.1 11 Pickens 19.0 11 Kershaw 27.0
12 Greenville 18.2 12 Saluda 19.5 12 Chesterfield 27.9
13 Dorchester 18.3 13 Spartanburg 19.7 13 Saluda 28.0
14 Kershaw 18.5 14 Charleston 20.4 14 Spartanburg 28.2
15 Charleston 20.8 15 Greenville 20.5 15 Abbeville 28.6
16 Union 20.8 16 Aiken 20.9 16 Berkeley 31.8
17 Dillon 21.2 17 Laurens 20.9 17 Greenville 32.0
18 Berkeley 21.3 18 Lancaster 22.7 18 Newberry 32.1
19 Spartanburg 21.3 19 Beaufort 23.6 19 Laurens 32.2
20 Sumter 23.3 20 Florence 23.8 20 Union 32.3
21 Williamsburg 23.4 21 Sumter 23.9 21 Dorchester 32.7
22 Lancaster 23.8 22 Kershaw 24.1 22 Cherokee 34.9
23 Chesterfield 23.9 23 Edgefield 24.5 23 Charleston 35.2
24 Laurens 23.9 24 Newberry 26.3 24 Georgetown 36.2
25 Darlington 24.6 25 Chesterfield 27.0 25 Dillon 37.2
26 Greenwood 24.7 26 Darlington 27.0 26 Florence 37.7
27 Clarendon 25.1 27 Greenwood 27.1 27 Richland 38.8
28 Beaufort 26.4 28 Richland 27.8 28 Clarendon 38.9
29 Florence 26.8 29 Cherokee 28.0 29 Beaufort 39.9
30 Newberry 27.4 30 Williamsburg 31.1 30 Darlington 40.5
31 Cherokee 28.8 31 Hampton 31.3 31 Sumter 42.8
32 Saluda 29.1 32 Union 33.1 32 Chester 43.7
33 Orangeburg 30.1 33 Orangeburg 34.5 33 Calhoun 43.9
34 Richland 30.2 34 Bamberg 35.7 34 Marlboro 44.1
35 Fairfield 30.8 35 Chester 36.7 35 Hampton 45.2
36 Marlboro 32.6 36 Dillon 37.3 36 Williamsburg 47.2
37 Chester 34.5 37 Colleton 37.6 37 Colleton 47.9
38 Barnwell 37.3 38 Marion 38.0 38 McCormick 48.5
39 Lee 38.5 39 McCormick 39.4 39 Orangeburg 49.0
40 Colleton 39.4 40 Barnwell 40.8 40 Marion 50.3
41 Hampton 40.5 41 Allendale 41.7 41 Barnwell 51.4
42 McCormick 41.0 42 Clarendon 44.9 42 Bamberg 55.1
43 Bamberg 43.4 43 Fairfield 45.9 43 Allendale 55.4
44 Allendale 46.7 44 Marlboro 49.1 44 Lee 56.0
45 Marion 47.7 45 Jasper 58.2 45 Fairfield 57.0
46 Jasper 48.6 46 Lee 69.7 46 Jasper 65.4
  South Carolina 21.8   South Carolina 22.4   South Carolina 32.0

* 1 is best, 46 is worst.

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