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South Carolina Kids Count County Ranking Sheets


Dropouts (percentage of students enrolled in the 8th grade not enrolled in 12th grade 4 years later) (2006-2008)

Rank* County All White Male White Female African-American and Other Male African-American and Other Female
1 Horry 12.1 14.8 6.6 20.3 9.4
2 York 13.7 16.0 8.8 23.9 9.4
3 Greenville 17.5 17.0 14.5 28.4 12.5
4 Bamberg 17.7 22.9 19.0 23.1 10.2
5 Oconee 18.1 22.2 13.3 25.8 10.3
5 Lexington 18.1 20.5 15.8 24.8 9.8
7 Lancaster 21.5 23.2 16.6 33.1 15.2
8 Anderson 21.6 23.9 18.5 28.2 17.2
9 Greenwood 21.8 21.0 16.5 33.6 18.4
10 Richland 22.5 19.0 15.9 30.9 18.3
11 Abbeville 22.9 24.2 17.8 31.4 19.3
12 Aiken 23.4 22.2 17.8 36.5 21.4
13 Edgefield 23.5 30.3 12.8 28.9 20.2
14 Chesterfield 23.9 22.8 21.8 34.4 17.6
15 Berkeley 24.1 31.7 28.0 22.4 8.9
16 Newberry 24.3 21.5 13.8 37.8 22.3
17 Saluda 24.5 28.9 19.2 39.4 8.8
18 Beaufort 24.8 24.5 20.9 34.3 19.7
19 Jasper 25.7 59.3 57.4 25.3 14.2
20 Florence 25.9 26.8 16.7 36.8 21.3
21 Pickens 26.0 30.9 22.6 26.8 13.7
22 Williamsburg 26.4 49.2 60.0 28.6 19.3
23 Dorchester 26.6 28.3 24.3 32.3 21.1
24 Spartanburg 26.9 27.1 24.2 35.5 22.7
24 Kershaw 26.9 30.0 24.5 28.2 24.0
26 Charleston 27.4 13.1 11.4 46.4 26.3
27 Laurens 28.5 34.3 21.0 34.5 23.8
28 Union 28.7 30.3 31.6 30.2 20.8
29 Clarendon 29.0 24.8 22.6 39.3 22.2
30 McCormick 30.5 61.1 21.4 42.5 14.3
31 Cherokee 30.7 32.8 25.1 41.4 28.0
32 Marion 31.0 43.5 31.3 36.1 20.9
33 Fairfield 31.3 56.9 50.0 33.7 22.1
34 Orangeburg 31.5 43.8 25.9 38.7 22.5
35 Allendale 32.4 25.0 66.7 43.1 20.4
36 Marlboro 32.8 37.9 36.5 42.2 17.6
37 Darlington 33.2 35.5 26.8 43.3 25.5
38 Hampton 34.2 32.5 25.8 42.2 31.3
38 Barnwell 34.2 35.4 38.5 34.4 29.5
40 Georgetown 35.5 28.2 26.5 46.6 36.6
41 Dillon 35.7 36.8 25.2 47.0 28.2
42 Sumter 36.6 40.3 32.5 42.7 30.6
43 Lee 37.4 81.8 60.0 45.9 25.7
44 Calhoun 37.9 67.8 73.5 29.8 23.6
45 Colleton 41.7 47.9 35.4 45.5 37.4
46 Chester 52.9 62.8 50.0 53.8 44.8
  South Carolina 24.5 24.4 19.2 34.7 20.4

* 1 is best, 46 is worst.

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