Schools · Chapin

Chapin, SC schools

4 public, charter and private schools in Chapin. Search by name or narrow by level, type or district.

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Chapin’s School Grade: A

The public schools Chapin’s kids attend, from kindergarten through graduation, outperform 91% of South Carolina’s districts on state tests and graduation. Among towns with similar incomes, they rank near the top.

ATest scoresA-Graduation

South Carolina school districts we grade (86)Better than 91%

Lower resultsHigher results

South Carolina towns with similar household incomes (123)Better than 92%

High confidence. Built on 7,376 tested students and a graduating class of 1,404; ordinary year-to-year swings are unlikely to change the grade.

How the School Grade works

Results, not inputs. Math and reading proficiency on South Carolina’s state tests, each against the state average, plus the four-year graduation rate. Spending and class size are shown below but don’t count toward the grade. Tests: 2020–21; graduation: class of 2020.
The whole path. A town’s grade follows its kids: every district that serves it, weighted by the number of students tested in each. Tests count 60% and graduation 40%.
Graded within the state. Each state writes its own tests, so districts are lined up against the rest of South Carolina only. A+ top 5%A next 10%A- next 10%B B+ to B−, next 30%C C+ to C−, next 30%D D and D−, bottom 15%
Individual schools are graded the same way on their own test results, against every public school in South Carolina with 25+ students. Private schools aren’t graded: they don’t take the state tests.
What a grade can’t tell you. Test results track family income closely, so a high grade partly reflects who lives in a town. That’s why we also compare towns with similar incomes. Visit, ask other parents, and read neighbor reviews. It’s our own summary of U.S. Department of Education data, not an official rating.

Test scores · 2020–21

State test results

Math (Lexington School District 5)47%

State average 38.3%

Graduation · class of 2020

91% graduate on time

Graduation rate

91%

SC: 82%

Graduating class

1,404

students

The share of students who started ninth grade together and earned a regular diploma within four years.

Districts

The district serving Chapin

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Lexington School District 5Grades PK–12 · 23 schools · 17,053 students

$16,036 per studentSC $15,090A

Each district’s own page has its spending, test scores, enrollment and every school.

Within reach

Colleges near Chapin

There’s no college in Chapin, but 10 colleges are within 30 miles. The closest is Columbia International University in Columbia, 16.4 miles away.

Columbia International UniversityUniversity or college · Private nonprofit · Columbia16.4 mi822 students

Fortis College-ColumbiaCareer school · For-profit · Columbia18 mi513 students

Newberry CollegeUniversity or college · Private nonprofit · Newberry18.1 mi1,407 students Columbia CollegeUniversity or college · Private nonprofit · Columbia19.5 mi736 students

Midlands Technical CollegeCommunity college · Public · West Columbia19.7 mi5,986 students

Benedict CollegeUniversity or college · Private nonprofit · Columbia21.1 mi1,575 students Allen UniversityUniversity or college · Private nonprofit · Columbia21.2 mi668 students University of South Carolina-ColumbiaUniversity or college · Public · Columbia21.3 mi33,511 students South University-ColumbiaUniversity or college · For-profit · Columbia22.1 mi240 students

Southeastern College-ColumbiaCareer school · For-profit · Dentsville22.7 mi249 students

Straight-line distance from the center of Chapin. Degree-granting colleges with students on campus. Colleges marked › have their own page; the others are too small or don’t report enough to the Department of Education for one.

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