Drayton’s public schools beat 59% of South Carolina districts
The public schools Drayton’s kids attend, from kindergarten through graduation, outperform 59% of South Carolina’s districts on state tests and graduation. Among towns with similar incomes, they sit near the middle.
What Drayton’s schools are like
Below what its incomes would suggest
Statewide, Drayton’s schools beat 59% of districts. Among the 129 towns with similar household incomes, they beat just 39%. Most towns with comparable incomes get noticeably better results. How it compares ↓
High spending, middling results
Drayton spends $19,700 per student, 31% more than the state average, and each teacher has about 14 students, compared with 14 statewide. Results haven’t kept pace: the schools beat 59% of districts. Test scores ↓
Which school depends on your street
With two middle schools, the school a child attends depends on your address. After that, everyone goes to Drayton Mills Elementary and Spartanburg High. From grade 9, they’re joined by students from Spartanburg. See the path ↓
This summary is written from the data on this page. Test scores are from 2020–21, a pandemic year, so treat small gaps with caution.
How Drayton compares
How the School Grade works
- Results, not inputs. Math and reading proficiency on South Carolina’s state tests against the state average, plus the four-year graduation rate. Spending and class size are shown but don’t count. Tests: 2020–21; graduation: class of 2020.
- The whole path. A town’s grade follows its kids through every district that serves it, weighted by students tested. Tests count 60%, graduation 40%.
- Graded within the state. Each state writes its own tests, so districts are compared with the rest of South Carolina only. A+ is the top 5%, A the next 10%, A− the next 10%, the B range the next 30%, the C range the next 30%, D the rest.
- What a grade can’t tell you. Test results track family income, so 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.
Where will my kid go?
Pick a grade. These are the public schools that serve Drayton.
The district
Each district’s own page has its spending, test scores, enrollment and every school.
How students score
Every school in Drayton
2 schools. Grades are based on state tests and graduation. Any other ratings are made by neighbors.
Parents talk
What Drayton families are saying about school.
Your answer becomes a post in Town Square.
Colleges near Drayton
There’s no college in Drayton, but 14 are within 30 miles. The closest is Converse University in Spartanburg, 1.7 miles away.
Straight-line distance from the center of Drayton. Degree-granting colleges with students on campus · College Scorecard · IPEDS. 4 more within 30 miles.
School data: U.S. Department of Education (NCES, EDFacts, F-33 school finance). The School Grade is our own summary of state test results and graduation rates, graded within South Carolina. Stars are from neighbors.