Schools · Pendleton
Pendleton, SC schools
2 public, charter and private schools in Pendleton. Search by name or narrow by level, type.
TownTapestry School GradeNew
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Pendleton’s School Grade: A+
The public schools Pendleton’s kids attend, from kindergarten through graduation, outperform 95% of South Carolina’s districts on state tests and graduation. Among towns with similar incomes, they rank near the top.
A+Test scoresB-Graduation
South Carolina school districts we grade (86)Better than 95%
Lower resultsHigher results
South Carolina towns with similar household incomes (170)Better than 97%
High confidence. Built on 1,310 tested students and a graduating class of 213; 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 (Anderson School District 4)56%
State average 38.3%
Graduation · class of 2020
85% graduate on time
Graduation rate
85%
SC: 82%
Graduating class
213
students
The share of students who started ninth grade together and earned a regular diploma within four years. #102 of 160 SC towns →
Districts
The district serving Pendleton
Each district’s own page has its spending, test scores, enrollment and every school.
Every school
All 2 schools in Pendleton
Level
Showing 1–2 of 2 schools
Pendleton ElementaryElementary · Grades PK–6 · 547 students
C+PublicRiverside MiddleMiddle · Grades 7–8 · 453 students
B+PublicSchool data from the U.S. Department of Education (NCES). Ratings are from neighbors on TownTapestry.