Scranton’s public schools score below 94% of South Carolina districts
The public schools Scranton’s kids attend, from kindergarten through graduation, trail 94% of South Carolina’s districts on state tests and graduation. Among towns with similar incomes, they rank near the bottom.
The short version on Scranton’s schools
Low even next to similar towns
It isn’t only a matter of income. Among the 39 South Carolina towns with similar household incomes, Scranton still scores better than just 0%. How it compares ↓
Results are among the lowest in South Carolina
Scranton’s schools score below 94% of South Carolina districts. How it compares ↓
Which school depends on your street
With two middle schools, the school a child attends depends on your address. After that, everyone goes to Scranton Elementary. 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 Scranton 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 Scranton.
The district
Each district’s own page has its spending, test scores, enrollment and every school.
How students score
Every school in Scranton
1 school. Grades are based on state tests and graduation. Any other ratings are made by neighbors.
Parents talk
What Scranton families are saying about school.
Your answer becomes a post in Town Square.
Colleges near Scranton
There’s no college in Scranton, but 3 are within 30 miles. The closest is Williamsburg Technical College in Kingstree, 18.5 miles away.
Straight-line distance from the center of Scranton. Degree-granting colleges with students on campus · College Scorecard · IPEDS.
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.