Schools · Tega Cay

Tega Cay, SC schools

3 public, charter and private schools in Tega Cay. Search by name or narrow by level, type.

A+School Grade #5Best schools in SC (of 141)#1Highest graduation rate in SC (of 160)

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Tega Cay’s School Grade: A+

The public schools Tega Cay’s kids attend, from kindergarten through graduation, outperform 99% of South Carolina’s districts on state tests and graduation. Among towns with similar incomes, they rank near the top.

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South Carolina school districts we grade (86)Better than 99%

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South Carolina towns with similar household incomes (30)Better than 87%

High confidence. Built on 8,560 tested students and a graduating class of 1,133; 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 (York School District 4)65%

State average 38.3%

Graduation · class of 2020

96% graduate on time

Graduation rate

96%

SC: 82%

Graduating class

1,133

students

The share of students who started ninth grade together and earned a regular diploma within four years. #1 of 160 SC towns →

Districts

The district serving Tega Cay

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York School District 4Grades PK–12 · 20 schools · 18,445 students

$13,698 per studentSC $15,090A+

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

Within reach

Colleges near Tega Cay

There’s no college in Tega Cay, but 15 colleges are within 30 miles. The closest is Winthrop University in Rock Hill, 6.9 miles away.

Winthrop UniversityUniversity or college · Public · Rock Hill6.9 mi4,039 students York Technical CollegeCommunity college · Public · Rock Hill7.3 mi3,255 students Chamberlain University-North CarolinaUniversity or college · For-profit · Charlotte8.1 mi183 students

Clinton CollegeUniversity or college · Private nonprofit · Rock Hill8.9 mi12 students

Southeastern College-CharlotteCareer school · For-profit · Charlotte10.2 mi216 students

Carolinas College of Health SciencesUniversity or college · Public · Charlotte10.9 mi351 students Queens University of CharlotteUniversity or college · Private nonprofit · Charlotte14.4 mi1,509 students Belmont Abbey CollegeUniversity or college · Private nonprofit · Belmont15.4 mi1,480 students Central Piedmont Community CollegeCommunity college · Public · Charlotte16 mi12,139 students Johnson & Wales University-CharlotteUniversity or college · Private nonprofit · Charlotte16.2 mi1,120 students

5 more within 30 miles.

Straight-line distance from the center of Tega Cay. 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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