List of school districts in South Carolina explained

This is a list of school districts in South Carolina, sorted alphabetically.

There are countywide school districts (which each cover all of a county) and independent school districts (which cover parts of one or more counties). All school districts are independent governments, and no K-12 public school systems in the state are dependent on another layer of government.^[1]

B

• • • Bamberg County School District 1 Bamberg County School District 2 Barnwell County Auditory-Verbal Center
  • Barnwell County School District 19 Barnwell County School District 29 - see Williston County School District 29
• Barnwell County School District 45
  • Beaufort County School District Beaufort-Jasper Career
• Berkeley County School District

C

• Calhoun County School District
• Charleston County School District
• Charter Institute at Erskine
  • • • • Cherokee County School District Chester County School District Chesterfield County School District Clarendon County School District 1 Clarendon County School District 2 (Manning)
• Clarendon County School District 3 (Turbeville)
• Colleton County School District
• Cope Auditory-Verbal Center

D

• • Darlington Dillon 3 (Latta)
• Dillon 4 (Dillon/Lake View)
• Dorchester 2
• Dorchester 4

E

• Edgefield County School District

F

• Fairfield
• Florence 1 (South and West Florence)
• Florence 2 (Pamlico)
• Florence 3 (Lake City)
• Florence 4 (Timmonsville)
• Florence 5 (Johnsonville)

G

• Georgetown
• Greenville
• Greenwood 50 (Greenwood)
• Greenwood 51 (Ware Shoals)
• Greenwood 52 (Ninety Six)

H

• Hampton 1 (Hampton)
• Hampton 2 (Estill)
• Horry

J

• Jasper

K

• Kershaw

L

• Lancaster
• Laurens 55 (Laurens)
• Laurens 56 (Clinton)
• Lee
• Lexington 1 (Gilbert, Lexington, Pelion)
• Lexington 2 (Cayce, Springdale, West Columbia)
• Lexington 3 (Batesburg-Leesville)
• Lexington 4 (Gaston & Swansea)
• Lexington-Richland 5 (Chapin, Irmo, St. Andrews)

M

• Marion County School District
• Marlboro
• McCormick

N

• Newberry

O

• Oconee
• Orangeburg Consolidated 3 (Elloree, Holly Hill)
• Orangeburg Consolidated 4 (Branchville, Cordova, Cope)
• Orangeburg Consolidated 5 (Bowman, North, Orangeburg)

P

• Pickens

R

• Richland 1 (Columbia)
• Richland 2 (NE Columbia, Spring Valley)
• Richland-Lexington 5 - see Lexington-Richland 5

S

• Saluda
• South Carolina Public Charter School District
• Spartanburg County School District 1 (Campobello, Inman, Landrum)
• Spartanburg County School District 2 (Boiling Springs, Chesnee, Inman, Mayo)
• Spartanburg County School District 3 (Cowpens, Pacolet, Spartanburg)
• Spartanburg County School District 4 (Woodruff)
• Spartanburg County School District 5 (Duncan, Lyman, Wellford, Reidville, Moore)
• Spartanburg County School District 6 (Moore, Pauline, Roebuck, Spartanburg)
• Spartanburg County School District 7 (Spartanburg Downtown/East)
• Sumter 2 (outer Sumter County)
• Sumter 17 (central Sumter County)

U

• Union

W

• Williamsburg
• Willimston 29

Y

• York 1 (York)
• York 2 (Clover)
• York 3 (Rock Hill)
• York 4 (Fort Mill)

Notes and References

1. Web site: South Carolina. U.S. Census Bureau. 2024-11-01.