Best Elementary Schools in the Florence, SC Area

Are you looking for information on the top public elementary schools in the Florence area? Below you'll find rankings on some of the best Florence-area elementary schools including Carolina Elementary School, Royall Elementary School, McLaurin Elementary School, and Lucy T. Davis Elementary School. We also have data to help you compare such top traditional public elementary schools to the area's best charter schools including

The list below is not meant be used as a definitive guide to which Florence-area elementary school would be best for any individual child. For schools that are close to one another in rankings, differences in available data are in most cases very small.

Top Elementary Schools in the Florence Area

Rank	School Name	City	School Type	Grades Served
1	Carolina Elementary School	Hartsville, SC	Regular	1-5
2	Royall Elementary School	Florence, SC	Regular	K-6
3	McLaurin Elementary School	Florence, SC	Regular	PK-4
4	Lucy T. Davis Elementary School	Florence, SC	Regular	K-4
5	Delmae Elementary School	Florence, SC	Regular	K-4
6	Carver Elementary School	Florence, SC	Regular	K-4
7	North Hartsville Elementary School	Hartsville, SC	Regular	PK-PK,
8	Briggs Elementary School	Florence, SC	Regular	K-6
9	John W. Moore Middle School	Florence, SC	Regular	5-6
10	Greenwood Elementary School	Florence, SC	Regular	K-6
11	Johnsonville Elementary School	Johnsonville, SC	Regular	PK-4
12	Hannah-Pamplico Elementary and Middle	Pamplico, SC	Regular	PK-8
13	Spaulding Elementary School	Lamar, SC	Regular	PK-PK,
14	Scranton Elementary School	Scranton, SC	Regular	PK-6
15	Brockington Elementary School	Darlington, SC	Regular	PK-PK,
16	Johnsonville Middle School	Johnsonville, SC	Regular	5-8
17	J C Lynch Elementary School	Coward, SC	Regular	PK-6
18	Henry Timrod Elementary School	Florence, SC	Regular	K-6
19	Brunson-Dargan Elementary School	Darlington, SC	Regular	3-5
20	St Johns Elementary School	Darlington, SC	Regular	PK-5
21	Savannah Grove Elementary School	Effingham, SC	Regular	K-6
22	Dewey-Carter Elementary School	Effingham, SC	Regular	PK-6
23	West Hartsville Elementary School	Hartsville, SC	Regular	4-5
24	Wallace Gregg Elementary School	Florence, SC	Regular	K-6
25	North Vista Elementary School	Florence, SC	Regular	PK-6
26	Olanta Elementary School	Olanta, SC	Regular	PK-5
27	Theodore Lester Elementary School	Florence, SC	Regular	PK-6
28	Thornwell School for the Arts	Hartsville, SC	Regular	1-5

Rankings for the best elementary schools in the Florence area were created independently by Carolina School Hub. The test data for this site was derived from the North Carolina Department of Public Instruction and South Carolina Department of Education.

You can click on a specific school name above for more information on elementary school test scores, student data and more.

Choosing an Elementary School in the Florence Area

When comparing regular Florence-area elementary schools to charter and magnet schools, one should keep in mind the differences between charter schools, magnet schools and traditional public schools.

Magnet schools are in most cases alternative public schools that offer a specialized curriculum. At the highest level, North and South Carolina magnet schools and traditional elementary schools tend to be managed by the same entity - the county school superintendent's office. Magnet schools normally can accept students from anywhere in the county in which they are located, and often limit the acceptance pool through a lottery system.

Charter schools, on the other hand, are each independently managed. They tend to accept students not only from the county in which they're located, but surrounding counties as well. Like magnets, charters tend to use a lottery-based acceptance method.

Regular elementary schools are sometimes called "zoned schools," "neighborhood schools" or "zip code schools." This is because they accept students from a limited geographical area - such as a town or a specific set of subdivisions. Regular schools do not tend to use a lottery system. Regular elementary schools are the most common kinds of schools in North and South Carolina.

Which Elementary Schools are Covered in the Florence Area

We hope you find the ratings and other information on elementary schools in the Florence area to be useful. Elementary Schools on this page were drawn from the following counties:

• Florence County, SC
• Darlington County, SC