Best Student-Teacher Ratios in South Carolina.

Cities in South Carolina with the lowest student-to-teacher ratios in public schools.

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#	City	Population	Student-Teacher Ratio	Public Schools
1	Irmo	11,813	9.5:1	4
2	Red Bank	11,314	10.8:1	2
3	Hilton Head Island	37,911	11.1:1	5
4	Beaufort	13,747	11.6:1	6
5	Parker	12,898	11.8:1	2
6	Columbia	139,643	12.5:1	37
7	Port Royal	15,579	12.5:1	3
8	Spartanburg	38,910	12.6:1	12
9	Bluffton	33,157	12.6:1	9
10	Oak Grove	12,256	12.6:1	1
11	Greenwood	22,536	12.9:1	10
12	Garden City	11,591	13.0:1	1
13	North Charleston	119,913	13.4:1	37
14	Fort Mill	30,775	13.4:1	16
15	Lexington	24,585	13.4:1	7
16	Newberry	10,790	13.5:1	6
17	Forest Acres	10,530	13.6:1	7
18	Dentsville	15,209	13.7:1	5
19	Red Hill	15,920	13.9:1	2
20	Charleston	154,338	14.0:1	35
21	Tega Cay	13,615	14.0:1	3
22	Anderson	30,051	14.1:1	8
23	St. Andrews	19,868	14.3:1	3
24	Cayce	13,741	14.5:1	6
25	Rock Hill	75,259	14.7:1	21
26	Clemson	18,072	15.0:1	1
27	Berea	16,862	15.0:1	3
28	Florence	40,408	15.1:1	16
29	Conway	27,263	15.3:1	8
30	North Myrtle Beach	19,855	15.3:1	1
31	Gantt	15,401	15.3:1	2
32	West Columbia	17,963	15.4:1	5
33	Sumter	43,053	15.6:1	12
34	Socastee	23,796	15.6:1	4
35	Gaffney	12,596	15.6:1	5
36	Aiken	32,521	15.7:1	9
37	Orangeburg	13,253	15.7:1	5
38	Greenville	72,935	15.8:1	26
39	Goose Creek	48,078	15.8:1	11
40	Ladson	16,140	16.1:1	3
41	Myrtle Beach	38,371	16.3:1	6
42	Easley	24,841	16.3:1	7
43	Five Forks	18,656	16.3:1	1
44	Powdersville	10,771	16.3:1	4
45	Wade Hampton	20,898	16.5:1	4
46	James Island	12,198	16.5:1	1
47	Greer	41,536	16.6:1	9
48	Taylors	24,505	16.6:1	5
49	Hanahan	21,452	16.6:1	4
50	North Augusta	25,653	16.7:1	7
51	Boiling Springs	12,936	16.7:1	3
52	Summerville	51,654	17.1:1	12
53	Fountain Inn	12,020	17.2:1	3
54	Mauldin	27,055	17.5:1	6
55	Mount Pleasant	93,993	17.6:1	16
56	Carolina Forest	26,263	17.7:1	6
57	Simpsonville	26,144	17.7:1	5
58	Moncks Corner	15,485	19.6:1	5
59	Seven Oaks	15,921	19.7:1	3