DATE:     4/6/01
CONTACT:  Dr. Gregory Hawkins, (864) 656-0217
WRITER:   Diane Palmer, (864) 656-4741


SAT scores for top, bottom 30
South Carolina high schools

                         TOP 30 SCHOOLS

   SCHOOL                               ACTUAL    EXPECTED  DIFFERENCE 
1. Academic Magnet, Charleston District  1,208    1,028.10  + 179.94
2. Pleasant Hill - Georgetown District     969      869.87  + 99.13
3. Mt. Pleasant - Lee District             878      783.46  + 94.54
4. Great Falls Middle/HS-Chester District  978      886.78  + 91.22
5. Greenville Senior-Greenville District 1,009      920.83  + 88.17
6. Williston Elko - Barnwell 29 District   929      844.89  + 84.11
7. Silver Bluff - Aiken District         1,000      916.36  + 83.64
8. Dreher - Richland I District          1,028      946.93  + 81.07
9. North Central - Kershaw District        989      909.81  + 79.19
10. Latta - Dillon 3 District              958      882.09  + 75.91 
11. Bamberg-Ehrhardt-Bamberg I District    932      856.81  + 75.19 
12. Aynor - Horry District               1,039      964.48  + 74.52 
13. Bethune - Kershaw District             952      878.91  + 73.09
14. Sumter - Sumter 17 District          1,018      946.23  + 71.77
15. Seneca - Oconee District             1,040      968.86  + 71.14
16. Marion - Marion I District             920      853.83  + 66.17
17. Palmetto - Anderson I District       1,018      952.11  + 65.89
18. Ridge Spring Monetta-Aiken District    919      855.09  + 63.91
19. Wade Hampton-Hampton I District        923      866.81  + 56.19
20. Timmonsville-Florence 4 District       858      802.57  + 55.43
21. Southside - Greenville District      1,022      967.78  + 54.22
22. Camden - Kershaw District              975      920.17  + 53.83
23. Andrews - Georgetown District          904      851.55  + 52.45
24. Estill - Hampton 2 District            811      763.64  + 47.36
25. D.W. Daniel - Pickens District       1,081    1,034.0   + 46.99
26. Edisto - Orangeburg 4                  944      897.28  + 46.72
27. St. George - Dorchester 4 District     859      813.62  + 45.38
28. Abbeville - Abbeville District         934      888.72  + 45.28
29. Loris - Horry District                 932      887.20  + 44.80 
30. Calhoun County - Calhoun District      862      817.33  + 44.67

                                                                                      
                             BOTTOM 30 SCHOOLS  

    SCHOOL                                    ACTUAL EXPECTED DIFFERENCE
1.  Harleyville-Ridgeville-Dorchester 4 District 719   855.8    -136.8
2.  Lockhart - Union District                    849   979.33   -130.3
3.  St. Johns - Charleston District              761   877.46   -116.5 
4.  Blacksburg - Cherokee District               860   959.86    -99.86
5.  Chapman - Spartanburg I District             904   991.92    -87.92
6.  Ruffin - Colleton District                   737   821.79    -84.79
7.  Darlington - Darlington District             780   856.58    -76.58
8.  Andrew Jackson - Lancaster District          879   953.15    -74.15
9.  Marlboro - Marlboro District                 823   892.81    -69.81
10. Ware Shoals - Greenwood 51 District          869   938.64    -69.54
11. Elloree - Orangeburg 3 District              764   829.55    -65.55
12. Lewisville - Chester District                847   910.40    -63.40 
13. Buford - Lancaster District                  882   941.56    -59.56
14. Cross - Berkeley District                    771   828.74    -57.74 
15. Hartsville - Darlington District             883   940.50    -57.50
16. Boiling Springs - Spartanburg 2 District     978   1,035     -57.01
17. Lincoln - Charleston District                741   797.92    -56.92
18. Airport - Lexington 2 District               921   977.04    -56.04
19. Jasper County - Jasper District              750   803.43    -53.43
20. Carolina - Greenville District               827   879.85    -52.85
21. Landrum - Spartanburg I District             924   975.72    -51.72 
22. Baptist Hill - Charleston District           748   798.62    -50.62
23. Lake City - Florence District                809   859.41    -50.41
24. Gaffney - Cherokee District                  908   957.60    -49.60
25. East Clarendon - Clarendon 3 District        833   882.58    -49.58 
26. Barnwell - Barnwell 45 District              894   941.99    -47.99
27. Terrels Bay - Marion 3 District              731   777.98    -46.98
28. Eau Claire - Richland I District             751   795.72    -44.72
29. Blue Ridge - Greenville District             944   988.56    -44.56
30. Woodruff - Spartanburg 4 District            932   976.28    -44.28


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