Why does SC rank so low among the state rankings?

[m1a1mg]

Originally Posted by gvsteve

Did you bother looking at the bottom of the rankings to see where the problem might be? Very rural counties down there.

What's also important is to note that there are bad schools in great districts.

The top 10 SC schools by US News. The first 3 are in Charleston County. Simpsonville High is next to last in the rankings.

[WiseManOnceSaid]

Originally Posted by m1a1mg

What's also important is to note that there are bad schools in great districts.

The top 10 SC schools by US News. The first 3 are in Charleston County. Simpsonville High is next to last in the rankings.

There are great teaches at bad schools and vice versa as well. My kids are in a lower rated set of schools if you were to check greatschools.org but have had very good teachers for the most part and are getting a good education.

People put too much weight into the ratings systems in my opinion.

[Vaccinated Masker]

I wasn't asserting every urban school has a low score and every rural school has a high score.

A person upthread associated low school scores with rural. He did not mention the ones in urban areas. Most students in SC live in the urban and suburban areas and their academic performance has more weight on the state statistics than students in sparsely populated areas.

[Mutiny77]

Originally Posted by Vaccinated Masker

Most students in SC live in the urban and suburban areas and their academic performance has more weight on the state statistics than students in sparsely populated areas.

Much of this depends on what's considered urban/suburban schools. It's more obvious when it comes to the largest urban and suburban areas in the state, but how would schools in Sumter, Greenwood, Hartsville, Walterboro, Orangeburg, Newberry, Georgetown, Lancaster, Darlington, etc. be classified?