Best Elementary Schools in the Spartanburg, SC Area

Are you looking for information on the top public elementary schools in the Spartanburg area? Below you'll find rankings on some of the best Spartanburg-area elementary schools including Pine St. Elementary School, Cooley Springs-Fingerville Elementary School, Reidville Elementary School, and Inman Elementary School. We also have data to help you compare such top traditional public elementary schools to the area's best charter schools including High Point Academy, Spartanburg Preparatory School,

The list below is not meant be used as a definitive guide to which Spartanburg-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 Spartanburg Area

Rankings for the best elementary schools in the Spartanburg 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 Spartanburg Area

When comparing regular Spartanburg-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 Spartanburg Area

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

• Spartanburg County, SC