| Rank |
School District |
People Below The Poverty Rate |
| 1 |
Allendale County School District, South Carolina
|
40.2%
|
| 2 |
Dillon School District 1, South Carolina
|
33.8%
|
| 3 |
Bamberg School District 2, South Carolina
|
33.3%
|
| 4 |
Orangeburg School District 3, South Carolina
|
29.4%
|
| 5 |
Barnwell School District 45, South Carolina
|
26.9%
|
| 6 |
Hampton School District 2, South Carolina
|
26.2%
|
| 7 |
Jasper County School District, South Carolina
|
26.2%
|
| 8 |
Laurens School District 56, South Carolina
|
25.2%
|
| 9 |
Colleton County School District, South Carolina
|
24.0%
|
| 10 |
Chesterfield County School District, South Carolina
|
23.8%
|
| 11 |
Greenwood School District 50, South Carolina
|
23.8%
|
| 12 |
Marion School District 2, South Carolina
|
23.6%
|
| 13 |
Georgetown County School District, South Carolina
|
23.2%
|
| 14 |
Darlington County School District, South Carolina
|
22.2%
|
| 15 |
Cherokee County School District, South Carolina
|
22.0%
|
| 16 |
Clarendon School District 2, South Carolina
|
21.9%
|
| 17 |
Lancaster County School District, South Carolina
|
21.1%
|
| 18 |
Aiken County School District, South Carolina
|
20.9%
|
| 19 |
Union County School District, South Carolina
|
20.9%
|
| 20 |
Edgefield County School District, South Carolina
|
19.8%
|
| 21 |
Oconee County School District, South Carolina
|
18.9%
|
| 22 |
Pickens County School District, South Carolina
|
18.8%
|
| 23 |
Horry County School District, South Carolina
|
18.5%
|
| 24 |
York School District 1, South Carolina
|
18.5%
|
| 25 |
Florence School District 1, South Carolina
|
18.4%
|
| 26 |
Kershaw County School District, South Carolina
|
18.3%
|
| 27 |
Charleston County School District, South Carolina
|
18.2%
|
| 28 |
Sumter School District 17, South Carolina
|
18.2%
|
| 29 |
Newberry County School District, South Carolina
|
17.9%
|
| 30 |
Calhoun County School District, South Carolina
|
17.4%
|
| 31 |
Saluda County School District, South Carolina
|
17.2%
|
| 32 |
Spartanburg School District 6, South Carolina
|
16.5%
|
| 33 |
Greenville County School District, South Carolina
|
15.8%
|
| 34 |
Berkeley County School District, South Carolina
|
15.6%
|
| 35 |
McCormick County School District, South Carolina
|
14.5%
|
| 36 |
Beaufort County School District, South Carolina
|
12.0%
|
| 37 |
Dorchester School District 2, South Carolina
|
11.7%
|
| 38 |
Anderson School District 1, South Carolina
|
10.0%
|
| 39 |
Richland School District 2, South Carolina
|
8.5%
|
| 40 |
Lexington School District 5, South Carolina
|
8.4%
|
| 41 |
Remainder of South Carolina, South Carolina
|
7.4%
|