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Dropouts (percentage of students enrolled in the 8th grade not enrolled in 12th grade 4 years later) (2002-2003)

Rank* County All WM AA&OM WF AA&OF
1 Lexington County 23.6 27.1 31.1 19.2 19.1
2 Greenville County 25.1 27.1 36.8 19.5 21.0
3 Horry County 25.3 28.6 30.4 20.4 23.5
4 Berkeley County 25.3 33.0 23.3 26.4 12.6
5 Richland County 26.2 22.1 36.8 13.3 22.8
6 Oconee County 26.6 29.4 39.5 23.0 17.0
7 Abbeville County 27.2 30.1 36.2 23.5 18.5
8 Spartanburg County 27.2 26.3 39.2 22.3 28.4
9 Chesterfield County 27.3 29.3 35.5 22.9 21.6
10 Dorchester County 27.7 33.7 35.5 19.9 20.4
11 Greenwood County 27.9 26.9 42.8 19.5 25.3
12 York County 28.3 29.7 41.3 22.3 28.0
13 Union County 30.6 26.3 30.9 35.9 28.1
14 Barnwell County 30.9 34.6 39.7 29.9 19.7
15 Lancaster County 31.1 33.2 42.4 24.4 28.1
16 McCormick County 31.3 58.1 29.3 53.8 17.4
17 Newberry County 31.3 28.0 46.2 23.8 25.4
18 Beaufort County 32.0 34.5 42.7 26.7 24.4
19 Marion County 32.6 36.1 41.7 23.1 25.1
20 Kershaw County 32.9 34.3 48.4 24.2 28.3
21 Florence County 33.3 37.1 42.6 25.1 27.7
22 Clarendon County 33.5 33.7 39.5 35.9 26.1
23 Aiken County 33.6 34.4 43.6 28.5 31.5
24 Sumter County 33.8 37.9 39.2 30.8 27.3
25 Pickens County 33.8 35.9 33.0 32.1 30.8
26 Charleston County 33.9 24.5 50.9 17.0 34.4
27 Anderson County 34.8 34.7 46.2 31.3 36.6
28 Darlington County 35.7 36.3 46.9 25.3 31.3
29 Cherokee County 36.9 42.6 39.3 30.0 36.3
30 Bamberg County 36.9 33.7 49.2 23.3 29.5
31 Georgetown County 37.6 33.9 48.8 29.3 35.7
32 Jasper County 39.7 78.1 35.5 78.4 28.2
33 Dillon County 40.2 43.4 46.9 31.6 36.2
34 Laurens County 40.6 45.7 48.2 36.0 30.1
35 Fairfield County 40.6 30.4 45.2 61.9 34.5
36 Saluda County 40.7 39.1 61.8 30.2 32.6
37 Orangeburg County 41.6 49.6 47.7 40.8 33.3
38 Marlboro County 42.3 50.2 47.7 41.3 33.0
39 Lee County 42.4 55.2 54.7 55.6 26.7
40 Colleton County 43.7 55.1 50.2 38.3 32.5
41 Calhoun County 44.5 61.7 53.2 50.0 32.0
42 Chester County 45.2 51.8 49.9 41.3 37.9
43 Edgefield County 46.9 52.8 50.6 42.1 42.0
44 Williamsburg County 47.0 61.5 55.5 48.8 36.2
45 Hampton County 48.1 42.3 58.9 43.8 41.4
46 Allendale County 59.1 66.7 61.5 72.0 54.9
- South Carolina 31.2 31.8 42.0 24.5 28.0

* 1 is best, 46 is worst.

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