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Dropouts (percentage of students enrolled in the 8th grade not enrolled in 12th grade 4 years later) (2006-2008)

Rank*	County	All	White Male	White Female	African-American and Other Male	African-American and Other Female
1	Horry	12.1	14.8	6.6	20.3	9.4
2	York	13.7	16.0	8.8	23.9	9.4
3	Greenville	17.5	17.0	14.5	28.4	12.5
4	Bamberg	17.7	22.9	19.0	23.1	10.2
5	Oconee	18.1	22.2	13.3	25.8	10.3
5	Lexington	18.1	20.5	15.8	24.8	9.8
7	Lancaster	21.5	23.2	16.6	33.1	15.2
8	Anderson	21.6	23.9	18.5	28.2	17.2
9	Greenwood	21.8	21.0	16.5	33.6	18.4
10	Richland	22.5	19.0	15.9	30.9	18.3
11	Abbeville	22.9	24.2	17.8	31.4	19.3
12	Aiken	23.4	22.2	17.8	36.5	21.4
13	Edgefield	23.5	30.3	12.8	28.9	20.2
14	Chesterfield	23.9	22.8	21.8	34.4	17.6
15	Berkeley	24.1	31.7	28.0	22.4	8.9
16	Newberry	24.3	21.5	13.8	37.8	22.3
17	Saluda	24.5	28.9	19.2	39.4	8.8
18	Beaufort	24.8	24.5	20.9	34.3	19.7
19	Jasper	25.7	59.3	57.4	25.3	14.2
20	Florence	25.9	26.8	16.7	36.8	21.3
21	Pickens	26.0	30.9	22.6	26.8	13.7
22	Williamsburg	26.4	49.2	60.0	28.6	19.3
23	Dorchester	26.6	28.3	24.3	32.3	21.1
24	Spartanburg	26.9	27.1	24.2	35.5	22.7
24	Kershaw	26.9	30.0	24.5	28.2	24.0
26	Charleston	27.4	13.1	11.4	46.4	26.3
27	Laurens	28.5	34.3	21.0	34.5	23.8
28	Union	28.7	30.3	31.6	30.2	20.8
29	Clarendon	29.0	24.8	22.6	39.3	22.2
30	McCormick	30.5	61.1	21.4	42.5	14.3
31	Cherokee	30.7	32.8	25.1	41.4	28.0
32	Marion	31.0	43.5	31.3	36.1	20.9
33	Fairfield	31.3	56.9	50.0	33.7	22.1
34	Orangeburg	31.5	43.8	25.9	38.7	22.5
35	Allendale	32.4	25.0	66.7	43.1	20.4
36	Marlboro	32.8	37.9	36.5	42.2	17.6
37	Darlington	33.2	35.5	26.8	43.3	25.5
38	Hampton	34.2	32.5	25.8	42.2	31.3
38	Barnwell	34.2	35.4	38.5	34.4	29.5
40	Georgetown	35.5	28.2	26.5	46.6	36.6
41	Dillon	35.7	36.8	25.2	47.0	28.2
42	Sumter	36.6	40.3	32.5	42.7	30.6
43	Lee	37.4	81.8	60.0	45.9	25.7
44	Calhoun	37.9	67.8	73.5	29.8	23.6
45	Colleton	41.7	47.9	35.4	45.5	37.4
46	Chester	52.9	62.8	50.0	53.8	44.8
	South Carolina	24.5	24.4	19.2	34.7	20.4

* 1 is best, 46 is worst.