# Counties in South Carolina by school enrolment, children aged 3 and 4, 2024

All 46 values come from U.S. Census Bureau for 2024, so the places are comparable.

- Indicator id: `preschool_enrolment_rate_3_4`
- Unit: %
- Definition: Children aged 3 and 4 enrolled in public or private school, including nursery school and preschool, at any time in the three months before the interview, as a percentage of all children aged 3 and 4. United States: American Community Survey five-year estimate, where the period shown is the last year of the five-year span.
- Source: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-year estimates, table B14003: children aged 3 and 4 enrolled in public or private school as a percentage of all children aged 3 and 4, calculated with stored inputs (https://www2.census.gov/programs-surveys/acs/summary_file/2024/table-based-SF/data/5YRData/acsdt5y2024-b14003.dat)
- Retrieved: 2026-10-12
- Citation: U.S. Census Bureau. American Community Survey 5-year estimates, table B14003: children aged 3 and 4 enrolled in public or private school as a percentage of all children aged 3 and 4, calculated with stored inputs. https://www2.census.gov/programs-surveys/acs/summary_file/2024/table-based-SF/data/5YRData/acsdt5y2024-b14003.dat. Retrieved 2026-10-12.
- Web page: https://invokely.ai/rankings/preschool-enrollment-ages-3-4/south-carolina-counties

| Rank | Place | % |
|---:|---|---:|
| 1 | Bamberg County | 74 |
| 2 | Fairfield County | 60.1 |
| 3 | Lee County | 59 |
| 4 | Clarendon County | 58.7 |
| 5 | Jasper County | 57.9 |
| 6 | Charleston County | 55.9 |
| 7 | Kershaw County | 55.8 |
| 8 | Pickens County | 54.2 |
| 9 | Williamsburg County | 54.2 |
| 10 | Barnwell County | 51.9 |
| 11 | Marion County | 51.2 |
| 12 | Richland County | 50.4 |
| 13 | Lexington County | 48.4 |
| 14 | Beaufort County | 47.8 |
| 15 | Lancaster County | 47.7 |
| 16 | Dillon County | 47.4 |
| 17 | Oconee County | 47 |
| 18 | Edgefield County | 46 |
| 19 | Orangeburg County | 45.5 |
| 20 | Saluda County | 45.4 |
| 21 | Aiken County | 45.1 |
| 22 | Calhoun County | 44.6 |
| 23 | Florence County | 44.6 |
| 24 | York County | 43.4 |
| 25 | Spartanburg County | 43 |
| 26 | Laurens County | 42.5 |
| 27 | Greenville County | 41.7 |
| 28 | Berkeley County | 41.3 |
| 29 | Darlington County | 40.6 |
| 30 | Sumter County | 39.8 |
| 31 | Anderson County | 39.6 |
| 32 | Horry County | 38.7 |
| 33 | Colleton County | 37.7 |
| 34 | Union County | 35 |
| 35 | Newberry County | 34.4 |
| 36 | Greenwood County | 34.2 |
| 37 | Dorchester County | 33.5 |
| 38 | Abbeville County | 32.3 |
| 39 | Marlboro County | 31 |
| 40 | Cherokee County | 27.6 |
| 41 | Chester County | 25.9 |
| 42 | Hampton County | 23.9 |
| 43 | Georgetown County | 23.5 |
| 44 | Allendale County | 22 |
| 45 | Chesterfield County | 20.5 |
| 46 | McCormick County | 11 |