South Carolina girls high school basketball rankings
South Carolina girls high school basketball rankings
From the farm-fueled towns of the heartland to the bustling concrete canyons on the coast, high school girls basketball is a cultural touchstone.
Basketball engages nearly 400,000 girls to join high school teams per year, according to 2021-22 data from the National Federation of State High School Associations. With almost 18,000 high schools maintaining girls teams, basketball is the most widely offered girls high school sport, beating out track and field and volleyball. Such data paints a clear picture of the sport's cultural impact.
And girls basketball dates back over a century. Iowa, for instance, traces its girls state championship history to 1920. That timeline doesn't lag far behind boys' basketball: Illinois' boys state championship began just 13 years before Iowa's girls event. However, girls across the country weren't given equal representation and support in the sport until the passage of the gender equality act known as Title IX in 1972. Since the arrival of that legislation, girls participation in basketball—and sports as a whole—exploded. Now, girls play basketball in high school gyms across all 50 states.
To dig into competition data behind the ever-growing sport of high school girls basketball, Stacker compiled statewide rankings in South Carolina using MaxPreps. MaxPreps' rankings factor in win-loss record, win quality, and strength of schedule. Keep reading to find out which schools top the girls basketball charts in South Carolina.
Class A
1. Military Magnet Academy (North Charleston): 25-6 (14-0 in A Region 8), 15.3 rating, 13 straight wins
2. Lake View: 22-3 (8-0 in A Region 6), 11.3 rating
3. High Point Academy (Spartanburg): 22-6 (8-0 in A Region 1), 9.5 rating
4. Denmark-Olar (Denmark): 27-3 (14-0 in A Region 4), 8.0 rating
5. Carvers Bay (Hemingway): 21-7 (8-0 in A Region 5), 5.4 rating
Class AA
1. Keenan (Columbia): 19-7 (8-0 in AA Region 4), 25.5 rating
2. Gray Collegiate Academy (West Columbia): 22-6 (6-2 in AA Region 4), 23.3 rating, 10 straight wins
3. Bishop England (Charleston): 19-12 (6-3 in AA Region 7), 12.1 rating
4. Andrew Jackson (Kershaw): 22-6 (12-0 in AA Region 5), 11.7 rating
5. Silver Bluff (Aiken): 19-4 (8-0 in AA Region 3), 11.1 rating
Class AAA
1. Camden: 29-2 (10-0 in AAA Region 6), 32.7 rating, 27 straight wins
2. Southside (Greenville): 27-4 (9-1 in AAA Region 2), 21.5 rating
3. Wren (Piedmont): 26-6 (9-1 in AAA Region 2), 20.7 rating
4. Philip Simmons (Charleston): 20-6 (8-0 in AAA Region 8), 18.2 rating
5. Lower Richland (Hopkins): 19-7 (10-0 in AAA Region 5), 17.6 rating
6. Crestwood (Sumter): 20-7 (7-3 in AAA Region 6), 16.8 rating
7. Blue Ridge (Greer): 24-5 (8-0 in AAA Region 3), 15.4 rating
8. Marlboro County (Bennettsville): 16-10 (6-4 in AAA Region 6), 11.6 rating
9. Loris: 18-10 (9-1 in AAA Region 7), 8.9 rating
10. Walhalla: 16-10 (8-2 in AAA Region 1), 8.9 rating
Class AAAA
1. North Augusta: 26-3 (8-0 in AAAA Region 4), 26.8 rating, 7 straight wins
2. Westwood (Blythewood): 26-5 (10-0 in AAAA Region 5), 25.8 rating
3. South Pointe (Rock Hill): 25-3 (9-1 in AAAA Region 3), 25.5 rating
4. Wade Hampton (Greenville): 20-6 (7-1 in AAAA Region 2), 21.3 rating
5. Riverside (Greer): 20-7 (6-2 in AAAA Region 2), 19.7 rating
6. South Florence (Florence): 24-2 (9-1 in AAAA Region 6), 19.4 rating
7. A.C. Flora (Columbia): 20-10 (7-3 in AAAA Region 5), 18.1 rating
8. Pickens: 24-3 (9-1 in AAAA Region 1), 17.6 rating
9. Catawba Ridge (Fort Mill): 20-5 (9-1 in AAAA Region 3), 17.2 rating
10. Greer: 18-9 (5-3 in AAAA Region 2), 14.8 rating, 2 straight losses
Class AAAAA
1. Mauldin: 24-5 (8-0 in AAAAA Region 1), 27.9 rating, 17 straight wins
2. Stratford (Goose Creek): 25-5 (7-1 in AAAAA Region 6), 24.5 rating
3. Summerville: 20-6 (8-0 in AAAAA Region 7), 23.1 rating
4. Spring Valley (Columbia): 24-7 (9-1 in AAAAA Region 3), 22.0 rating
5. Lexington: 20-7 (7-1 in AAAAA Region 4), 21.8 rating
6. Sumter: 19-6 (7-1 in AAAAA Region 5), 21.0 rating
7. Dorman (Roebuck): 17-10 (7-1 in AAAAA Region 2), 19.6 rating
8. Rock Hill: 20-7 (8-2 in AAAAA Region 3), 19.6 rating
9. Woodmont (Piedmont): 20-7 (5-3 in AAAAA Region 1), 19.4 rating
10. T.L. Hanna (Anderson): 18-10 (5-3 in AAAAA Region 1), 16.1 rating
11. Cane Bay (Summerville): 18-9 (7-1 in AAAAA Region 6), 15.8 rating
12. Fort Dorchester (North Charleston): 17-8 (4-4 in AAAAA Region 7), 14.9 rating, 2 straight losses
13. Stall (Charleston): 17-10 (6-2 in AAAAA Region 7), 14.5 rating
14. James F. Byrnes (Duncan): 13-13 (6-2 in AAAAA Region 2), 13.4 rating
15. Carolina Forest (Myrtle Beach): 16-7 (7-1 in AAAAA Region 5), 12.8 rating
Class SCACS A
1. Greenville Hurricanes (Greenville): 29-9 (4-0 in Region), 7.9 rating, 2 straight losses
2. Easley HomeSchool (Easley): 5-6 (3-0 in Region), -2.2 rating, 2 straight losses
3. Providence HomeSchool (Columbia): 7-15 (3-5 in Region), -11.3 rating, 3 straight losses
4. Mountain View Christian Academy (Cowpens): 8-8 (0-1 in Region), -12.2 rating
Class SCACS AA
1. New Covenant School (Anderson): 24-0 (4-0 in Region), 12.6 rating, 24 straight wins
2. Bob Jones Academy (Greenville): 5-8 (2-0 in Region), -3.7 rating
3. Lake Pointe Academy (York): 7-10 (1-5 in Region), -10.1 rating, 6 straight losses
Class SCHS
1. Lowcountry Wildcats Athletics (North Charleston): 20-1 (3-0 in Region), 7.1 rating, 2 straight wins
Class SCISA A
1. Laurens Academy (Laurens): 20-11 (10-2 in SCISA A Region IV), -1.7 rating
2. Cambridge Academy (Greenwood): 15-8 (8-4 in SCISA A Region IV), -2.1 rating, 3 straight wins
3. Curtis Baptist (Augusta): 18-9 (4-0 in SCISA A Region III), -2.4 rating
4. King Academy (Batesburg): 15-7 (9-3 in SCISA A Region IV), -3.4 rating
5. Wardlaw Academy (Johnston): 17-7 (9-3 in SCISA A Region IV), -4.0 rating
Class SCISA AA
1. Cathedral Academy (North Charleston): 22-7 (10-0 in SCISA AA Region I), 9.2 rating, 3 straight wins
2. Beaufort Academy (Beaufort): 16-11 (8-0 in SCISA AA Region II), 5.6 rating
3. Patrick Henry Academy (Estill): 19-7 (6-2 in SCISA AA Region II), 4.1 rating
4. Dorchester Academy (St. George): 11-8 (6-3 in SCISA AA Region I), -1.2 rating
5. Clarendon Hall (Summerton): 9-6 (5-4 in SCISA AA Region I), -3.9 rating
Class SCISA AAA
1. Hilton Head Christian Academy (Hilton Head Island): 27-2 (4-0 in SCISA AAA Region I), 26.2 rating, 7 straight wins
2. Orangeburg Prep (Orangeburg): 15-4 (4-0 in SCISA AAA Region IV), 11.8 rating
3. First Presbyterian Academy at Shannon Forest (Greenville): 21-4 (8-0 in SCISA AAA Region III), 9.6 rating
4. Pee Dee Academy (Mullins): 20-2 (8-0 in SCISA AAA Region II), 8.9 rating
5. John Paul II (Ridgeland): 18-6 (2-2 in SCISA AAA Region I), 5.6 rating
Class SCISA AAAA
1. Heathwood Hall Episcopal (Columbia): 26-1 (8-0 in SCISA AAAA Region I), 22.5 rating, 13 straight wins
2. Northwood Academy (Charleston): 20-8 (8-0 in Region), 17.2 rating
3. Trinity Collegiate (Darlington): 10-4 (2-0 in SCISA AAAA Region II), 16.1 rating
4. Hammond (Columbia): 13-8 (6-2 in SCISA AAAA Region I), 8.2 rating
5. First Baptist School (Charleston): 11-13 (3-2 in Region), 7.4 rating, 3 straight losses
