The Bennettsville, SC educational system consists of 5 public schools, 2 private schools and n/a post-secondary schools. Bennettsville public schools have average test scores of 44% which is 5% lower than than the South Carolina average and 11% lower than than the national average. The student to teach ratio of Bennettsville public schools is 15:1, compared to 16:1 in South Carolina and 16:1 across all of the United States. A total of 62.9% of students have completed 8th grade, 60.0% have completed high school, 9.9% have completed a bachelor’s degree and 0.3% have completed a doctorate degree.