Fort Mill boasts some of the best schools in the nation.

Some of the highlights regarding scholastics in Fort Mill Schools:

• Fort Mill School District is rated a Blue Ribbon School District recognized by the Department of Education for achieving superior standards of academic excellence.

• All Fort Mill School District schools received Palmetto Gold awards recognizing outstanding student academic performance.

• Standardized test scores are consistently above state averages and SAT scores exceed both state and national averages.

• The senior classes of Fort Mill and Nation Ford High Schools earned over of $9,000,000 in scholarships in the 2014/2015 school year.

Southern hospitality is alive and well in Fort Mill, one of the fastest growing communities in this region. Careful urban planning complements the beautiful Anne Close-Springs Greenway with architecture and roadways that fit the pleasant landscape.

Take a walk through Fort Mill's historic downtown and you can step back in time. Some of the buildings on Main Street date back to the late 1800s and provide evidence of the growth of the business district during this period in time.

Given its close proximity to Charlotte, many of the town’s 10,000 plus residents commute there for work, while a sizable number are employed at nearby Springs Global US, Inc., one of the nation’s largest textile manufacturing firms, the retail giant Ross Dress for Less, Schaeffler Industries a dynamic global technology company, banking powerhouse CitiFinancial, marketing giant Red Ventures, Shutterfly the world's creative photography publishing giant, The Lash Group part of AmerisourceBergen, a medical patient support services company, LPL Financial the largest organization of independent financial advisors in the United States and Dotmar Engineering Plastic Products a leading supplier of engineering thermoplastics.