NCES CCD 2024-25 7 schools SC

Best-Resourced Schools in Inman, SC

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7 public K-12 schools in Inman from NCES Common Core of Data: enrollment, grade span, demographics, and Civil Rights Data Collection statistics for every active campus.

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7
Schools
4,671
Students
46/100
Avg Resource Index
15:1
Avg Student-Teacher Ratio

National city placement

Middle-of-corpus city profile

According to NCES CCD 2024-25, Inman has more public-school enrollment than 52% of the 4,487 US cities in this directory. Inman sits in the broad middle of the national city distribution rather than at a single obvious extreme. Its scale, average Resource Investment Index, and staffing position need to be read together: a middle placement on one measure does not cancel a stronger or weaker result on another. The percentile panel makes those dimensions explicit, and the school table shows where the city aggregate breaks into materially different campus profiles.

Combined-grade campuses shape the local portfolio

3 of Inman's 7 listed schools use NCES's combined or “other” grade-level classification. Citywide averages therefore blend campuses serving unusually broad or nonstandard grade spans with conventional elementary, middle, and high schools. Grade configuration is a first-order comparison here, not a minor label.

Campus spread matters more than the city mean

The 29-point gap between T.E. Mabry Middle and Oakland Elementary shows the range hidden by Inman's average Resource Investment Index. The city figure is useful for national placement, but families ultimately choose among campuses with different grade spans, enrollment, district affiliations, and reported support fields. Start with schools serving the relevant grade level, then compare the index components rather than assuming the city average describes any one classroom.

City enrollment
Top 48%
School count
Top 65%
Resource Index average
74th percentile
Teacher staffing
54th percentile

Boiling Springs Middle accounts for 24.0% of all Inman public-school enrollment

That concentration means Inman-wide averages can mask substantial variation outside the largest entity. Grade level: Middle. The share measures enrollment concentration only; it does not establish how districts allocate programs, capital, or staff. Enrollment-weighted aggregates give this entity more weight than any smaller peer, while an unweighted entity average treats every record equally.

Source: NCES Common Core of Data

Inman school enrollment varies 3.5× across entities

Inman school enrollment ranges from 322 students (lowest) to 1,122 students (highest), a spread of 800 students. That relatively narrow ratio reflects an unusually homogeneous school portfolio for a city this size. Per-school staffing and program breadth can differ sharply at opposite ends of that enrollment range, so the city average should not be treated as a typical campus.

Source: NCES Common Core of Data

Inman reports 65.4% free-lunch eligibility

The reported share sits between 62.5% and 75%, above a simple majority but below the highest descriptive band used here. Title I operates under the Every Student Succeeds Act (ESSA, 2015), but its statutory allocation uses additional LEA-level counts and rules not represented by this average. This percentage is an economic-need context measure; it does not establish a Title I award, show dollars received, or describe how funds are distributed among campuses.

Source: NCES Common Core of Data

Inman student-teacher ratio is 15.0:1 — near the typical range (US average ~15.7) — citywide staffing is neither unusually lean nor unusually crowded by this measure

student-teacher ratio is the simplest comparative metric but it does not capture the full picture: the ratio counts FTE classroom teachers against total enrollment, push-in specialists, English-language aides, special-education co-teachers, and counselors are not included in most reporting Variation between sub-units within Inman is typically wider than the Inman-aggregate figure suggests.

Source: NCES Common Core of Data, Public School Universe

# School Score
1. T.E. Mabry Middle 61
2. New Prospect Elementary 54
3. Inman Intermediate 49
4. Chapman High 47
5. Inman Elementary 42
6. Boiling Springs Middle 37
7. Oakland Elementary 32

Most racially and ethnically mixed schools in Inman

Ranked by the Simpson student-body diversity index (0-100) from NCES race and ethnicity data, where higher means a more evenly mixed student body. It measures mix, not quality.

  1. 1 Boiling Springs Middle 55.4/100
  2. 2 Inman Intermediate 50.6/100
  3. 3 Inman Elementary 49.0/100
  4. 4 Chapman High 45.6/100
  5. 5 T.E. Mabry Middle 38.2/100

What do families ask about schools in Inman?

Which Inman school has the highest Resource Investment Index? ▼

T.E. Mabry Middle has the highest Resource Investment Index among the Inman schools in this federal-data comparison at 61/100. The index summarizes reported staffing, counseling, gifted-program, and attendance inputs; it is not an academic rating.

How many schools are in Inman, SC? ▼

Inman has 7 public schools with a total enrollment of 4,671 students. Average student-teacher ratio: 15:1.

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Data from NCES Common Core of Data (CCD) 2024-25 and Civil Rights Data Collection (CRDC) 2021-22. The Resource Investment Index uses reported student-teacher ratio, counselor access, gifted programs, and attendance; it is not an academic rating. Cities must include at least five schools to be listed. This public-data comparison is for informational purposes: verify current enrollment, attendance boundaries, and programs with the school district before acting. See the guide to understanding NCES data.