NCES CCD 2024-25 27 schools SC

Best-Resourced Schools in Rock Hill, SC

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

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27
Schools
19,003
Students
44.4/100
Avg Resource Index
14.1:1
Avg Student-Teacher Ratio

National city placement

Middle-of-corpus city profile

According to NCES CCD 2024-25, Rock Hill has more public-school enrollment than 92% of the 4,487 US cities in this directory. Rock Hill 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

14 of Rock Hill's 27 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 27-point gap between Rawlinson Road Middle and The Palmetto School shows the range hidden by Rock Hill'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 8%
School count
Top 10%
Resource Index average
68th percentile
Teacher staffing
66th percentile

Rock Hill school enrollment varies 31× across entities

Rock Hill school enrollment ranges from 63 students (lowest) to 1,980 students (highest), a spread of 1,917 students. That ratio is among the widest observed and reflects extreme heterogeneity inside a single city, with small specialty programs listed alongside large comprehensive campuses. 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

Rock Hill reports 55.2% free-lunch eligibility

The reported share clears the 50% majority mark. 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

Rock Hill student-teacher ratio is 14.1:1 — 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 Rock Hill is typically wider than the Rock Hill-aggregate figure suggests.

Source: NCES Common Core of Data, Public School Universe

4 of Rock Hill's 27 listed schools are charters

15% of the city's listed public-school campuses are reported as charter schools in NCES CCD. Charter status identifies a different governance arrangement; it does not establish admissions availability, academic quality, or the share of city students enrolled in those campuses. Open each school record to compare enrollment and staffing directly.

Source: NCES Common Core of Data

# School Score
1. Rawlinson Road Middle 60
2. Saluda Trail Middle 57
3. Dutchman Creek Middle 54
4. Castle Heights Middle 54
5. W. C. Sullivan Middle 51
6. Old Pointe Elementary 51
7. Cherry Park Elementary School of Language Immersion 50
8. York Preparatory Academy 48
9. South Pointe High 48
10. Legion Collegiate Academy 46
11. Mount Gallant Elementary 46
12. York Road Elementary 46
13. Ebenezer Avenue Elementary: Traditional Montesorri Inquiry 45
14. Lesslie Elementary 44
15. Richmond Drive Elementary 42
16. Sunset Park Center for Accelerated Studies 42
17. Mount Holly Elementary 41
18. Ebinport Elementary 41
19. Northwestern High 40
20. Oakdale Elementary 40
21. Central Child Development Center 40
22. Independence Elementary 38
23. India Hook Elementary 37
24. Riverwalk Academy 35
25. Northside Elementary 35
26. Rock Hill High 34
27. The Palmetto School 33

Most racially and ethnically mixed schools in Rock Hill

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 Castle Heights Middle 72.4/100
  2. 2 Central Child Development Center 71.0/100
  3. 3 Independence Elementary 70.8/100
  4. 4 Rock Hill High 70.4/100
  5. 5 W. C. Sullivan Middle 69.6/100

What do families ask about schools in Rock Hill?

Which Rock Hill school has the highest Resource Investment Index? ▼

Rawlinson Road Middle has the highest Resource Investment Index among the Rock Hill schools in this federal-data comparison at 60/100. The index summarizes reported staffing, counseling, gifted-program, and attendance inputs; it is not an academic rating.

How many schools are in Rock Hill, SC? ▼

Rock Hill has 27 public schools with a total enrollment of 19,003 students. 4 are charter schools. Average student-teacher ratio: 14.1:1.

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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.