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Fairfax, South Carolina - 3 schools
An equity score of 93/100 ranks Allendale 01 #1 of 73 districts in South Carolina (state average 51). Derived live from how evenly resources are distributed across the district's schools.
At $19,180 per pupil, Allendale 01 ranks #6 of 74 South Carolina districts by per-pupil spending (South Carolina districts). NCES F-33 finance data.
974
Total Enrollment
3
Schools
$19,180
Per-Pupil Spending
Combined, High
School Types
District-Level NCES Analysis
Allendale 01 operates 3 public schools serving 974 students, placing it among the smallest districts in South Carolina. The school portfolio breaks down into 1 combined, 1 high, 1 middle schools, a small enough portfolio that most families will interact with nearly every campus in the district at some point. These enrollment and school figures come from the NCES Common Core of Data (CCD) 2024-25 release, and the district is based in Allendale County.
Per-pupil expenditure runs $19,180 according to the NCES F-33 School District Finance Survey, among the top 8 of 74 South Carolina districts by per-pupil spending. See how South Carolina compares in our national per-pupil spending analysis. The funding mix is 26.3% local, 42.6% state, and 31.1% federal, a balanced mix across local, state, and federal sources, spreading budget risk across funding cycles rather than concentrating it in one. The district's equity score is 93/100, ranked #1 of 73 in South Carolina against a state average of 51, notably more even than the typical district in the state for how evenly funding reaches its schools.
Academic infrastructure includes 1 of 3 schools offering Advanced Placement (1 AP courses district-wide), a 217.2:1 student-counselor ratio, that meets the ASCA-recommended benchmark, and 51.8% chronic absenteeism from the 2021-22 Civil Rights Data Collection. Demographically, the student body averages 89.5% African American, 4.7% White, 2.9% Hispanic or Latino across the district's schools. Its most demographically mixed campus is Allendale-Fairfax Elementary, with a diversity index of 23.4/100.
Its largest campus is Allendale-Fairfax Elementary, enrolling 407 students (48% of the district's total enrollment).
Allendale-Fairfax Elementary accounts for 41.8% of all Allendale 01 student enrollment
That dominant concentration means Allendale 01-wide averages can mask substantial variation outside the dominant entity. Grade band: combined. A single dominant campus often anchors a district's program offerings and staffing patterns; the share helps explain why district-wide averages may not reflect the typical neighbourhood-school experience. When one entity dominates a region's footprint, its programmatic and budget decisions effectively set policy for a majority of the affected population.
Allendale 01 school enrollment varies 2.1× across entities
Allendale 01 school enrollment ranges from 196 students (lowest) to 407 students (highest), a spread of 211 students. That relatively narrow ratio reflects an unusually homogeneous campus portfolio, most districts have a wider mix of school sizes. Per-school staffing ratios, programme availability, and capital-renovation cycles often diverge inside the same district based on enrollment shape.
Allendale 01 has higher-than-average Title I eligibility — 100.0% of the population qualifies for free or reduced-price lunch
free or reduced-price lunch eligibility is the federal threshold for Title I funding allocations, established under the Every Student Succeeds Act (ESSA, 2015). Eligibility here is a supermajority of the population — well past the 75% concentration-grant threshold that unlocks extra funding on top of the basic Title I formula. Regions with eligibility this high typically draw a substantially larger federal funding share relative to their local tax base, which can either offset or reinforce existing gaps depending on allocation policy.
Allendale 01 student-counselor ratio is 217:1 — low (typically associated with meeting or exceeding the American School Counselor Association (ASCA) recommended 250:1 benchmark, which correlates with stronger college and career counseling capacity)
student-counselor ratio is the simplest comparative metric but it does not capture the full picture: the ratio counts FTE counselors against total enrollment, districts that contract intervention or social-emotional staff outside the counselor classification may be under-counted Lower values often correlate with smaller scale and population characteristics rather than higher resource budgets per se.
Allendale 01 chronic absenteeism rate is 51.8% — well above typical (typically associated with unusually large scale or acute resource constraints)
chronic absenteeism rate is the simplest comparative metric but it does not capture the full picture: a student is chronically absent if they miss ≥10% of enrolled days for any reason, illness, family obligations, or disengagement Values this far above typical often signal acute resource constraints or a structurally different scale than most peers — worth reading alongside the underlying counts, not the ratio alone.