An equity score of 68/100 ranks Calhoun 01 #18 of 74 districts in South Carolina (state average 50). Derived live from how evenly resources are distributed across the district's schools.
At $16,031 per pupil, Calhoun 01 ranks #22 of 75 South Carolina districts by per-pupil spending (South Carolina districts). NCES F-33 finance data.
1,546
Total Enrollment
3
Schools
$16,031
Per-Pupil Spending
Combined, High
School Types
District-Level NCES Analysis
Calhoun 01 operates 3 public schools serving 1,546 students, placing it among the smallest districts in South Carolina. The school portfolio breaks down into 2 combined, 1 high 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 Calhoun County.
Per-pupil expenditure runs $16,031 according to the NCES F-33 School District Finance Survey, in the upper half of 75 South Carolina districts by per-pupil spending. See how South Carolina compares in our national per-pupil spending analysis. The funding mix is 38.3% local, 41.8% state, and 19.9% 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 68/100, ranked #18 of 74 in South Carolina against a state average of 50, notably more even than the typical district in the state for how evenly funding reaches its schools.
a 244.2:1 student-counselor ratio, that meets the ASCA-recommended benchmark, and 35.4% chronic absenteeism from the 2021-22 Civil Rights Data Collection. Demographically, the student body averages 59.0% African American, 30.7% White, 8.8% Hispanic or Latino across the district's schools. Its most demographically mixed campus is Sandy Run School, with a diversity index of 55.9/100.
Its largest campus is Sandy Run School, enrolling 559 students (38% of the district's total enrollment).
Sandy Run School accounts for 36.2% of all Calhoun 01 student enrollment
That dominant concentration means Calhoun 01-wide averages can mask substantial variation outside the largest entity. Grade band: combined. The share measures enrollment concentration only; it does not establish how the district allocates 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.
The reported share is above 87.5%, so economic need is widespread across the measured student population. 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.
Calhoun 01 student-counselor ratio is 244:1 — 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.
Calhoun 01 chronic absenteeism rate is 35.4% — high (typically associated with higher-than-average disruption; recent CRDC data showed elevated rates persisting after pandemic-era schooling changes)
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 Higher values may reflect larger urban scale or recent resource constraints that have widened the gap.