An equity score of 41/100 ranks Cherokee 01 #49 of 74 districts in South Carolina (state average 50). Derived live from how evenly resources are distributed across the district's schools.
At $13,668 per pupil, Cherokee 01 ranks #49 of 75 South Carolina districts by per-pupil spending (South Carolina districts). NCES F-33 finance data.
7,925
Total Enrollment
14
Schools
$13,668
Per-Pupil Spending
Combined, Middle
School Types
District-Level NCES Analysis
Cherokee 01 operates 14 public schools serving 7,925 students, placing it among the smaller districts in South Carolina. The school portfolio breaks down into 8 combined, 3 middle, 2 high, 1 elementary schools, a compact enough portfolio that families can compare every campus directly before they move, rent, or enrol. These enrollment and school figures come from the NCES Common Core of Data (CCD) 2024-25 release, and the district is based in Cherokee County.
Per-pupil expenditure runs $13,668 according to the NCES F-33 School District Finance Survey, in the lower 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, 45.1% state, and 16.6% 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 41/100, ranked #49 of 74 in South Carolina against a state average of 50, notably less even than the typical district in the state for how evenly funding reaches its schools.
Academic infrastructure includes 2 of 14 schools offering Advanced Placement (22 AP courses district-wide), a 307.4:1 student-counselor ratio, somewhat above the 250:1 ASCA recommendation, and 43.0% chronic absenteeism from the 2021-22 Civil Rights Data Collection. Demographically, the student body averages 60.5% White, 24.1% African American, 9.6% Hispanic or Latino across the district's schools. Its most demographically mixed campus is Luther L. Vaughan Elementary, with a diversity index of 67.2/100.
Its largest campus is Gaffney High, enrolling 1,827 students (24% of the district's total enrollment). Its smallest is Draytonville Elementary, at 264 students, a 7x enrollment spread across the district's campuses.
Gaffney High accounts for 23.1% of all Cherokee 01 student enrollment
That concentration means Cherokee 01-wide averages can mask substantial variation outside the largest entity. Grade band: high. 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.
Cherokee 01 school enrollment varies 6.9× across entities
Cherokee 01 school enrollment ranges from 264 students (lowest) to 1,827 students (highest), a spread of 1,563 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.
The reported share is at least 75%, indicating a high concentration of measured economic need. 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.
Cherokee 01 student-counselor ratio is 307:1 — near the typical range (US average ~408) — within the typical range for U.S. public districts
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 Variation between sub-units within Cherokee 01 is typically wider than the Cherokee 01-aggregate figure suggests.
Cherokee 01 chronic absenteeism rate is 43.0% — 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.