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Chesterfield, South Carolina - 16 schools
An equity score of 56/100 ranks Chesterfield 01 #33 of 73 districts in South Carolina (state average 51). Derived live from how evenly resources are distributed across the district's schools.
At $13,179 per pupil, Chesterfield 01 ranks #41 of 74 South Carolina districts by per-pupil spending (South Carolina districts). NCES F-33 finance data.
7,019
Total Enrollment
16
Schools
$13,179
Per-Pupil Spending
Combined, High
School Types
District-Level NCES Analysis
Chesterfield 01 operates 16 public schools serving 7,019 students, placing it among the smaller districts in South Carolina. The school portfolio breaks down into 8 combined, 3 high, 3 middle, 2 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 Chesterfield County.
Per-pupil expenditure runs $13,179 according to the NCES F-33 School District Finance Survey, in the lower half 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 28.3% local, 52.9% state, and 18.9% federal, a state-revenue-heavy mix that insulates the district somewhat from local property-tax volatility, though it ties funding to state budget cycles. The district's equity score is 56/100, ranked #33 of 73 in South Carolina against a state average of 51, in line with the typical spread seen across the state for how evenly funding reaches its schools.
Academic infrastructure includes 4 of 16 schools offering Advanced Placement (8 AP courses district-wide), a 407.8:1 student-counselor ratio, well above the ASCA benchmark though still under the roughly 408:1 national average, and 27.2% chronic absenteeism from the 2021-22 Civil Rights Data Collection. Demographically, the student body averages 49.5% White, 32.1% African American, 9.6% Hispanic or Latino across the district's schools. Its most demographically mixed campus is Petersburg Primary, with a diversity index of 71.4/100.
Its largest campus is Central High, enrolling 657 students (10% of the district's total enrollment). Its smallest is Plainview Elementary, at 168 students, a 4x enrollment spread across the district's campuses.
Chesterfield 01 school enrollment varies 3.9× across entities
Chesterfield 01 school enrollment ranges from 168 students (lowest) to 657 students (highest), a spread of 489 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.
Chesterfield 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.
Chesterfield 01 student-counselor ratio is 408:1 — high (typically associated with staffing constraints that limit per-student counselor time; CRDC data shows higher ratios cluster in larger urban systems)
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 Higher values may reflect larger urban scale or recent resource constraints that have widened the gap.
Chesterfield 01 chronic absenteeism rate is 27.2% — near the typical range (US average ~28) — aligned with the national post-pandemic baseline of roughly 28% chronic absenteeism
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 Variation between sub-units within Chesterfield 01 is typically wider than the Chesterfield 01-aggregate figure suggests.