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Walterboro, South Carolina - 8 schools
An equity score of 46/100 ranks Colleton 01 #44 of 73 districts in South Carolina (state average 51). Derived live from how evenly resources are distributed across the district's schools.
At $13,393 per pupil, Colleton 01 ranks #40 of 74 South Carolina districts by per-pupil spending (South Carolina districts). NCES F-33 finance data.
4,946
Total Enrollment
8
Schools
$13,393
Per-Pupil Spending
Combined, Elementary
School Types
District-Level NCES Analysis
Colleton 01 operates 8 public schools serving 4,946 students, placing it among the smaller districts in South Carolina. The school portfolio breaks down into 4 combined, 2 elementary, 1 high, 1 middle 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 Colleton County.
Per-pupil expenditure runs $13,393 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 36.9% local, 44.4% state, and 18.7% 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 46/100, ranked #44 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.
a 348.9:1 student-counselor ratio, well above the ASCA benchmark though still under the roughly 408:1 national average, and 40.9% chronic absenteeism from the 2021-22 Civil Rights Data Collection. Demographically, the student body averages 48.5% African American, 36.0% White, 8.5% Hispanic or Latino across the district's schools. Its most demographically mixed campus is Cottageville Elementary, with a diversity index of 65.9/100.
Its largest campus is Colleton County High, enrolling 1,352 students (30% of the district's total enrollment). Its smallest is Bells Elementary, at 249 students, a 5x enrollment spread across the district's campuses.
Colleton County High accounts for 27.3% of all Colleton 01 student enrollment
That dominant concentration means Colleton 01-wide averages can mask substantial variation outside the dominant entity. Grade band: high. 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.
Colleton 01 school enrollment varies 5.4× across entities
Colleton 01 school enrollment ranges from 249 students (lowest) to 1,352 students (highest), a spread of 1,103 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.
Colleton 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.
Colleton 01 student-counselor ratio is 349:1 — 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 Colleton 01 is typically wider than the Colleton 01-aggregate figure suggests.
Colleton 01 chronic absenteeism rate is 40.9% — 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.