An equity score of 74/100 ranks Fairfield 01 #8 of 74 districts in South Carolina (state average 50). Derived live from how evenly resources are distributed across the district's schools.
At $22,949 per pupil, Fairfield 01 ranks #5 of 75 South Carolina districts by per-pupil spending (South Carolina districts). NCES F-33 finance data.
2,278
Total Enrollment
7
Schools
$22,949
Per-Pupil Spending
Combined, High
School Types
District-Level NCES Analysis
Fairfield 01 operates 7 public schools serving 2,278 students, placing it among the smallest districts in South Carolina. The school portfolio breaks down into 5 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 Fairfield County.
Per-pupil expenditure runs $22,949 according to the NCES F-33 School District Finance Survey, among the top 8 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 52.9% local, 30.4% state, and 16.7% federal, a local-revenue-heavy mix that leaves the district more exposed to property-tax swings and local ballot measures than state-funded peers. The district's equity score is 74/100, ranked #8 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.
Academic infrastructure includes 1 of 7 schools offering Advanced Placement (4 AP courses district-wide), a 211.6:1 student-counselor ratio, that meets the ASCA-recommended benchmark, and 20.0% chronic absenteeism from the 2021-22 Civil Rights Data Collection. Demographically, the student body averages 82.7% African American, 9.5% White, 3.8% Hispanic or Latino across the district's schools. Its most demographically mixed campus is Fairfield Magnet for Math and Science, with a diversity index of 41.1/100.
Its largest campus is Fairfield Central High, enrolling 619 students (29% of the district's total enrollment). Its smallest is Mccrorey-Liston School of Technology, at 106 students, a 6x enrollment spread across the district's campuses.
Fairfield Central High accounts for 27.2% of all Fairfield 01 student enrollment
That dominant concentration means Fairfield 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.
Fairfield 01 school enrollment varies 5.8× across entities
Fairfield 01 school enrollment ranges from 106 students (lowest) to 619 students (highest), a spread of 513 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 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.
Fairfield 01 student-counselor ratio is 212:1 — 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.
Fairfield 01 chronic absenteeism rate is 20.0% — 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 Fairfield 01 is typically wider than the Fairfield 01-aggregate figure suggests.