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Winnsboro, South Carolina - 7 schools
An equity score of 75/100 ranks Fairfield 01 #8 of 73 districts in South Carolina (state average 51). Derived live from how evenly resources are distributed across the district's schools.
At $22,286 per pupil, Fairfield 01 ranks #4 of 74 South Carolina districts by per-pupil spending (South Carolina districts). NCES F-33 finance data.
2,278
Total Enrollment
7
Schools
$22,286
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 $22,286 according to the NCES F-33 School District Finance Survey, among the top 8 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 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 75/100, ranked #8 of 73 in South Carolina against a state average of 51, 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 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.
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.
Fairfield 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.
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.