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Greenville, South Carolina - 88 schools
An equity score of 22/100 ranks Greenville 01 #68 of 73 districts in South Carolina (state average 51). Derived live from how evenly resources are distributed across the district's schools.
At $11,859 per pupil, Greenville 01 ranks #56 of 74 South Carolina districts by per-pupil spending (South Carolina districts). NCES F-33 finance data.
77,978
Total Enrollment
88
Schools
$11,859
Per-Pupil Spending
Combined, Middle
School Types
District-Level NCES Analysis
Greenville 01 operates 88 public schools serving 77,978 students, placing it among the largest districts in South Carolina. The school portfolio breaks down into 37 combined, 20 middle, 16 elementary, 15 high schools, giving families in a major system a clear picture of grade-band coverage across a large portfolio 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 Greenville County.
Per-pupil expenditure runs $11,859 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 39.3% local, 45.7% state, and 15.0% 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 22/100, ranked #68 of 73 in South Carolina against a state average of 51, notably less even than the typical district in the state for how evenly funding reaches its schools.
Academic infrastructure includes 15 of 88 schools offering Advanced Placement (229 AP courses district-wide), a 434.8:1 student-counselor ratio, above both the ASCA benchmark and the roughly 408:1 national average, and 23.7% chronic absenteeism from the 2021-22 Civil Rights Data Collection. Demographically, the student body averages 46.7% White, 24.1% Hispanic or Latino, 21.7% African American across the district's schools. Its most demographically mixed campus is Brook Glenn Elementary, with a diversity index of 73.0/100.
Its largest campus is Woodmont High, enrolling 2,151 students (3% of the district's total enrollment). Its smallest is Washington Center, at 119 students, a 18x enrollment spread across the district's campuses.
Greenville 01 school enrollment varies 18× across entities
Greenville 01 school enrollment ranges from 119 students (lowest) to 2,151 students (highest), a spread of 2,032 students. That spread reflects typical mixed-portfolio variation between specialty programs and large neighbourhood schools. Per-school staffing ratios, programme availability, and capital-renovation cycles often diverge inside the same district based on enrollment shape.
Greenville 01 has higher-than-average Title I eligibility — 65.0% 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 approaching the 75% concentration-grant threshold; it does not yet unlock the extra funding tier but sits meaningfully above the baseline 50% majority mark. 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.
Greenville 01 student-counselor ratio is 435:1 — 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.
Greenville 01 chronic absenteeism rate is 23.7% — 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 Greenville 01 is typically wider than the Greenville 01-aggregate figure suggests.