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Swansea, South Carolina - 7 schools
An equity score of 59/100 ranks Lexington 04 #31 of 73 districts in South Carolina (state average 51). Derived live from how evenly resources are distributed across the district's schools.
At $13,530 per pupil, Lexington 04 ranks #37 of 74 South Carolina districts by per-pupil spending (South Carolina districts). NCES F-33 finance data.
3,544
Total Enrollment
7
Schools
$13,530
Per-Pupil Spending
Elementary, High
School Types
District-Level NCES Analysis
Lexington 04 operates 7 public schools serving 3,544 students, placing it among the smallest districts in South Carolina. The school portfolio breaks down into 3 elementary, 2 high, 1 middle, 1 combined 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 Lexington County.
Per-pupil expenditure runs $13,530 according to the NCES F-33 School District Finance Survey, in the upper 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 26.9% local, 52.6% state, and 20.5% 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 59/100, ranked #31 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 (3 AP courses district-wide), a 438.6:1 student-counselor ratio, above both the ASCA benchmark and the roughly 408:1 national average, and 54.6% chronic absenteeism from the 2021-22 Civil Rights Data Collection. Demographically, the student body averages 48.7% White, 24.1% Hispanic or Latino, 20.5% African American across the district's schools. Its most demographically mixed campus is Sandhills Middle, with a diversity index of 68.9/100.
Its largest campus is Swansea High, enrolling 695 students (20% of the district's total enrollment).
Swansea High accounts for 19.6% of all Lexington 04 student enrollment
That concentration means Lexington 04-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.
Lexington 04 school enrollment varies 2.5× across entities
Lexington 04 school enrollment ranges from 274 students (lowest) to 695 students (highest), a spread of 421 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.
Lexington 04 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.
Lexington 04 student-counselor ratio is 439:1 — 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.
Lexington 04 chronic absenteeism rate is 54.6% — well above typical (typically associated with unusually large scale or acute resource constraints)
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 Values this far above typical often signal acute resource constraints or a structurally different scale than most peers — worth reading alongside the underlying counts, not the ratio alone.