An equity score of 52/100 ranks Lexington 04 #34 of 74 districts in South Carolina (state average 50). Derived live from how evenly resources are distributed across the district's schools.
At $13,672 per pupil, Lexington 04 ranks #48 of 75 South Carolina districts by per-pupil spending (South Carolina districts). NCES F-33 finance data.
3,544
Total Enrollment
7
Schools
$13,672
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 $13,672 according to the NCES F-33 School District Finance Survey, in the lower half 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 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 52/100, ranked #34 of 74 in South Carolina against a state average of 50, in line with the typical spread seen across 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 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.
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.
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.
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.