An equity score of 67/100 ranks Marlboro 01 #20 of 74 districts in South Carolina (state average 50). Derived live from how evenly resources are distributed across the district's schools.
At $15,403 per pupil, Marlboro 01 ranks #26 of 75 South Carolina districts by per-pupil spending (South Carolina districts). NCES F-33 finance data.
3,549
Total Enrollment
7
Schools
$15,403
Per-Pupil Spending
Combined, High
School Types
District-Level NCES Analysis
Marlboro 01 operates 7 public schools serving 3,549 students, placing it among the smallest districts in South Carolina. The school portfolio breaks down into 4 combined, 1 high, 1 middle, 1 elementary 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 Marlboro County.
Per-pupil expenditure runs $15,403 according to the NCES F-33 School District Finance Survey, in the upper 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 25.5% local, 44.6% state, and 29.9% 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 67/100, ranked #20 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.
a 367.3:1 student-counselor ratio, well above the ASCA benchmark though still under the roughly 408:1 national average, and 58.3% chronic absenteeism from the 2021-22 Civil Rights Data Collection. Demographically, the student body averages 60.1% African American, 25.5% White, 1.5% Hispanic or Latino across the district's schools. Its most demographically mixed campus is Mccoll Elementary/Middle, with a diversity index of 70.7/100.
Its largest campus is Marlboro County High, enrolling 987 students (29% of the district's total enrollment). Its smallest is Clio Elementary, at 188 students, a 5x enrollment spread across the district's campuses.
Marlboro County High accounts for 27.8% of all Marlboro 01 student enrollment
That dominant concentration means Marlboro 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.
Marlboro 01 school enrollment varies 5.3× across entities
Marlboro 01 school enrollment ranges from 188 students (lowest) to 987 students (highest), a spread of 799 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.
Marlboro 01 student-counselor ratio is 367:1 — 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.
Marlboro 01 chronic absenteeism rate is 58.3% — 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.