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Mccormick, South Carolina - 3 schools
An equity score of 81/100 ranks Mccormick 01 #4 of 73 districts in South Carolina (state average 51). Derived live from how evenly resources are distributed across the district's schools.
At $20,948 per pupil, Mccormick 01 ranks #5 of 74 South Carolina districts by per-pupil spending (South Carolina districts). NCES F-33 finance data.
582
Total Enrollment
3
Schools
$20,948
Per-Pupil Spending
Combined, High
School Types
District-Level NCES Analysis
Mccormick 01 operates 3 public schools serving 582 students, placing it among the smallest districts in South Carolina. The school portfolio breaks down into 1 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 Mccormick County.
Per-pupil expenditure runs $20,948 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 38.0% local, 43.1% state, and 18.9% 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 81/100, ranked #4 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.
a 284.7:1 student-counselor ratio, somewhat above the 250:1 ASCA recommendation, and 37.3% chronic absenteeism from the 2021-22 Civil Rights Data Collection. Demographically, the student body averages 73.3% African American, 20.7% White, 1.3% Hispanic or Latino across the district's schools. Its most demographically mixed campus is Mccormick Elementary, with a diversity index of 47.3/100.
Its largest campus is Mccormick Elementary, enrolling 225 students (43% of the district's total enrollment).
Mccormick Elementary accounts for 38.7% of all Mccormick 01 student enrollment
That dominant concentration means Mccormick 01-wide averages can mask substantial variation outside the dominant entity. Grade band: combined. 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.
Mccormick 01 school enrollment varies 2.1× across entities
Mccormick 01 school enrollment ranges from 106 students (lowest) to 225 students (highest), a spread of 119 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.
Mccormick 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.
Mccormick 01 student-counselor ratio is 285:1 — near the typical range (US average ~408) — within the typical range for U.S. public districts
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 Variation between sub-units within Mccormick 01 is typically wider than the Mccormick 01-aggregate figure suggests.
Mccormick 01 chronic absenteeism rate is 37.3% — high (typically associated with higher-than-average disruption; recent CRDC data showed elevated rates persisting after pandemic-era schooling changes)
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 Higher values may reflect larger urban scale or recent resource constraints that have widened the gap.