An equity score of 20/100 ranks Spartanburg 02 #71 of 74 districts in South Carolina (state average 50). Derived live from how evenly resources are distributed across the district's schools.
At $10,785 per pupil, Spartanburg 02 ranks #74 of 75 South Carolina districts by per-pupil spending (South Carolina districts). NCES F-33 finance data.
11,740
Total Enrollment
14
Schools
$10,785
Per-Pupil Spending
Combined, Middle
School Types
District-Level NCES Analysis
Spartanburg 02 operates 14 public schools serving 11,740 students, placing it among the smaller districts in South Carolina. The school portfolio breaks down into 9 combined, 3 middle, 2 high schools, a compact enough portfolio that families can compare every campus directly 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 Spartanburg County.
Per-pupil expenditure runs $10,785 according to the NCES F-33 School District Finance Survey, among the bottom 8 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 33.4% local, 53.0% state, and 13.6% 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 20/100, ranked #71 of 74 in South Carolina against a state average of 50, notably less even than the typical district in the state for how evenly funding reaches its schools.
Academic infrastructure includes 2 of 14 schools offering Advanced Placement (5 AP courses district-wide), a 553.8:1 student-counselor ratio, above both the ASCA benchmark and the roughly 408:1 national average, and 31.0% chronic absenteeism from the 2021-22 Civil Rights Data Collection. Demographically, the student body averages 70.1% White, 12.6% African American, 5.2% Hispanic or Latino across the district's schools. Its most demographically mixed campus is James H. Hendrix Elementary, with a diversity index of 68.6/100.
Its largest campus is Boiling Springs High, enrolling 2,772 students (23% of the district's total enrollment). Its smallest is Mayo Elementary, at 328 students, a 8x enrollment spread across the district's campuses.
Boiling Springs High accounts for 23.5% of all Spartanburg 02 student enrollment
That concentration means Spartanburg 02-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.
Spartanburg 02 school enrollment varies 8.5× across entities
Spartanburg 02 school enrollment ranges from 328 students (lowest) to 2,772 students (highest), a spread of 2,444 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.
The reported share clears the 50% majority mark. 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.
Spartanburg 02 student-counselor ratio is 554:1 — well above typical (typically associated with unusually large scale or acute resource constraints)
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 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.
Spartanburg 02 chronic absenteeism rate is 31.0% — 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.