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Chesnee, South Carolina - 14 schools
An equity score of 21/100 ranks Spartanburg 02 #70 of 73 districts in South Carolina (state average 51). Derived live from how evenly resources are distributed across the district's schools.
At $10,757 per pupil, Spartanburg 02 ranks #71 of 74 South Carolina districts by per-pupil spending (South Carolina districts). NCES F-33 finance data.
11,740
Total Enrollment
14
Schools
$10,757
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 $10,757 according to the NCES F-33 School District Finance Survey, among the bottom 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 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 21/100, ranked #70 of 73 in South Carolina against a state average of 51, 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 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.
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.
Spartanburg 02 has higher-than-average Title I eligibility — 61.4% 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). Areas above 75% eligibility receive concentration grants 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.
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.