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Glendale, South Carolina - 5 schools
An equity score of 50/100 ranks Spartanburg 03 #40 of 73 districts in South Carolina (state average 51). Derived live from how evenly resources are distributed across the district's schools.
At $14,293 per pupil, Spartanburg 03 ranks #27 of 74 South Carolina districts by per-pupil spending (South Carolina districts). NCES F-33 finance data.
2,784
Total Enrollment
5
Schools
$14,293
Per-Pupil Spending
Combined, High
School Types
District-Level NCES Analysis
Spartanburg 03 operates 5 public schools serving 2,784 students, placing it among the smallest districts in South Carolina. The school portfolio breaks down into 3 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 Spartanburg County.
Per-pupil expenditure runs $14,293 according to the NCES F-33 School District Finance Survey, in the upper half 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 37.0% local, 48.5% state, and 14.5% 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 50/100, ranked #40 of 73 in South Carolina against a state average of 51, in line with the typical spread seen across the state for how evenly funding reaches its schools.
Academic infrastructure includes 1 of 5 schools offering Advanced Placement (15 AP courses district-wide), a 338.3:1 student-counselor ratio, well above the ASCA benchmark though still under the roughly 408:1 national average, and 23.3% chronic absenteeism from the 2021-22 Civil Rights Data Collection. Demographically, the student body averages 63.2% White, 16.2% African American, 12.5% Hispanic or Latino across the district's schools. Its most demographically mixed campus is Cannons Elementary, with a diversity index of 60.2/100.
Its largest campus is Broome High, enrolling 865 students (31% of the district's total enrollment).
Broome High accounts for 31.1% of all Spartanburg 03 student enrollment
That dominant concentration means Spartanburg 03-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 03 school enrollment varies 2.2× across entities
Spartanburg 03 school enrollment ranges from 389 students (lowest) to 865 students (highest), a spread of 476 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.
Spartanburg 03 has higher-than-average Title I eligibility — 86.2% 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 — including this one — 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 03 student-counselor ratio is 338:1 — 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 Spartanburg 03 is typically wider than the Spartanburg 03-aggregate figure suggests.
Spartanburg 03 chronic absenteeism rate is 23.3% — near the typical range (US average ~28) — aligned with the national post-pandemic baseline of roughly 28% chronic absenteeism
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 Variation between sub-units within Spartanburg 03 is typically wider than the Spartanburg 03-aggregate figure suggests.