An equity score of 18/100 ranks Spartanburg 05 #72 of 74 districts in South Carolina (state average 50). Derived live from how evenly resources are distributed across the district's schools.
At $11,950 per pupil, Spartanburg 05 ranks #68 of 75 South Carolina districts by per-pupil spending (South Carolina districts). NCES F-33 finance data.
10,386
Total Enrollment
12
Schools
$11,950
Per-Pupil Spending
Combined, High
School Types
District-Level NCES Analysis
Spartanburg 05 operates 12 public schools serving 10,386 students, placing it among the smaller districts in South Carolina. The school portfolio breaks down into 6 combined, 2 high, 2 elementary, 2 middle 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 $11,950 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 49.7% local, 41.9% state, and 8.4% 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 18/100, ranked #72 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 12 schools offering Advanced Placement (17 AP courses district-wide), a 538.8:1 student-counselor ratio, above both the ASCA benchmark and the roughly 408:1 national average, and 16.9% chronic absenteeism from the 2021-22 Civil Rights Data Collection. Demographically, the student body averages 54.9% White, 18.3% African American, 17.0% Hispanic or Latino across the district's schools. Its most demographically mixed campus is Duncan Elementary School of the Arts, with a diversity index of 71.1/100.
Its largest campus is James F. Byrnes High, enrolling 2,391 students (23% of the district's total enrollment). Its smallest is D. R. Hill Middle, at 562 students, a 4x enrollment spread across the district's campuses.
James F. Byrnes High accounts for 23.0% of all Spartanburg 05 student enrollment
That concentration means Spartanburg 05-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 05 school enrollment varies 4.3× across entities
Spartanburg 05 school enrollment ranges from 562 students (lowest) to 2,391 students (highest), a spread of 1,829 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 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 05 student-counselor ratio is 539:1 — 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 05 chronic absenteeism rate is 16.9% — 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 05 is typically wider than the Spartanburg 05-aggregate figure suggests.