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Duncan, South Carolina - 12 schools
An equity score of 20/100 ranks Spartanburg 05 #71 of 73 districts in South Carolina (state average 51). Derived live from how evenly resources are distributed across the district's schools.
At $11,544 per pupil, Spartanburg 05 ranks #64 of 74 South Carolina districts by per-pupil spending (South Carolina districts). NCES F-33 finance data.
10,386
Total Enrollment
12
Schools
$11,544
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 $11,544 according to the NCES F-33 School District Finance Survey, in the lower 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 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 20/100, ranked #71 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 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 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 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.
Spartanburg 05 has higher-than-average Title I eligibility — 58.5% 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 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.