An equity score of 42/100 ranks Spartanburg 06 #48 of 74 districts in South Carolina (state average 50). Derived live from how evenly resources are distributed across the district's schools.
At $14,109 per pupil, Spartanburg 06 ranks #45 of 75 South Carolina districts by per-pupil spending (South Carolina districts). NCES F-33 finance data.
11,687
Total Enrollment
14
Schools
$14,109
Per-Pupil Spending
Combined, Middle
School Types
District-Level NCES Analysis
Spartanburg 06 operates 14 public schools serving 11,687 students, placing it among the smaller districts in South Carolina. The school portfolio breaks down into 9 combined, 3 middle, 1 high, 1 elementary 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 $14,109 according to the NCES F-33 School District Finance Survey, in the lower half 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 38.8% local, 49.3% state, and 12.0% 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 42/100, ranked #48 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 1 of 14 schools offering Advanced Placement (18 AP courses district-wide), a 388.1:1 student-counselor ratio, well above the ASCA benchmark though still under the roughly 408:1 national average, and 22.2% chronic absenteeism from the 2021-22 Civil Rights Data Collection. Demographically, the student body averages 33.9% White, 30.4% African American, 25.9% Hispanic or Latino across the district's schools. Its most demographically mixed campus is Dorman High, with a diversity index of 71.6/100.
Its largest campus is Dorman High, enrolling 3,920 students (33% of the district's total enrollment). Its smallest is Spartanburg Six Child Development Center, at 307 students, a 13x enrollment spread across the district's campuses.
Dorman High accounts for 33.5% of all Spartanburg 06 student enrollment
That dominant concentration means Spartanburg 06-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 06 school enrollment varies 13× across entities
Spartanburg 06 school enrollment ranges from 307 students (lowest) to 3,920 students (highest), a spread of 3,613 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 sits between 62.5% and 75%, above a simple majority but below the highest descriptive band used here. 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 06 student-counselor ratio is 388:1 — high (typically associated with staffing constraints that limit per-student counselor time; CRDC data shows higher ratios cluster in larger urban systems)
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 Higher values may reflect larger urban scale or recent resource constraints that have widened the gap.
Spartanburg 06 chronic absenteeism rate is 22.2% — 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 06 is typically wider than the Spartanburg 06-aggregate figure suggests.