School Funding Equity in South Carolina 73 districts ranked by equity score — how equitably is school funding distributed? Equity is computed from NCES F-33 school finance data covering districts in all 50 states. See our methodology .
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Highly Equitable (70+)
# District Enrollment $/Pupil Free Lunch Local Rev % Score 1 Allendale 01 974 $22,976 100.0% 26.3% 92 2 Lee 01 1,476 $19,081 100.0% 27.8% 84 3 Dorchester 04 2,027 $27,454 100.0% 38.1% 83 4 Abbeville 60 2,864 $20,782 82.3% 25.1% 81 5 Lexington 03 1,977 $23,153 100.0% 37.3% 79 6 Edgefield 01 3,100 $21,700 77.6% 34.6% 78 7 Hampton 2,399 $16,919 100.0% 31.4% 76 8 SC Public Charter School District 17,601 $25,770 40.5% 5.8% 74 9 Fairfield 01 2,278 $23,713 100.0% 52.9% 74 10 Dept of Juvenile Justice 422 $24,571 99.3% — 74 11 Williamsburg 01 2,946 $18,857 99.2% 26.3% 72 12 Spartanburg 07 7,371 $21,655 84.4% 47.2% 70 13 Richland 01 22,037 $22,848 99.9% 58.1% 69 14 Beaufort 01 21,439 $22,414 60.0% 56.5% 67 15 Darlington 01 9,042 $17,417 100.0% 38.6% 67 16 Laurens 56 2,715 $15,916 100.0% 30.4% 67 17 Florence 02 1,068 $16,080 84.7% 27.9% 67 18 Chester 01 4,767 $16,887 94.9% 33.8% 66 19 Florence 03 2,993 $15,242 100.0% 19.8% 66 20 Calhoun 01 1,546 $17,102 99.8% 38.3% 65 21 Spartanburg 03 2,784 $20,925 86.2% 37.0% 63 22 Florence 01 16,024 $16,480 90.5% 33.4% 61 23 Marlboro 01 3,549 $15,934 100.0% 25.5% 61 24 McCormick 01 582 $21,584 100.0% 38.0% 61 25 Charleston 01 49,929 $20,688 69.7% 59.0% 60 26 Greenwood 51 893 $14,091 89.0% 25.9% 59 27 Georgetown 01 8,429 $18,708 86.1% 45.1% 58 28 Charter Institute at Erskine 22,535 $18,946 48.7% 2.7% 57 29 Greenwood 50 8,610 $14,020 100.0% 28.8% 57 30 Orangeburg 10,979 $16,538 100.0% 33.7% 56 31 Lexington 02 8,626 $16,747 93.4% 41.1% 55 32 Barnwell 45 1,974 $14,948 100.0% 22.8% 55 33 Oconee 01 10,217 $16,539 72.6% 42.4% 54 34 Laurens 55 5,344 $13,649 100.0% 29.9% 53 35 Richland 02 28,510 $18,376 68.9% 42.0% 52 36 Newberry 01 5,806 $14,882 87.6% 35.6% 52 37 Lexington 04 3,544 $14,350 100.0% 26.9% 52 38 Jasper 01 2,635 $22,648 99.9% 52.2% 51 39 Florence 05 1,225 $13,431 100.0% 23.0% 50 40 Lexington 05 17,463 $15,709 61.3% 40.4% 49 41 Chesterfield 01 7,019 $13,849 100.0% 28.3% 48 42 York 01 5,038 $14,974 81.3% 35.5% 48 43 Kershaw 01 11,138 $16,649 79.7% 38.3% 46 44 Marion 10 3,875 $14,103 100.0% 18.3% 45 45 Lexington 01 28,031 $16,643 36.9% 40.8% 44 46 Cherokee 01 7,925 $15,161 88.4% 38.3% 44 47 Anderson 03 2,737 $14,355 87.0% 34.4% 44 48 Saluda 01 2,480 $12,371 91.1% 27.3% 42 49 Dillon 04 3,880 $13,283 100.0% 16.5% 39 50 Union 01 3,788 $12,593 90.5% 22.7% 39 51 Anderson 05 12,560 $14,281 79.2% 39.1% 38 52 Spartanburg 05 10,386 $16,243 58.5% 49.7% 38 53 Colleton 01 4,946 $14,513 100.0% 36.9% 38 54 York 03 16,493 $14,454 65.3% 39.7% 35 55 Spartanburg 06 11,687 $13,672 78.3% 38.8% 35 56 Spartanburg 01 5,458 $13,176 65.7% 33.4% 35 57 Anderson 04 3,005 $15,497 65.5% 46.0% 35 58 York 04 18,191 $14,621 20.0% 48.2% 34 59 Sumter 01 14,800 $13,072 100.0% 27.0% 33 60 Anderson 02 3,494 $13,073 77.3% 32.1% 33 61 Greenwood 52 1,484 $13,948 57.4% 35.9% 32 62 Aiken 01 23,181 $14,610 74.5% 39.3% 31 63 Lancaster 01 15,114 $14,178 64.1% 36.3% 31 64 York 02 9,087 $14,492 35.2% 51.8% 29 65 Horry 01 47,357 $14,530 70.3% 47.9% 28 66 Dillon 03 1,506 $12,264 77.5% 19.0% 28 67 Anderson 01 10,839 $14,120 51.1% 37.0% 25 68 Spartanburg 04 2,901 $12,229 80.8% 31.7% 25 69 Dorchester 02 26,135 $13,014 58.7% 32.4% 24 70 Spartanburg 02 11,740 $12,458 61.4% 33.4% 22 71 Pickens 01 16,310 $12,307 77.1% 37.4% 21 72 Greenville 01 77,978 $13,261 65.0% 39.3% 20 73 Berkeley 01 37,932 $13,148 59.5% 43.7% 13
How the Equity Score Works The equity score (0-100) evaluates four dimensions of school funding fairness:
Per-Pupil Spending (0-25)
Higher spending relative to peers
Need-Adjusted Spending (0-25)
Spending weighted by poverty level — rewards districts that spend more where need is greatest
Funding Diversity (0-25)
Less reliance on local property taxes, more state/federal support
Resource Access (0-25)
Lower student-teacher ratios = more individualized attention
Read our methodology — how this data is sourced, computed, and verified.