District profile / South Carolina

Chester 01

Chester, South Carolina · Public school district · #39 of 68 South Carolina districts by enrollment

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4,523

Students

2024-25 school year

Schools

2024-25 school year

$12,559

Spending per student

FY2020-21 · about the same as the South Carolina median

12.1

Students per teacher

2024-25 · South Carolina median 13.6

Chester 01 is a public school district based in Chester, South Carolina, serving 4,523 students in 12 schools. By enrollment it ranks #39 of the 68 South Carolina districts with 1,000 or more students, larger than about 43% of them. Its schools average 377 students each, fewer than the South Carolina median of 550. It spends about $12,559 per student on day-to-day operations, about the state median. It has roughly 12.1 students per teacher.

How Chester 01 compares

Chester 01South Carolina median, districts with 1,000+ students

Spending per student$12,559

South Carolina median $12,570 · about the same · FY2020-21

Instruction spending per student$6,311

South Carolina median $7,082 · 11% below · FY2020-21

Students per school377

South Carolina median 550 · 31% below · 2024-25

Students per teacher12.1

South Carolina median 13.6 · 11% below · 2024-25

Students per counselor348

South Carolina median 340 · about the same · 2024-25

Spending and staffing

Where the money comes from$72.3 million in revenue · FY2020-21

Federal 17%State 51%Local 32%

Measure	Chester 01	South Carolina median	Year
Current spending per student	$12,559	$12,570	FY2020-21
Instruction spending per student	$6,311	$7,082	FY2020-21
Total spending	$68.9 million	n/a	FY2020-21
Total revenue	$72.3 million	n/a	FY2020-21
Teachers (full-time equivalent)	374	n/a	2024-25
Total staff (full-time equivalent)	794	n/a	2024-25
Students per teacher	12.1	13.6	2024-25
Students per counselor	348	340	2024-25

Spending: NCES school district finance survey (F-33), FY2020-21. Staffing and enrollment: NCES Common Core of Data, 2024-25. Via the Urban Institute Education Data Portal. The South Carolina median compares districts with 1,000 or more students.

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Peer districts in South Carolina

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District	Students	Schools	Spending per student	Students per teacher	Rank
Laurens 55Laurens	4,984	9	$13,099	10.5	#36
York 01York	4,946	9	$12,704	13.1	#37
Colleton 01Walterboro	4,539	9	$12,907	13.1	#38
Chester 01Chester · this district	4,523	12	$12,559	12.1	#39
Clarendon 06Manning	4,216	10	n/a	16.3	#40

Similar-size districts nationally

District	Students	Spending per student	Students per teacher
Milford School DistrictMilford, DE	4,523	$13,079	16.9
Washington ParishFranklinton, LA	4,523	$12,114	13.4
CCSD 62Des Plaines, IL	4,520	$23,899	10.0
WoburnWoburn, MA	4,520	$22,114	11.1

Peers are the districts closest in enrollment, so they can still differ in many other ways. Enrollment, school counts and phone numbers are from the NCES Common Core of Data, 2024-25.

Printed from Superintendent's Corner: https://superintendentscorner.com/district-sc-chester-01