District profile / South Carolina

Florence 03

Lake City, South Carolina · Public school district · #52 of 68 South Carolina districts by enrollment

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2,767

Students

2024-25 school year

Schools

2024-25 school year

$12,885

Spending per student

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

14.0

Students per teacher

2024-25 · South Carolina median 13.6

Florence 03 is a public school district based in Lake City, South Carolina, serving 2,767 students in 8 schools. By enrollment it ranks #52 of the 68 South Carolina districts with 1,000 or more students, larger than about 24% of them. Its schools average 346 students each, fewer than the South Carolina median of 550. It spends about $12,885 per student on day-to-day operations, about the state median. It has roughly 14.0 students per teacher.

How Florence 03 compares

Florence 03South Carolina median, districts with 1,000+ students

Spending per student$12,885

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

Instruction spending per student$6,914

South Carolina median $7,082 · about the same · FY2020-21

Students per school346

South Carolina median 550 · 37% below · 2024-25

Students per teacher14.0

South Carolina median 13.6 · about the same · 2024-25

Students per counselor252

South Carolina median 340 · 26% below · 2024-25

Spending and staffing

Where the money comes from$47.7 million in revenue · FY2020-21

Federal 21%State 56%Local 22%

Measure	Florence 03	South Carolina median	Year
Current spending per student	$12,885	$12,570	FY2020-21
Instruction spending per student	$6,914	$7,082	FY2020-21
Total spending	$45.0 million	n/a	FY2020-21
Total revenue	$47.7 million	n/a	FY2020-21
Teachers (full-time equivalent)	197	n/a	2024-25
Total staff (full-time equivalent)	495	n/a	2024-25
Students per teacher	14.0	13.6	2024-25
Students per counselor	252	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
Anderson 03Iva	2,772	5	$12,089	15.2	#51
Florence 03Lake City · this district	2,767	8	$12,885	14.0	#52
Spartanburg 03Spartanburg	2,748	5	$14,110	14.5	#53
Abbeville 60Abbeville	2,746	9	$12,953	12.4	#54
Williamsburg 01Kingstree	2,716	10	$14,820	11.2	#55

Similar-size districts nationally

District	Students	Spending per student	Students per teacher
Louisville CityLouisville, OH	2,768	$10,487	19.6
Waterloo CUSD 5Waterloo, IL	2,767	$12,362	16.4
Hewlett-Woodmere Union Free School DistrictWoodmere, NY	2,767	$38,032	9.2
Wallenpaupack Area School DistrictHawley, PA	2,766	$24,584	9.8

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-florence-03