District profile / South Carolina

Richland 01

Columbia, South Carolina · Public school district · #9 of 68 South Carolina districts by enrollment

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21,814

Students

2024-25 school year

Schools

2024-25 school year

$16,464

Spending per student

FY2020-21 · 31% above the South Carolina median

12.1

Students per teacher

2024-25 · South Carolina median 13.6

Richland 01 is a public school district based in Columbia, South Carolina, serving 21,814 students in 48 schools. By enrollment it ranks #9 of the 68 South Carolina districts with 1,000 or more students, larger than about 88% of them. Its schools average 454 students each, fewer than the South Carolina median of 550. It spends about $16,464 per student on day-to-day operations, 31% more than the South Carolina median. It has roughly 12.1 students per teacher.

How Richland 01 compares

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

Spending per student$16,464

South Carolina median $12,570 · 31% above · FY2020-21

Instruction spending per student$8,871

South Carolina median $7,082 · 25% above · FY2020-21

Students per school454

South Carolina median 550 · 17% below · 2024-25

Students per teacher12.1

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

Students per counselor248

South Carolina median 340 · 27% below · 2024-25

Spending and staffing

Where the money comes from$467.4 million in revenue · FY2020-21

Federal 9%State 32%Local 59%

Measure	Richland 01	South Carolina median	Year
Current spending per student	$16,464	$12,570	FY2020-21
Instruction spending per student	$8,871	$7,082	FY2020-21
Total spending	$426.1 million	n/a	FY2020-21
Total revenue	$467.4 million	n/a	FY2020-21
Teachers (full-time equivalent)	1,802	n/a	2024-25
Total staff (full-time equivalent)	4,330	n/a	2024-25
Students per teacher	12.1	13.6	2024-25
Students per counselor	248	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
Dorchester 02Summerville	25,928	25	$10,907	15.1	#7
Aiken 01Aiken	22,916	41	$11,879	14.4	#8
Richland 01Columbia · this district	21,814	48	$16,464	12.1	#9
Beaufort 01Beaufort	21,050	32	$14,133	11.3	#10
York 04Fort Mill	18,445	20	$11,218	13.2	#11

Similar-size districts nationally

District	Students	Spending per student	Students per teacher
South-Western CityGrove City, OH	21,924	$12,776	17.7
Vancouver School DistrictVancouver, WA	21,783	$14,904	19.2
Folsom-Cordova UnifiedRancho Cordova, CA	21,780	$11,926	21.4
Murrieta Valley UnifiedMurrieta, CA	21,712	$12,094	23.4

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-richland-01