District profile / South Carolina

Richland 02

Columbia, South Carolina · Public school district · #5 of 68 South Carolina districts by enrollment

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28,841

Students

2024-25 school year

Schools

2024-25 school year

$12,557

Spending per student

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

13.8

Students per teacher

2024-25 · South Carolina median 13.6

Richland 02 is a public school district based in Columbia, South Carolina, serving 28,841 students in 32 schools. By enrollment it ranks #5 of the 68 South Carolina districts with 1,000 or more students, larger than about 94% of them. Its schools average 901 students each, more than the South Carolina median of 550. It spends about $12,557 per student on day-to-day operations, about the state median. It has roughly 13.8 students per teacher.

How Richland 02 compares

Richland 02South Carolina median, districts with 1,000+ students

Spending per student$12,557

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

Instruction spending per student$7,082

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

Students per school901

South Carolina median 550 · 64% above · 2024-25

Students per teacher13.8

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

Students per counselor343

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

Spending and staffing

Where the money comes from$437.4 million in revenue · FY2020-21

Federal 8%State 51%Local 41%

Measure	Richland 02	South Carolina median	Year
Current spending per student	$12,557	$12,570	FY2020-21
Instruction spending per student	$7,082	$7,082	FY2020-21
Total spending	$498.0 million	n/a	FY2020-21
Total revenue	$437.4 million	n/a	FY2020-21
Teachers (full-time equivalent)	2,092	n/a	2024-25
Total staff (full-time equivalent)	4,314	n/a	2024-25
Students per teacher	13.8	13.6	2024-25
Students per counselor	343	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
Richland 02Columbia · this district	28,841	32	$12,557	13.8	#5
Lexington 01Lexington	27,074	32	$12,456	13.0	#6
Dorchester 02Summerville	25,928	25	$10,907	15.1	#7
Aiken 01Aiken	22,916	41	$11,879	14.4	#8
Richland 01Columbia	21,814	48	$16,464	12.1	#9

Similar-size districts nationally

District	Students	Spending per student	Students per teacher
Richmond CountyAugusta, GA	28,923	$11,826	14.4
Spokane School DistrictSpokane, WA	28,853	$15,579	14.8
Tacoma School DistrictTacoma, WA	28,847	$15,922	18.8
Visalia UnifiedVisalia, CA	28,809	$12,738	21.5

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-02