District profile / South Carolina

York 03

Rock Hill, South Carolina · Public school district · #14 of 68 South Carolina districts by enrollment

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16,034

Students

2024-25 school year

Schools

2024-25 school year

$12,655

Spending per student

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

13.3

Students per teacher

2024-25 · South Carolina median 13.6

York 03 is a public school district based in Rock Hill, South Carolina, serving 16,034 students in 25 schools. By enrollment it ranks #14 of the 68 South Carolina districts with 1,000 or more students, larger than about 81% of them. Its schools average 641 students each, more than the South Carolina median of 550. It spends about $12,655 per student on day-to-day operations, about the state median. It has roughly 13.3 students per teacher.

How York 03 compares

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

Spending per student$12,655

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

Instruction spending per student$7,216

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

Students per school641

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

Students per teacher13.3

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

Students per counselor292

South Carolina median 340 · 14% below · 2024-25

Spending and staffing

Where the money comes from$243.3 million in revenue · FY2020-21

Federal 9%State 50%Local 41%

Measure	York 03	South Carolina median	Year
Current spending per student	$12,655	$12,570	FY2020-21
Instruction spending per student	$7,216	$7,082	FY2020-21
Total spending	$231.6 million	n/a	FY2020-21
Total revenue	$243.3 million	n/a	FY2020-21
Teachers (full-time equivalent)	1,207	n/a	2024-25
Total staff (full-time equivalent)	2,621	n/a	2024-25
Students per teacher	13.3	13.6	2024-25
Students per counselor	292	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
Lexington 05Irmo	17,053	23	$14,333	11.8	#12
Pickens 01Easley	16,313	24	$10,257	13.8	#13
York 03Rock Hill · this district	16,034	25	$12,655	13.3	#14
Florence 01Florence	15,861	24	$12,396	13.4	#15
Lancaster 01Lancaster	15,417	23	$10,402	14.4	#16

Similar-size districts nationally

District	Students	Spending per student	Students per teacher
Norman Public SchoolsNorman, OK	16,048	$10,114	16.6
Naperville CUSD 203Naperville, IL	16,047	$22,001	13.5
Bryan ISDBryan, TX	16,044	$11,360	14.0
Oxnard Union HighOxnard, CA	16,039	$13,649	22.8

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-york-03