School district · South Carolina

Bamberg 03

Bamberg 03 in South Carolina: 6 public schools with 1,817 students and 12.5 students per teacher in the 2024–25 school year. It spent $19,379 per student in FY2024.

Schools: 6
Students: 1,817
Students per teacher: 12.5; SC 13.8 · US 15.1
Spending per student: $19,379; SC $15K · US $17.6K

Staff

Full-time equivalents reported by the district. Ratios are students per staff member: lower means more staff for each student, not better results.

Teachers (FTE): 145
Counselors (FTE): 8.0
Students per counselor: 227; SC 309 · US 357
Psychologists (FTE): 2.0; Librarians (FTE): 2.0

State test results

Share of students scoring proficient or above on South Carolina's tests, grades 3–8, 2024–25 school year.

Reading and writing

South Carolina: 60%

46%proficient

New test or proficiency bar this year: not comparable with the year before.

A lower share proficient than 82% of school districts in South Carolina

Median 56% · 76 school districts compared

782 students tested, grades 3–8 · SC Ready; proficient means Levels 3-4

Math

South Carolina: 44%

27%proficient

−1.0 points from 2023–24 school year

A lower share proficient than 80% of school districts in South Carolina

Median 37% · 76 school districts compared

782 students tested, grades 3–8 · SC Ready; proficient means Levels 3-4

Each state sets its own test and its own bar for “proficient”, so results compare only within a state. Results also follow family income closely: a school's share reflects its students' circumstances as much as its teaching.

Data sourced from the Education Data Center (www.eddatacenter.org), a partner project of the National Center for Civic Innovation, Inc. State Assessment Data Repository version 3.1. More information about these assessments over time, including participation and test changes, is available from the Education Data Center.

Money

Current spending pays for staff, services and supplies; buildings and debt are counted apart. It follows local costs and needs (special education, long bus routes), so it is a comparison, not a grade.

Where the money comes from (FY2024)

Federal: 15% · $7.7M
State: 52% · $25.8M
Local: 33% · $16.5M

Per student (FY2024)

Instruction: $9,539
Support services: $8,852
Buildings and equipment (capital outlay): $8.4M
Long-term debt: $0

Schools

Open public schools of the district in the 2024–25 school year.

Elementary schools: 2Middle schools: 2High schools: 2

School	Grades	Students	Students / teacher	Reading	Math	City or town
Denmark-Olar ElementaryFree meals for all	Pre-K–5	232	12.9	42%	27%	Denmark
Richard Carroll ElementaryFree meals for all	Pre-K–6	689	14.0	56%	38%	Bamberg
Bamberg-Ehrhardt MiddleFree meals for all	7–8	188	10.4	44%	24%	Bamberg
Denmark-Olar MiddleFree meals for all	6–8	144	16.0	27%	5.0%	Denmark
Bamberg-Ehrhardt HighFree meals for all	9–12	383	12.0	—	—	Bamberg
Denmark-Olar HighFree meals for all	9–12	181	9.5	—	—	Denmark

Reading and Math: share of tested students proficient or above on the state's own tests (grades 3–8, 2024–25 school year). Compare only within a state.

Sources

Address: 62 S Holly Avenue, Denmark, SC 29042
Phone: (803)793-3346

Website

Public schools and school districts (National Center for Education Statistics · U.S. Census Bureau), 2024–25 school year. NCES Common Core of Data and EDGE public school geocodes; U.S. Census Bureau, Annual Survey of School System Finances and cartographic boundary files (places).
Annual Survey of School System Finances (U.S. Census Bureau), FY2024. U.S. Census Bureau, Annual Survey of School System Finances (F-33).
State Assessment Data Repository (Education Data Center), 2024–25 school year. Data sourced from the Education Data Center (www.eddatacenter.org), a partner project of the National Center for Civic Innovation, Inc. State Assessment Data Repository v3.1.