State-operated agency · South Carolina
Dept of Juvenile Justice
Dept of Juvenile Justice in South Carolina: 3 public schools with 417 students and 8.5 students per teacher in the 2024–25 school year.
- Schools
- 3
- Students
- 417
- Students per teacher
- 8.5
- SC 13.8 · US 15.1
- Spending per student
- —
- 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)
- 49.0
- Counselors (FTE)
- 2.0
- Students per counselor
- 209
- SC 309 · US 357
- Psychologists (FTE)
- 0.0
- Librarians (FTE): 1.0
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%18%proficient
New test or proficiency bar this year: not comparable with the year before.
A lower share proficient than 99% of school districts in South Carolina
Median 56% · 76 school districts compared
34 students tested, grades 8 · SC Ready; proficient means Levels 3-4 Approximate: the state published a range or left out some grades.
Math
South Carolina: 44%0.0%proficient
Unchanged from 2023–24 school year
A lower share proficient than 99% of school districts in South Carolina
Median 37% · 76 school districts compared
31 students tested, grades 8 · SC Ready; proficient means Levels 3-4 Approximate: the state published a range or left out some grades.
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.
The Census Bureau publishes no finances for this agency.
Schools
Open public schools of the district in the 2024–25 school year.
| School | Grades | Students | Students / teacher | Reading | Math |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Empowerment and Enrichment AcademyAlternative | 5–12 | 0 | — | 18% | 0.0% |
| 5–12 | 0 | — | — | — | |
SCDJJ Evaluation and Detention CenterAlternative | 4–12 | 417 | 11.1 | — | — |
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.
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.
Sources
- Address
- 220 Executive Center Drive, Columbia, SC 29210
- Phone
- (803)896-9110
- 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).
- 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.