School district · South Carolina
Dorchester 04
Dorchester 04 in South Carolina: 5 public schools with 2,110 students and 12.2 students per teacher in the 2024–25 school year. It spent $19,421 per student in FY2024.
- Schools
- 5
- Students
- 2,110
- Students per teacher
- 12.2
- SC 13.8 · US 15.1
- Spending per student
- $19,421
- 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)
- 173
- Counselors (FTE)
- 10.0
- Students per counselor
- 211
- SC 309 · US 357
- Psychologists (FTE)
- 3.0
- Librarians (FTE): 5.0
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.
$1.1K15
$13.3K16
$13.3K17
$13.4K18
$14.4K19
$14.7K20
$16.7K21
$17.6K22
$19.4K23
$19.4K24
- Federal
- 14% · $7.3M
- State
- 41% · $21.2M
- Local
- 45% · $23M
Per student (FY2024)
- Instruction
- $8,806
- Support services
- $9,457
- Buildings and equipment (capital outlay)
- $14.8M
- Long-term debt
- $47.2M
Schools
Open public schools of the district in the 2024–25 school year.
Elementary schools: 3Middle schools: 1High schools: 1
| School | Grades | Students | Students / teacher |
|---|---|---|---|
Clay Hill ElementaryFree meals for all | Pre-K–5 | 174 | 11.6 |
Harleyville ElementaryFree meals for all | Pre-K–5 | 248 | 9.2 |
Williams Memorial ElementaryFree meals for all | Pre-K–5 | 553 | 13.2 |
Woodland Middle SchoolFree meals for all | 6–8 | 455 | 12.0 |
Woodland HighFree meals for all | 9–12 | 680 | 13.6 |
Sources
- Address
- 500 Ridge Street, St. George, SC 29477
- Phone
- (843)563-4535
- 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).