School district · South Carolina

Florence 01

Florence 01 in South Carolina: 24 public schools with 15,861 students and 13.4 students per teacher in the 2024–25 school year. It spent $14,216 per student in FY2024.

Schools: 24
Students: 15,861
Students per teacher: 13.4; SC 13.8 · US 15.1
Spending per student: $14,216; 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): 1,185
Counselors (FTE): 48.0
Students per counselor: 330; SC 309 · US 357
Psychologists (FTE): 13.0; Librarians (FTE): 21.0

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.

Spending per student, 2015–2024

$9.9K15

$10.2K16

$10.4K17

$10.5K18

$11.2K19

$12.3K20

$12.5K21

$13.2K22

$14.2K23

$14.2K24

Where the money comes from (FY2024)

Federal: 12% · $34.4M
State: 52% · $144.6M
Local: 36% · $101.2M

Per student (FY2024)

Instruction: $7,862
Support services: $5,597
Buildings and equipment (capital outlay): $54.2M
Long-term debt: $37.1M

Schools

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

Pre-K centers: 2Elementary schools: 14Middle schools: 4High schools: 4

School	Grades	Students	Students / teacher	City or town
Child Development Center at Woods RoadFree meals for all	Pre-K	189	11.8	Florence
R.N. Beck Child Development CenterFree meals for all	Pre-K	168	12.0	Florence
Briggs Elementary	K–5	451	13.4	Florence
Brockington Elementary MagnetFree meals for all	Pre-K–5	329	11.8	Timmonsville
Carver Elementary	K–5	615	14.1	Florence
Delmae Heights Elementary	K–5	988	15.7	Florence
Dewey-Carter ElementaryFree meals for all	Pre-K–5	606	13.8	Effingham
Greenwood ElementaryFree meals for all	K–5	530	13.6	Florence
Henry Timrod ElementaryFree meals for all	K–5	413	13.3	Florence
Lucy T. Davis Elementary	K–5	632	14.4	Florence
McLaurin ElementaryFree meals for all	Pre-K–2	552	13.8	Florence
North Vista ElementaryFree meals for all	K–5	446	12.4	Florence
Royall ElementaryFree meals for all	K–5	512	12.8	Florence
Savannah Grove ElementaryFree meals for all	K–5	385	12.4	Effingham
Theodore Lester ElementaryFree meals for all	3–5	362	12.1	Florence
Wallace Gregg ElementaryFree meals for all	K–5	283	10.5	Florence
Henry L. Sneed Middle	6–8	634	12.2	Florence
John W. Moore Middle	6–8	1,056	14.5	Florence
Southside MiddleFree meals for all	6–8	1,138	14.2	Florence
Williams MiddleFree meals for all	6–8	792	11.6	Florence
Advantage AcademyCareer and technical	9–12	0	—	Florence
South Florence High	9–12	1,580	15.3	Florence
West Florence High	9–12	1,827	17.3	Florence
Wilson HighFree meals for all	9–12	1,373	14.9	Florence

Sources

Address: 319 South Irby Street, Florence, SC 29501
Phone: (843)669-4141

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).