School district · South Carolina
Laurens 55
Laurens 55 in South Carolina: 9 public schools with 4,984 students and 10.5 students per teacher in the 2024–25 school year. It spent $15,531 per student in FY2024.
- Schools
- 9
- Students
- 4,984
- Students per teacher
- 10.5
- SC 13.8 · US 15.1
- Spending per student
- $15,531
- 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)
- 475
- Counselors (FTE)
- 18.0
- Students per counselor
- 277
- SC 309 · US 357
- Psychologists (FTE)
- 6.0
- Librarians (FTE): 10.0
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%45%proficient
New test or proficiency bar this year: not comparable with the year before.
A lower share proficient than 86% of school districts in South Carolina
Median 56% · 76 school districts compared
2,049 students tested, grades 3–8 · SC Ready; proficient means Levels 3-4
Math
South Carolina: 44%27%proficient
+1.4 points from 2023–24 school year
A lower share proficient than 82% of school districts in South Carolina
Median 37% · 76 school districts compared
2,049 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.
- Federal
- 18% · $15.6M
- State
- 54% · $46.4M
- Local
- 28% · $24.7M
Per student (FY2024)
- Instruction
- $8,311
- Support services
- $6,225
- Buildings and equipment (capital outlay)
- $4.4M
- Long-term debt
- $17.1M
Schools
Open public schools of the district in the 2024–25 school year.
| School | Grades | Students | Students / teacher | Reading | Math |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
E. B. Morse ElementaryFree meals for all | Pre-K–5 | 447 | 12.1 | 50% | 39% |
Ford ElementaryFree meals for all | Pre-K–5 | 423 | 10.1 | 34% | 27% |
Gray Court-Owings Elementary/MiddleFree meals for all | Pre-K–8 | 715 | 10.5 | 43% | 22% |
Hickory Tavern Elementary/MiddleFree meals for all | Pre-K–8 | 623 | 12.2 | 55% | 33% |
Laurens ElementaryFree meals for all | Pre-K–5 | 465 | 10.4 | 47% | 30% |
Waterloo ElementaryFree meals for all | Pre-K–5 | 254 | 8.5 | 73% | 63% |
Laurens MiddleFree meals for all | 6–8 | 373 | 11.3 | 39% | 20% |
Sanders MiddleFree meals for all | 6–8 | 250 | 8.3 | 36% | 16% |
Laurens District 55 HighFree meals for all | 9–12 | 1,434 | 11.7 | — | — |
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
- 301 Hillcrest Drive, Laurens, SC 29360
- Phone
- (864)984-3568
- 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.