South Carolina: 790,000 Greenville County Schools: 78,000
2024 figures.
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South Carolina: 62% Greenville County Schools: 57%
Student Poverty Index*, 2024 data.
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*The percentage of students who are transient, a runaway, in foster care, homeless, or have been Medicaid-eligible or qualified for SNAP or TANF services within the last three years. (SC Education Oversight Committee) [SNAP: Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program; TANF: Temporary Assistance for Needy Families.]
South Carolina: 15% Greenville County Schools: 16%
2024 figures.
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South Carolina: 10% Greenville County Schools: 16%
2024 figures.
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South Carolina Greenville County Schools
Asian American Students 2% 2%
Black or African American Students 31% 22%
Hispanic or Latino Students 14% 21%
White Students 47% 49%
Two or More Races Students 6% 5%
Other Students* 1% 1%
2024 figures.
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*American Indian and Hawaiian/Pacific Islander
Total Public Schools: 89% (84% in regular districts and 5% in charter districts)
Total Private Schooling: 10% (6% in private schools and 4% homeschooled)
Dropouts: 1%
2024 figures from the SC Revenue and Fiscal Affairs Office.
South Carolina: 53,600 Greenville County Schools: 4,900
2024 numbers in full-time equivalents (FTEs).
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South Carolina: 13 Greenville County Schools: 13
2024 figures.
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South Carolina: 12% Greenville County Schools: 12%
2024 figures.
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From a 2023 national survey, teachers on average work 53 hours per week during the school year (7 more hours per week on average than working adults as a whole). Of the surveyed teachers, nearly half said they work more than 50 hours per week, and 16% said they work more than 60 hours per week.
– Steiner, E., et al., “All Work and No Pay — Teachers’ Perceptions of Their Pay and Hours Worked: Findings from the 2023 State of the American Teacher Survey,” RAND Corporation, 2023.
During the 2019-20 school year, South Carolina teachers on average spent $440 of their own money on classroom supplies that wasn’t reimbursed. This amount is above the $275 the state provided to each teacher that year for school supplies. For the 2023-24 school year the state provided $350 to each teacher for these supplies.
– Garcia, E. et al., “Underpaid and Undersupplied: The Hidden Costs of Teaching in America,” Learning Policy Institute, 2023; and “General Appropriations Bill for Fiscal Year 2023-2024,” South Carolina General Assembly.
In 2024, the median school district teacher turnover rate in South Carolina was 15%.
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In the fall of the 2024-25 school year, 12% of open teaching positions in the state had not yet been filled – a drop from 16% the year before. During the 2023-24 school year, 14% of teachers were teaching out of field in core classes (math, English, and science) in order to fill classroom positions.
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South Carolina Greenville County Schools
Students Teachers Students Teachers
Asian American 2% 2% 2% 1%
Black or African American 31% 17% 22% 8%
Hispanic or Latino 14% 2% 21% 3%
White 47% 76% 49% 84%
Two or More Races 6% 1% 5% 1%
Other* 1% 2% 1% 2%
2024 figures.
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*American Indian, Hawaiian/Pacific Islander, and not reported.
The StriveTogether Cradle-to-Career Network uses these seven measures:
– Kindergarten Readiness
– Early Grade Reading – third grade
– Middle Grade Math – eighth grade
– High School Graduation
– Postsecondary Enrollment
– Postsecondary Completion
– Employment
Currently, data on the first five can be found in, or accessed through, this website. Also see below.
South Carolina: 41% Greenville County Schools: 45%
Percentage meeting “Overall Readiness” on the Kindergarten Readiness Assessment (KRA) in the 2023-24 school year.
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South Carolina: 55% Greenville County Schools: 64%
Percent meeting or exceeding expectations in English language arts on the 2024 SC READY assessment.
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South Carolina: 31% Greenville County Schools: 40%
Percent meeting or exceeding expectations in math on the 2024 SC READY assessment.
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South Carolina: 85% Greenville County Schools: 89%
The four-year, on-time graduation rate for 2023-24 from the SC School Report Cards.
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South Carolina: 59% Greenville County Schools: 63%
(Go to “The Data” and then “Achievement” and ‘Post-Secondary Advancement” to access the SC.GOV “Post-Grad Dashboard”)