Laurens 55
A public school district in Laurens, South Carolina, with 9 operational schools in 2024–25.
The district in 2024–25
- 4,984
- Students enrolled
- 475
- Teachers, full-time equivalent
- Derived by NCES from the state’s counts.
- 984.6
- All staff, full-time equivalent
- $14,216
- Spending per pupil, fiscal year 2023
- Current expenditure over fall membership, both as the district reported them.
How this compares
- Students enrolled: 4,984 in 2024–25
- Ranks 1,929th of 17,800 districts by enrollment, and 39th of 81 in South Carolina. Larger than 89% of the 17,800 districts in the fifty states and DC that report an enrollment. The ranking →
- Current spending per pupil: $14,216 in fiscal year 2023
- More than 37% of the 17,189 districts with a spending figure. Current spending leaves out buildings and debt, and a district of a few pupils can spend far more per pupil than any large one.
Spending and revenue
Laurens 55 spent $15,531 per pupil in fiscal year 2024, against $6,767 in fiscal year 2005
Current spending per pupil, each fiscal year: current expenditure over fall membership, both as the district reported them to NCES. In the dollars of each year, not adjusted for inflation. A year with no column is a year the survey has no figure for.
U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics — School District Finance Survey (F-33), fiscal year 2005 onwards
About this chart
The figures
| Fiscal year | Spending per pupil | Current expenditure | Membership |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2024 | $15,531 | $80.9 million | 5,206 |
| FY2023 | $14,216 | $76.0 million | 5,344 |
| FY2022 | $13,000 | $70.7 million | 5,442 |
| FY2021 | $13,092 | $69.8 million | 5,333 |
| FY2020 | $11,491 | $65.2 million | 5,678 |
| FY2019 | $10,984 | $63.2 million | 5,755 |
| FY2018 | $10,552 | $61.0 million | 5,781 |
| FY2017 | $10,066 | $59.7 million | 5,928 |
| FY2016 | $9,729 | $58.7 million | 6,030 |
| FY2015 | $9,566 | $58.2 million | 6,082 |
| FY2014 | $9,035 | $54.8 million | 6,063 |
| FY2013 | $8,785 | $51.7 million | 5,881 |
| FY2012 | $8,255 | $49.0 million | 5,941 |
| FY2011 | $8,211 | $48.5 million | 5,908 |
| FY2010 | $8,251 | $49.6 million | 6,017 |
| FY2009 | $8,642 | $51.9 million | 6,007 |
| FY2008 | $8,438 | $51.2 million | 6,069 |
| FY2007 | $7,710 | $46.4 million | 6,015 |
| FY2006 | $7,446 | $44.7 million | 6,009 |
| FY2005 | $6,767 | $41.8 million | 6,182 |
Revenue by source, fiscal year 2023
| Source | Revenue | Share of total |
|---|---|---|
| Federal | $17.8 million | 20.5% |
| State | $44.5 million | 51.3% |
| Local | $24.4 million | 28.1% |
| Total | $86.8 million |
Federal, state and local revenue as the F-33 records them. Each share is of the survey’s total revenue, so a part withheld does not inflate the others.
The district’s schools
9 operational schools, A to Z.
2 more columns on a wider screen
| School | Students |
|---|---|
| E. B. Morse Elementary | 447 |
| Ford Elementary | 423 |
| Gray Court-Owings Elementary/Middle | 715 |
| Hickory Tavern Elementary/Middle | 623 |
| Laurens District 55 High | 1,434 |
| Laurens Elementary | 465 |
| Laurens Middle | 373 |
| Sanders Middle | 250 |
| Waterloo Elementary | 254 |
The district’s entry
- Status
- Open
- Type
- Regular public school district that is not a component of a supervisory union
- Charter status
- Not a charter district
- Grades
- Pre-kindergarten to Grade 12
- NCES district ID
- 4502610
Elsewhere
- Public schools in South Carolina — enrollment, teachers and spending across the state, against the nation.
- Every school district in South Carolina — A to Z, each with its page.
- South Carolina on the American Factbook — the state’s entry, across every hub.
Sources
- Common Core of Data (CCD), 2024–25 — National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Department of Education · U.S. Government work · retrieved September 30, 2026
SOURCE: U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics, Common Core of Data (CCD), 2024–25.
- School District Finance Survey (F-33), fiscal years 2005 to 2024
SOURCE: U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics, Common Core of Data (CCD), "School District Finance Survey (F-33)," fiscal years 2005 to 2024.
Data retrieved