Record · District
Richland 02
A public school district in Columbia, South Carolina, with 32 operational schools in 2024–25.
The district in 2024–25
- 28,841
- Students enrolled
- 2,092.9
- Teachers, full-time equivalent
- Derived by NCES from the state’s counts.
- 4,314.5
- All staff, full-time equivalent
- $14,024
- Spending per pupil, fiscal year 2023
- Current expenditure over fall membership, both as the district reported them.
How this compares
- Students enrolled: 28,841 in 2024–25
- Ranks 226th of 17,800 districts by enrollment, and 5th of 81 in South Carolina. Larger than 98% of the 17,800 districts in the fifty states and DC that report an enrollment. The ranking →
- Current spending per pupil: $14,024 in fiscal year 2023
- More than 35% 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
Richland 02 spent $14,935 per pupil in fiscal year 2024, against $7,742 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.
Source: The College Scorecard
About this chart
The figures
| Fiscal year | Spending per pupil | Current expenditure | Membership |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2024 | $14,935 | $431.9 million | 28,917 |
| FY2023 | $14,024 | $399.8 million | 28,510 |
| FY2022 | $13,517 | $382.6 million | 28,303 |
| FY2021 | $12,553 | $348.5 million | 27,761 |
| FY2020 | $12,408 | $354.6 million | 28,580 |
| FY2019 | $11,590 | $329.1 million | 28,394 |
| FY2018 | $11,646 | $326.9 million | 28,071 |
| FY2017 | $11,542 | $320.9 million | 27,802 |
| FY2016 | $11,116 | $305.9 million | 27,523 |
| FY2015 | $11,098 | $302.1 million | 27,218 |
| FY2014 | $10,701 | $286.6 million | 26,780 |
| FY2013 | $10,476 | $278.3 million | 26,564 |
| FY2012 | $10,017 | $260.0 million | 25,954 |
| FY2011 | $9,665 | $248.1 million | 25,667 |
| FY2010 | $10,025 | $250.1 million | 24,949 |
| FY2009 | $9,782 | $239.8 million | 24,516 |
| FY2008 | $9,384 | $223.8 million | 23,854 |
| FY2007 | $8,938 | $199.5 million | 22,320 |
| FY2006 | $8,406 | $180.3 million | 21,455 |
| FY2005 | $7,742 | $163.0 million | 21,055 |
Revenue by source, fiscal year 2023
| Source | Revenue | Share of total |
|---|---|---|
| Federal | $48.8 million | 9.8% |
| State | $235.2 million | 47.0% |
| Local | $216.1 million | 43.2% |
| Total | $500.1 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
32 operational schools, A to Z.
2 more columns on a wider screen
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
- 4503390
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.
Compiled automatically from Common Core of Data (CCD), 2024–25 and School District Finance Survey (F-33), fiscal years 2005 to 2024 by a checked SQL query · Editor: Kian O'Connor · How this site is built
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