Regular local school district · Anderson County
Anderson 01 School District, SC: schools, enrollment and spending
Anderson 01 School District runs 14 public schools with 10,886 students in grades PK to 12. Its ratio of 15.8 students per teacher is 1.4 higher than the South Carolina figure of 14.4.Listed in NCES data as "Anderson 01".
At a glance
- Schools
- 14
- Students
- 10,886
- Teachers (FTE)
- 687
- Students per teacher
- 15.8
- SC: 14.4 · US: 15.3
- Address
- 801 North Hamilton Street, Williamston, SC 29697
- Phone
- (864)847-7344
- County
- Anderson County
- Locale
- Rural: Fringe
- Grades offered
- PK to 12
- Agency type
- Regular local school district
- NCES district ID
- 4500780
- State district ID
- SC-0401
- Total staff (FTE)
- 1,403
- School counselors (FTE)
- 28.0About 389 students per counselor.
- School administrators (FTE)
- 38.0
Students per teacher compared
This district15.8
South Carolina14.4
United States15.3
2020 finance data
From the F-33 School District Finance Survey for fiscal year 2020, in nominal dollars. Enrollment used for per-pupil figures is the finance survey count (10,116), which can differ from 2024-25 enrollment.
- Total revenue
- $125.7 million
- Federal revenue
- $12.1 million
- State revenue
- $66.6 million
- Local revenue
- $46.9 million
- Total spending
- $159.2 million
- Spending per pupil
- $15,735
- Salaries
- $57.4 million36.1% of total spending.
- Long-term debt (end of year)
- $196.7 million
Where revenue came from
- Federal: 9.6%
- State: 53.0%
- Local: 37.4%
South Carolina overall
- Federal: 11.3%
- State: 48.0%
- Local: 40.7%
Spending per pupil compared
This district$15,735
South Carolina$15,302
United States$16,826
Schools in Anderson 01 School District
By level: 3 high, 3 middle, 8 elementary. A CEP school serves free meals to all students.
| Cedar Grove Elementary | Elementary | PK to 5 | 596 | 14.2 |
| Concrete Primary | Elementary | PK to 2 | 765 | 16.3 |
| Hunt Meadows Elementary | Elementary | PK to 5 | 555 | 15.4 |
| Palmetto Elementary | Elementary | PK to 5 | 572 | 13.0 |
| Palmetto High | High | 9 to 12 | 1,086 | 18.4 |
| Palmetto Middle | Middle | 6 to 8 | 749 | 13.9 |
| Powdersville Elementary | Elementary | 3 to 5 | 765 | 17.0 |
| Powdersville High | High | 9 to 12 | 1,024 | 18.6 |
| Powdersville Middle | Middle | 6 to 8 | 801 | 14.8 |
| Spearman Elementary | Elementary | PK to 5 | 804 | 15.8 |
| West Pelzer Elementary | Elementary | PK to 5 | 361 | 11.6 |
| Wren Elementary | Elementary | PK to 5 | 646 | 17.0 |
| Wren High | High | 9 to 12 | 1,252 | 18.1 |
| Wren Middle | Middle | 6 to 8 | 910 | 16.0 |
Nearby and related
Other districts in Anderson County
- Anderson 05 School District 12,131 students
- Anderson 02 School District 3,404 students
- Anderson 04 School District 3,076 students
- Anderson 03 School District 2,772 students
- Anderson 80 0 students
- Anderson 81 0 students
More in South Carolina
Source: NCES Common Core of Data 2024-25 and F-33 finance 2020, via the Urban Institute Education Data Portal. Last reviewed October 2026. Finance figures are 2020 finance data in nominal dollars, not adjusted for inflation. Blank values are not available, not applicable or suppressed in the source. See the methodology.