Regular local school district · Chester County
Chester 01 School District, SC: schools, enrollment and spending
Chester 01 School District runs 12 public schools with 4,523 students in grades PK to 12. Its ratio of 12.1 students per teacher is 2.3 lower than the South Carolina figure of 14.4.Listed in NCES data as "Chester 01".
At a glance
- Schools
- 12
- Students
- 4,523
- Teachers (FTE)
- 374
- Students per teacher
- 12.1
- SC: 14.4 · US: 15.3
- Address
- 509 District Office Drive, Chester, SC 29706
- Phone
- (803)385-6122
- County
- Chester County
- Locale
- Rural: Distant
- Grades offered
- PK to 12
- Agency type
- Regular local school district
- NCES district ID
- 4501530
- State district ID
- SC-1201
- Total staff (FTE)
- 794
- School counselors (FTE)
- 13.0About 348 students per counselor.
- School administrators (FTE)
- 31.0
- Charter schools
- 1
Students per teacher compared
This district12.1
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 (4,860), which can differ from 2024-25 enrollment.
- Total revenue
- $72.3 million
- Federal revenue
- $12.0 million
- State revenue
- $37.1 million
- Local revenue
- $23.3 million
- Total spending
- $68.9 million
- Spending per pupil
- $14,186
- Salaries
- $32.4 million46.9% of total spending.
- Long-term debt (end of year)
- $2.4 million
Where revenue came from
- Federal: 16.5%
- State: 51.3%
- Local: 32.2%
South Carolina overall
- Federal: 11.3%
- State: 48.0%
- Local: 40.7%
Spending per pupil compared
This district$14,186
South Carolina$15,302
United States$16,826
Schools in Chester 01 School District
By level: 4 high, 2 middle, 6 elementary. A CEP school serves free meals to all students.
| Academy for Teaching and LearningCEP schoolCharter | Elementary | K to 8 | 329 | 11.8 |
| Chester County Career Center | High | 9 to 12 | 0 | |
| Chester MiddleCEP school | Middle | 6 to 8 | 479 | 12.6 |
| Chester Park Elementary School for the Arts | Elementary | PK to 5 | 331 | 11.4 |
| Chester Park Elementary School of Literacy and Technology | Elementary | PK to 5 | 300 | 13.6 |
| Chester Park School Elementary of InquiryCEP school | Elementary | PK to 5 | 355 | 12.2 |
| Chester Senior HighCEP school | High | 9 to 12 | 699 | 14.0 |
| Great Falls ElementaryCEP school | Elementary | PK to 5 | 335 | 13.4 |
| Great Falls High | High | 6 to 12 | 375 | 10.7 |
| Lewisville ElementaryCEP school | Elementary | PK to 5 | 594 | 14.8 |
| Lewisville HighCEP school | High | 9 to 12 | 431 | 14.9 |
| Lewisville MiddleCEP school | Middle | 6 to 8 | 295 | 13.4 |
Nearby and related
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.