Regular local school district · Darlington County
Darlington 01 School District, SC: schools, enrollment and spending
Darlington 01 School District runs 19 public schools with 8,793 students in grades PK to 12. Its ratio of 13.0 students per teacher is 1.4 lower than the South Carolina figure of 14.4.Listed in NCES data as "Darlington 01".
At a glance
- Schools
- 19
- Students
- 8,793
- Teachers (FTE)
- 675
- Students per teacher
- 13.0
- SC: 14.4 · US: 15.3
- Address
- 120 E. Smith Avenue, Darlington, SC 29532
- Phone
- (843)398-5100
- County
- Darlington County
- Locale
- Suburb: Small
- Grades offered
- PK to 12
- Agency type
- Regular local school district
- NCES district ID
- 4501860
- State district ID
- SC-1601
- Total staff (FTE)
- 1,561
- School counselors (FTE)
- 36.0About 244 students per counselor.
- School administrators (FTE)
- 52.0
Students per teacher compared
This district13.0
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 (9,239), which can differ from 2024-25 enrollment.
- Total revenue
- $156.3 million
- Federal revenue
- $22.0 million
- State revenue
- $69.2 million
- Local revenue
- $65.1 million
- Total spending
- $144.6 million
- Spending per pupil
- $15,647
- Salaries
- $71.6 million49.6% of total spending.
- Long-term debt (end of year)
- $56.5 million
Where revenue came from
- Federal: 14.1%
- State: 44.3%
- Local: 41.6%
South Carolina overall
- Federal: 11.3%
- State: 48.0%
- Local: 40.7%
Spending per pupil compared
This district$15,647
South Carolina$15,302
United States$16,826
Schools in Darlington 01 School District
By level: 5 high, 3 middle, 11 elementary. A CEP school serves free meals to all students.
| Bay Road ElementaryCEP school | Elementary | PK to 5 | 563 | 14.1 |
| Brockington ElementaryCEP school | Elementary | 3 to 5 | 303 | 13.8 |
| Carolina ElementaryCEP school | Elementary | 1 to 5 | 212 | 13.2 |
| Darlington County Institute of Technology | High | 9 to 12 | 0 | |
| Darlington HighCEP school | High | 9 to 12 | 965 | 13.6 |
| Darlington MiddleCEP school | Middle | 6 to 8 | 888 | 15.3 |
| Hartsville HighCEP school | High | 9 to 12 | 1,129 | 15.3 |
| Hartsville MiddleCEP school | Middle | 6 to 8 | 801 | 13.1 |
| J. L. Cain ElementaryCEP school | Elementary | PK to 5 | 533 | 12.4 |
| Lamar HighCEP school | High | 9 to 12 | 268 | 12.8 |
| Lamar-Spaulding ElementaryCEP school | Elementary | PK to 5 | 496 | 16.0 |
| Mayo High For Math Science & TechnologyCEP school | High | 9 to 12 | 309 | 13.4 |
| North Hartsville ElementaryCEP school | Elementary | 1 to 5 | 486 | 14.7 |
| Pate ElementaryCEP school | Elementary | PK to 2 | 397 | 14.2 |
| Rosenwald ElementaryCEP school | Elementary | PK to 5 | 71 | 6.5 |
| Southside Early Childhood CenterCEP school | Elementary | PK to K | 360 | 11.2 |
| Spaulding MiddleCEP school | Middle | 6 to 8 | 228 | 12.7 |
| St. John's ElementaryCEP school | Elementary | PK to 5 | 596 | 15.3 |
| Thornwell School for the ArtsCEP school | Elementary | 1 to 5 | 188 | 9.9 |
Nearby and related
Other districts in Darlington County
- Governor's School for Science and Mathematics 296 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.