State agency · Lexington County
Dept of Juvenile Justice, SC: schools, enrollment and spending
Dept of Juvenile Justice runs 3 public schools with 417 students in grades 4 to 12. Its ratio of 8.5 students per teacher is 5.9 lower than the South Carolina figure of 14.4.
At a glance
- Schools
- 3
- Students
- 417
- Teachers (FTE)
- 49
- Students per teacher
- 8.5
- SC: 14.4 · US: 15.3
- Address
- 220 Executive Center Drive, Columbia, SC 29210
- Phone
- (803)896-9110
- County
- Lexington County
- Locale
- Rural: Fringe
- Grades offered
- 4 to 12
- Agency type
- State agency
- NCES district ID
- 4503420
- State district ID
- SC-5208
- Total staff (FTE)
- 78
- School counselors (FTE)
- 2.0About 209 students per counselor.
- School administrators (FTE)
- 5.0
Students per teacher compared
This district8.5
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 (376), which can differ from 2024-25 enrollment.
- Total revenue
- $4.8 million
- Federal revenue
- $1.9 million
- State revenue
- $2.8 million
- Local revenue
- $152,000
- Total spending
- $10.4 million
- Spending per pupil
- $27,593
- Salaries
- $6.3 million60.3% of total spending.
- Long-term debt (end of year)
- $0
Where revenue came from
- Federal: 39.5%
- State: 57.3%
- Local: 3.2%
South Carolina overall
- Federal: 11.3%
- State: 48.0%
- Local: 40.7%
Spending per pupil compared
This district$27,593
South Carolina$15,302
United States$16,826
Schools in Dept of Juvenile Justice
By level: 2 high, 1 other. A CEP school serves free meals to all students.
| Empowerment and Enrichment Academy | High | 5 to 12 | 0 | |
| SCDJJ Evaluation and Detention Center | Other | 4 to 12 | 417 | 11.3 |
| The Palmetto Empowerment and Enrichment Academy | High | 5 to 12 | 0 |
Nearby and related
Other districts in Lexington County
- Lexington 01 School District 27,074 students
- Lexington 02 School District 8,465 students
- Lexington 04 School District 3,474 students
- Lexington 03 School District 1,961 students
- Wil Lou Gray Opportunity 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.