Regular local school district · Lancaster County
Lancaster 01 School District, SC: schools, enrollment and spending
Lancaster 01 School District runs 23 public schools with 15,417 students in grades PK to 12. Its ratio of 14.4 students per teacher is about the same as the South Carolina figure of 14.4.Listed in NCES data as "Lancaster 01".
At a glance
- Schools
- 23
- Students
- 15,417
- Teachers (FTE)
- 1,071
- Students per teacher
- 14.4
- SC: 14.4 · US: 15.3
- Address
- 300 South Catawba Street, Lancaster, SC 29720
- Phone
- (803)286-6972
- County
- Lancaster County
- Locale
- Suburb: Midsize
- Grades offered
- PK to 12
- Agency type
- Regular local school district
- NCES district ID
- 4502580
- State district ID
- SC-2901
- Total staff (FTE)
- 2,264
- School counselors (FTE)
- 56.0About 275 students per counselor.
- School administrators (FTE)
- 80.0
- Charter schools
- 1
Students per teacher compared
This district14.4
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 (13,940), which can differ from 2024-25 enrollment.
- Total revenue
- $182.2 million
- Federal revenue
- $20.9 million
- State revenue
- $91.2 million
- Local revenue
- $70.1 million
- Total spending
- $189.2 million
- Spending per pupil
- $13,570
- Salaries
- $85.7 million45.3% of total spending.
- Long-term debt (end of year)
- $229.7 million
Where revenue came from
- Federal: 11.5%
- State: 50.0%
- Local: 38.5%
South Carolina overall
- Federal: 11.3%
- State: 48.0%
- Local: 40.7%
Spending per pupil compared
This district$13,570
South Carolina$15,302
United States$16,826
Schools in Lancaster 01 School District
By level: 5 high, 6 middle, 12 elementary. A CEP school serves free meals to all students.
| A. R. Rucker MiddleCEP school | Middle | 6 to 8 | 477 | 12.9 |
| Andrew Jackson High | High | 9 to 12 | 557 | 11.6 |
| Andrew Jackson Middle | Middle | 6 to 8 | 480 | 15.0 |
| Brooklyn Springs ElementaryCEP school | Elementary | PK to 5 | 398 | 13.7 |
| Buford Elementary | Elementary | PK to 5 | 792 | 16.9 |
| Buford High | High | 9 to 12 | 532 | 11.8 |
| Buford Middle | Middle | 6 to 8 | 374 | 12.9 |
| Clinton ElementaryCEP school | Elementary | PK to 5 | 412 | 12.1 |
| Discovery Charter of LancasterCharter | Elementary | K to 5 | 146 | 16.2 |
| Erwin ElementaryCEP school | Elementary | PK to 5 | 418 | 13.5 |
| Harrisburg Elementary | Elementary | PK to 4 | 1,161 | 16.8 |
| Heath Springs Elementary | Elementary | PK to 5 | 297 | 13.5 |
| Indian Land Elementary | Elementary | K to 4 | 1,042 | 16.0 |
| Indian Land High | High | 9 to 12 | 1,905 | 16.1 |
| Indian Land Intermediate | Middle | 5 to 6 | 1,181 | 16.6 |
| Indian Land Middle | Middle | 7 to 8 | 1,102 | 17.5 |
| Kershaw ElementaryCEP school | Elementary | PK to 5 | 512 | 14.2 |
| Lancaster County School District Career Center | High | 9 to 12 | 0 | |
| Lancaster High | High | 9 to 12 | 1,390 | 16.0 |
| McDonald Green ElementaryCEP school | Elementary | PK to 5 | 337 | 13.5 |
| North ElementaryCEP school | Elementary | PK to 5 | 645 | 15.0 |
| South MiddleCEP school | Middle | 6 to 8 | 439 | 11.6 |
| Van Wyck Elementary | Elementary | PK to 4 | 820 | 14.9 |
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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.