Regular local school district · Laurens County
Laurens 55 School District, SC: schools, enrollment and spending
Laurens 55 School District runs 9 public schools with 4,984 students in grades PK to 12. Its ratio of 10.5 students per teacher is 3.9 lower than the South Carolina figure of 14.4.Listed in NCES data as "Laurens 55".
At a glance
- Schools
- 9
- Students
- 4,984
- Teachers (FTE)
- 475
- Students per teacher
- 10.5
- SC: 14.4 · US: 15.3
- Address
- 301 Hillcrest Drive, Laurens, SC 29360
- Phone
- (864)984-3568
- County
- Laurens County
- Locale
- Rural: Fringe
- Grades offered
- PK to 12
- Agency type
- Regular local school district
- NCES district ID
- 4502610
- State district ID
- SC-3055
- Total staff (FTE)
- 984
- School counselors (FTE)
- 18.0About 277 students per counselor.
- School administrators (FTE)
- 23.0
Students per teacher compared
This district10.5
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 (5,333), which can differ from 2024-25 enrollment.
- Total revenue
- $76.7 million
- Federal revenue
- $15.2 million
- State revenue
- $39.0 million
- Local revenue
- $22.5 million
- Total spending
- $72.2 million
- Spending per pupil
- $13,535
- Salaries
- $38.2 million52.9% of total spending.
- Long-term debt (end of year)
- $23.8 million
Where revenue came from
- Federal: 19.8%
- State: 50.8%
- Local: 29.4%
South Carolina overall
- Federal: 11.3%
- State: 48.0%
- Local: 40.7%
Spending per pupil compared
This district$13,535
South Carolina$15,302
United States$16,826
Schools in Laurens 55 School District
By level: 1 high, 2 middle, 6 elementary. A CEP school serves free meals to all students.
| E. B. Morse ElementaryCEP school | Elementary | PK to 5 | 447 | 12.1 |
| Ford ElementaryCEP school | Elementary | PK to 5 | 423 | 10.1 |
| Gray Court-Owings Elementary/MiddleCEP school | Elementary | PK to 8 | 715 | 10.5 |
| Hickory Tavern Elementary/MiddleCEP school | Elementary | PK to 8 | 623 | 12.2 |
| Laurens District 55 HighCEP school | High | 9 to 12 | 1,434 | 11.7 |
| Laurens ElementaryCEP school | Elementary | PK to 5 | 465 | 10.6 |
| Laurens MiddleCEP school | Middle | 6 to 8 | 373 | 11.3 |
| Sanders MiddleCEP school | Middle | 6 to 8 | 250 | 8.3 |
| Waterloo ElementaryCEP school | Elementary | PK to 5 | 254 | 8.8 |
Nearby and related
Other districts in Laurens County
- Laurens 56 School District 2,707 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.