Regular local school district · Lee County
Lee 01 School District, SC: schools, enrollment and spending
Lee 01 School District runs 5 public schools with 1,275 students in grades PK to 12. Its ratio of 8.8 students per teacher is 5.6 lower than the South Carolina figure of 14.4.Listed in NCES data as "Lee 01".
At a glance
- Schools
- 5
- Students
- 1,275
- Teachers (FTE)
- 145
- Students per teacher
- 8.8
- SC: 14.4 · US: 15.3
- Address
- 310 Roland Street, Bishopville, SC 29010
- Phone
- (803)484-5327
- County
- Lee County
- Locale
- Rural: Distant
- Grades offered
- PK to 12
- Agency type
- Regular local school district
- NCES district ID
- 4502670
- State district ID
- SC-3101
- Total staff (FTE)
- 309
- School counselors (FTE)
- 5.0About 255 students per counselor.
- School administrators (FTE)
- 13.0
Students per teacher compared
This district8.8
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 (1,565), which can differ from 2024-25 enrollment.
- Total revenue
- $27.6 million
- Federal revenue
- $4.9 million
- State revenue
- $14.1 million
- Local revenue
- $8.6 million
- Total spending
- $24.1 million
- Spending per pupil
- $15,383
- Salaries
- $11.2 million46.4% of total spending.
- Long-term debt (end of year)
- $22.8 million
Where revenue came from
- Federal: 17.6%
- State: 51.1%
- Local: 31.3%
South Carolina overall
- Federal: 11.3%
- State: 48.0%
- Local: 40.7%
Spending per pupil compared
This district$15,383
South Carolina$15,302
United States$16,826
Schools in Lee 01 School District
By level: 1 high, 1 middle, 3 elementary. A CEP school serves free meals to all students.
| Dennis ElementaryCEP school | Elementary | PK to 5 | 359 | 10.0 |
| Lee Central HighCEP school | High | 9 to 12 | 402 | 7.2 |
| Lee Central MiddleCEP school | Middle | 6 to 8 | 288 | 10.3 |
| Lower Lee ElementaryCEP school | Elementary | PK to 5 | 128 | 8.0 |
| West Lee ElementaryCEP school | Elementary | PK to 5 | 98 | 10.9 |
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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.