Regular local school district · Orangeburg County
Orangeburg County Public Schools, SC: schools, enrollment and spending
Orangeburg County Public Schools runs 27 public schools with 10,089 students in grades PK to 12. Its ratio of 13.8 students per teacher is about the same as the South Carolina figure of 14.4.Listed in NCES data as "Orangeburg".
At a glance
- Schools
- 27
- Students
- 10,089
- Teachers (FTE)
- 729
- Students per teacher
- 13.8
- SC: 14.4 · US: 15.3
- Address
- 102 Founder's Court, Orangeburg, SC 29118
- Phone
- (803)534-5454
- County
- Orangeburg County
- Locale
- Rural: Distant
- Grades offered
- PK to 12
- Agency type
- Regular local school district
- NCES district ID
- 4503910
- State district ID
- SC-3809
- Total staff (FTE)
- 1,893
- School counselors (FTE)
- 41.0About 246 students per counselor.
- School administrators (FTE)
- 64.0
Students per teacher compared
This district13.8
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 (11,739), which can differ from 2024-25 enrollment.
- Total revenue
- $185.2 million
- Federal revenue
- $33.3 million
- State revenue
- $93.6 million
- Local revenue
- $58.2 million
- Total spending
- $175.5 million
- Spending per pupil
- $14,950
- Salaries
- $89.5 million51.0% of total spending.
- Long-term debt (end of year)
- $30.8 million
Where revenue came from
- Federal: 18.0%
- State: 50.6%
- Local: 31.4%
South Carolina overall
- Federal: 11.3%
- State: 48.0%
- Local: 40.7%
Spending per pupil compared
This district$14,950
South Carolina$15,302
United States$16,826
Schools in Orangeburg County Public Schools
By level: 8 high, 4 middle, 15 elementary. A CEP school serves free meals to all students.
| Bethune-Bowman ElementaryCEP school | Elementary | PK to 5 | 259 | 14.4 |
| Bethune-Bowman Middle/HighCEP school | High | 6 to 12 | 349 | 14.5 |
| Branchville HighCEP school | High | 6 to 12 | 317 | 14.4 |
| Brookdale ElementaryCEP school | Elementary | PK to 5 | 215 | 13.4 |
| Carver Edisto MiddleCEP school | Middle | 6 to 8 | 439 | 12.9 |
| Dover ElementaryCEP school | Elementary | PK to 5 | 237 | 15.8 |
| Edisto ElementaryCEP school | Elementary | 3 to 5 | 419 | 15.5 |
| Edisto HighCEP school | High | 9 to 12 | 614 | 12.8 |
| Edisto PrimaryCEP school | Elementary | PK to 2 | 635 | 15.1 |
| Elloree ElementaryCEP school | Elementary | PK to 8 | 252 | 13.3 |
| Holly Hill ElementaryCEP school | Elementary | PK to 5 | 356 | 12.7 |
| Hunter-Kinard-Tyler ElementaryCEP school | Elementary | PK to 5 | 179 | 16.3 |
| Hunter-Kinard-Tyler HighCEP school | High | 6 to 12 | 220 | 12.9 |
| Lake Marion High SchoolCEP school | High | 9 to 12 | 692 | 17.3 |
| Lake Marion MiddleCEP school | Middle | 6 to 8 | 501 | 14.3 |
| Lake Marion Technology Center | High | 9 to 12 | 0 | |
| Lockett ElementaryCEP school | Elementary | PK to 5 | 239 | 14.9 |
| Marshall ElementaryCEP school | Elementary | PK to 5 | 625 | 16.4 |
| Mellichamp ElementaryCEP school | Elementary | 3 to 5 | 144 | 10.3 |
| North Middle/HighCEP school | High | 6 to 12 | 227 | 9.5 |
| Orangeburg Wilkinson HighCEP school | High | 9 to 12 | 992 | 16.5 |
| Robert E. Howard MiddleCEP school | Middle | 6 to 8 | 396 | 15.8 |
| Sheridan ElementaryCEP school | Elementary | PK to 5 | 450 | 14.1 |
| St. James-Gaillard ElementaryCEP school | Elementary | PK to 5 | 211 | 13.2 |
| Vance-Providence ElementaryCEP school | Elementary | PK to 5 | 209 | 14.9 |
| Whittaker ElementaryCEP school | Elementary | PK to 5 | 325 | 15.5 |
| William J. Clark MiddleCEP school | Middle | 6 to 8 | 587 | 13.0 |
Nearby and related
Other districts in Orangeburg County
- Orangeburg 80 0 students
- Orangeburg 81 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.