Public schools and districts in South Carolina

A source-first directory of every currently open local education agency and school in the federal NCES file. The directory includes regular districts, charter agencies, service agencies, and other official agency types; rankings compare regular districts separately.

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Education agencies: 94
Regular districts: 75
Schools: 1,282
Students in regular districts: 741,248

Agency and school directory: preliminary NCES CCD 2025–26. Enrollment and teacher counts: NCES CCD 2024–25 where reported.

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94 entries

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First 25

Agency	Location	Schools	Students	Ratio
Greenville 01 NCES 4502310 · Regular public school district that is not a component of a supervisory union	Greenville	93	77,774	15.2:1
Charleston 01 NCES 4501440 · Regular public school district that is not a component of a supervisory union	Charleston	84	50,856	13:1
Horry 01 NCES 4502490 · Regular public school district that is not a component of a supervisory union	Conway	59	48,662	14.5:1
Berkeley 01 NCES 4501170 · Regular public school district that is not a component of a supervisory union	Moncks Corner	46	39,423	16.1:1
Richland 02 NCES 4503390 · Regular public school district that is not a component of a supervisory union	Columbia	32	28,841	13.8:1
Lexington 01 NCES 4502700 · Regular public school district that is not a component of a supervisory union	Lexington	32	27,074	13:1
Charter Institute at Erskine NCES 4503909 · Independent charter district	Columbia	28	26,014	16.6:1
Dorchester 02 NCES 4502010 · Regular public school district that is not a component of a supervisory union	Summerville	25	25,928	15.1:1
Aiken 01 NCES 4500720 · Regular public school district that is not a component of a supervisory union	Aiken	41	22,916	14.4:1
Richland 01 NCES 4503360 · Regular public school district that is not a component of a supervisory union	Columbia	48	21,814	12.1:1
SC Public Charter School District NCES 4503901 · Independent charter district	Columbia	45	21,383	14.7:1
Beaufort 01 NCES 4501110 · Regular public school district that is not a component of a supervisory union	Beaufort	32	21,050	11.2:1
York 04 NCES 4503900 · Regular public school district that is not a component of a supervisory union	Fort Mill	21	18,445	13.2:1
Lexington 05 NCES 4502820 · Regular public school district that is not a component of a supervisory union	Irmo	23	17,053	11.7:1
Pickens 01 NCES 4503330 · Regular public school district that is not a component of a supervisory union	Easley	24	16,313	13.8:1
York 03 NCES 4503870 · Regular public school district that is not a component of a supervisory union	Rock Hill	25	16,034	13.3:1
Florence 01 NCES 4502130 · Regular public school district that is not a component of a supervisory union	Florence	24	15,861	13.4:1
Lancaster 01 NCES 4502580 · Regular public school district that is not a component of a supervisory union	Lancaster	23	15,417	14.4:1
Sumter 01 NCES 4503902 · Regular public school district that is not a component of a supervisory union	Sumter	25	13,871	14.7:1
Anderson 05 NCES 4500900 · Regular public school district that is not a component of a supervisory union	Anderson	19	12,131	14.4:1
Spartanburg 02 NCES 4503510 · Regular public school district that is not a component of a supervisory union	Chesnee	14	11,806	15.9:1
Spartanburg 06 NCES 4503630 · Regular public school district that is not a component of a supervisory union	Roebuck	14	11,714	14:1
Kershaw 01 NCES 4502550 · Regular public school district that is not a component of a supervisory union	Camden	17	11,135	14.7:1
Spartanburg 05 NCES 4503600 · Regular public school district that is not a component of a supervisory union	Duncan	14	11,066	13.8:1
Anderson 01 NCES 4500780 · Regular public school district that is not a component of a supervisory union	Williamston	14	10,886	15.8:1