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POPULATION
4,012,012

PUBLIC SCHOOLS OVERVIEW

NUMBER OF STUDENTS	701,544
NUMBER OF South Carolina SCHOOLS	1,187
NUMBER OF South Carolina SCHOOL DISTRICTS	102
SPENDING PER STUDENT ($)	9,619

State Test Scores (No Child Left Behind Tests)
READING/ENGLISH LANGUAGE ARTS TESTS	PERCENTAGE

Grade 3 Reading Proficiency	54.6
Grade 4 Reading Proficiency	41.7
Grade 5 Reading Proficiency	34.2
Grade 6 Reading Proficiency	31.0
Grade 7 Reading Proficiency	25.8
Grade 8 Reading Proficiency	25.0

School enrollment by group
ETHNIC/RACIAL GROUPS	THIS STATE	NATION

WHITE (NON-HISPANIC) (%)	54.0	57.0
BLACK (%)	40.3	17.2
HISPANIC (%)	4.0	19.9
ASIAN OR PACIFIC ISLANDER (%)	1.3	4.6
AMERICAN INDIAN OR NATIVE OF ALASKA (%)	0.3	1.2

SPECIAL NEEDS GROUPS	THIS STATE	NATION

ECONOMICALLY DISADVANTAGED (%)	51.5	41.4
ENGLISH LANGUAGE LEARNERS (%)	1.8	7.9
STUDENTS WITH DISABILITIES (%)	14.2	12.2

South Carolina Educational Environment
POPULATION	STATE	NATION

POPULATION	4,313,642	299,458,655
POPULATION DENSITY (per sq. mile)	138	84
POPULATION DISTRIBUTION BY AGE	STATE	NATION
4 YEARS OLD AND BELOW	6.6%	6.8%
5-19 YEARS OLD	18.7%	19.2%
20-44 YEARS OLD	36.2%	36.4%
45-64 YEARS OLD	25.5%	24.9%
65 OR OLDER	12.9%	12.7%
HOUSEHOLD CHARACTERISTICS	STATE	NATION
NUMBER OF HOUSEHOLDS	1,663,920	112,337,034
SINGLE PARENT HOUSEHOLDS WITH CHILDREN	13.6%	11.6%
ADULTS WITH AT LEAST A HIGH SCHOOL DIPLOMA	83.5%	85.4%
ADULTS WITH AT LEAST A BACHELOR'S DEGREE	26.4%	28.0%
HOUSEHOLD INCOME DISTRIBUTION	STATE	NATION
$150,000 or more	4.1%	6.5%
$100,000 - $149,999	7.9%	10.7%
$75,000 - $99,999	10.3%	11.7%
$50,000 - $74,999	19.9%	19.6%
$30,000 - $49,999	22.7%	21.0%
$15,000 - $29,999	18.6%	16.7%
$15,000 or less	16.6%	13.8%

Educational Expenditures
FOR THE STATE	PER STUDENT	TOTAL	% OF TOTAL

INSTRUCTIONAL EXPENDITURES	$4,728	$3,316,985,777	49.2
SUPPORT EXPENDITURES
STUDENT	$558	$391,163,071	5.8
STAFF	$545	$382,203,494	5.7
GENERAL ADMINISTRATION	$99	$69,437,264	1.0
SCHOOL ADMINISTRATION	$466	$327,178,322	4.8
OPERATION	$759	$532,598,140	7.9
TRANSPORTATION	$291	$204,324,551	3.0
OTHER	$243	$170,154,346	2.5
TOTAL SUPPORT	$2,961	$2,077,059,188	30.8
NON-INSTRUCTIONAL EXPENDITURES	$1,930	$1,353,989,004	20.1
TOTAL EXPENDITURES	$9,619	$6,748,033,969	100.0

FOR THE NATION	PER STUDENT	TOTAL	% OF TOTAL

INSTRUCTIONAL EXPENDITURES	$5,582	$274,180,000,000	53.3
SUPPORT EXPENDITURES
STUDENT	$475	$23,356,970,935	4.5
STAFF	$446	$21,924,659,888	4.3
GENERAL ADMINISTRATION	$181	$8,920,041,056	1.7
SCHOOL ADMINISTRATION	$514	$25,277,042,259	4.9
OPERATION	$902	$44,320,216,892	8.6
TRANSPORTATION	$384	$18,864,068,868	3.7
OTHER	$294	$14,465,936,592	2.8
TOTAL SUPPORT	$3,199	$157,129,000,000	30.6
NON-INSTRUCTIONAL EXPENDITURES	$1,687	$82,900,118,526	16.1
TOTAL EXPENDITURES	$10,469	$514,209,000,000	100.0

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