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Carolina School For Inquiry

Serves grades PK - 6

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Raw data sources:
  • Test Scores: Edfacts (U.S. Department of Education), State departments of education.
  • Expenditures: National Center for Education Statistics.
  • Educational Environment: American Community Survey (U.S. Census Bureau).
Date(s) & Update Frequency:
  • Test data: Reflects 2021 – 2022 school year.
  • Expenditures: 2020
  • Educational Environment: 2021 (latest available). Updated annually.
  • All data updated July 2023

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School Overview

Address
7405 A Fairfield Road
Columbia, SC 29203
Phone
(803) 691-1250
District
RICHLAND 01
County
RICHLAND COUNTY
Type of School
Regular elementary or secondary
Magnet School
No
Charter School
Yes
Students Enrolled
125
Classroom Teachers
6

School Quality Ratings

School Quality Compared to South Carolina

2

(10 is best)

Better than 10.1% of all SC schools.

School Quality Compared to U.S.

1

(10 is best)

Carolina School For Inquiry Test Scores (No Child Left Behind Tests)

50 40 30 20 10 0
19%
41%
19%
46%
No Data
35%
    Proficiency in Reading and Math
    Proficiency in Reading
    Proficiency in Math
School
State

Class Size (number of students per classroom teacher)

25 20 15 10 5 0
21
12
14
16
    AVG FOR THIS SCHOOL
    AVG FOR DISTRICT
    AVG FOR STATE
    AVG FOR NATION
SCHOOL ENROLLMENT BY GRADE NUMBER OF STUDENTS PERCENTAGE
Grade pk 17 13.6%
Kindergarten 14 11.2%
Grade 1 13 10.4%
Grade 2 19 15.2%
Grade 3 17 13.6%
Grade 4 23 18.4%
Grade 5 15 12.0%
Grade 6 7 5.6%
Total 125 100%

School enrollment by group

Ethnic/Racial Groups This School This District This State
White (non-hispanic) 10.7% 18.7% 51.3%
Black 89.3% 72.9% 33.8%
Hispanic 0.0% 7.3% 12.7%
Asian Or Pacific Islander 0.0% 0.9% 1.8%
American Indian Or Native Of Alaska 0.0% 0.2% 0.4%
Economic Groups This School This District This State
Economically disadvantaged 100.0% 100.0% 62.1%
Free lunch eligible 100.0% 100.0% 59.2%
Reduced lunch eligible 0.0% 0.0% 2.8%
POPULATION DISTRICT FOR THIS SCHOOL STATE
POPULATION 200,791 5,282,634
POPULATION DENSITY (per sq. mile) 442.5 173
POPULATION DISTRIBUTION BY AGE DISTRICT FOR THIS SCHOOL STATE
4 YEARS OLD AND BELOW 5.6% 5.6%
5-19 YEARS OLD 18.9% 19.0%
20-44 YEARS OLD 41.1% 31.6%
45-64 YEARS OLD 20.8% 26.0%
65 OR OLDER 13.7% 17.7%
HOUSEHOLD CHARACTERISTICS DISTRICT FOR THIS SCHOOL STATE
Number Of Households 81,433 2,011,450
Single Parent Households With Children 9.9% 8.7%
Adults With At Least A High School Diploma 89.4% 88.8%
Adults With At Least A Bachelor's Degree 35.9% 29.8%
HOUSEHOLD INCOME DISTRIBUTION DISTRICT FOR THIS SCHOOL STATE
$150,000 or more 9.4% 11.7%
$100,000 - $149,999 9.9% 14.3%
$75,000 - $99,999 10.1% 12.7%
$50,000 - $74,999 17.1% 18.0%
$30,000 - $49,999 19.8% 18.0%
$15,000 - $29,999 16.0% 14.0%
$15,000 or less 17.5% 11.4%

Education Expenditures

For this District Per Student Total % of Total
Instructional Expenditures $8,167 $191,026,130 44.4%
Support Expenditures
Student $1,144 $26,758,160 6.2%
Staff $1,276 $29,845,640 6.9%
General Administration $194 $4,537,660 1.1%
School Administration $1,121 $26,220,190 6.1%
Operation $1,595 $37,307,050 8.7%
Transportation $615 $14,384,850 3.3%
Other $923 $21,588,970 5.0%
Total Support $6,868 $160,642,520 37.3%
Non-instructional Expenditures $3,367 $78,754,130 18.3%
Total Expenditures $18,402 $430,422,780 100.0%
For the State Per Student Total % of Total
Instructional Expenditures $6,680 $5,215,930,372 46.4%
Support Expenditures
Student $912 $712,159,218 6.3%
Staff $696 $543,797,566 4.8%
General Administration $101 $78,560,892 0.7%
School Administration $765 $597,600,561 5.3%
Operation $1,127 $879,907,081 7.8%
Transportation $404 $315,147,114 2.8%
Other $507 $396,293,437 3.5%
Total Support $4,512 $3,523,433,554 31.3%
Non-instructional Expenditures $3,207 $2,504,104,737 22.3%
Total Expenditures $14,398 $11,243,449,621 100.0%
For the Nation Per Student Total % of Total
Instructional Expenditures $7,794 $384,567,026,223 49.5%
Support Expenditures
Student $841 $41,500,431,613 5.3%
Staff $665 $32,787,987,253 4.2%
General Administration $269 $13,273,339,703 1.7%
School Administration $756 $37,281,585,830 4.8%
Operation $1,191 $58,747,506,944 7.6%
Transportation $504 $24,858,475,672 3.2%
Other $491 $24,247,526,162 3.1%
Total Support $4,716 $232,696,768,378 29.9%
Non-instructional Expenditures $3,247 $160,183,697,619 20.6%
Total Expenditures $15,757 $777,446,989,564 100.0%