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South Florence High School

Serves grades 9 - 12

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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
3200 South Irby Street
Florence, SC 29505
Phone
(843) 664-8190
District
FLORENCE 01
County
FLORENCE COUNTY
Type of School
Regular elementary or secondary
Magnet School
No
Charter School
No
Students Enrolled
1624
Classroom Teachers
100

School Quality Ratings

School Quality Compared to South Carolina

5

(10 is best)

Better than 41.4% of all SC schools.

School Quality Compared to U.S.

4

(10 is best)

South Florence High School Test Scores (No Child Left Behind Tests)

Grade 10

50 40 30 20 10 0
21%
29%
32%
45%
9%
12%
    Proficiency in Reading and Math
    Proficiency in Reading
    Proficiency in Math
School
State

Class Size (number of students per classroom teacher)

17.5 15 12.5 10 7.5 5 2.5 0
16
13
14
16
    AVG FOR THIS SCHOOL
    AVG FOR DISTRICT
    AVG FOR STATE
    AVG FOR NATION
SCHOOL ENROLLMENT BY GRADE NUMBER OF STUDENTS PERCENTAGE
Grade 9 486 29.9%
Grade 10 402 24.8%
Grade 11 359 22.1%
Grade 12 377 23.2%
Total 1624 100%

School enrollment by group

Ethnic/Racial Groups This School This District This State
White (non-hispanic) 43.9% 35.3% 51.3%
Black 48.7% 56.9% 33.8%
Hispanic 6.8% 5.8% 12.7%
Asian Or Pacific Islander 0.6% 1.9% 1.8%
American Indian Or Native Of Alaska 0.0% 0.1% 0.4%
Economic Groups This School This District This State
Economically disadvantaged 62.4% 81.2% 62.1%
Free lunch eligible 57.5% 79.0% 59.2%
Reduced lunch eligible 4.9% 2.3% 2.8%
POPULATION DISTRICT FOR THIS SCHOOL STATE
POPULATION 100,453 5,282,634
POPULATION DENSITY (per sq. mile) 340.9 173
POPULATION DISTRIBUTION BY AGE DISTRICT FOR THIS SCHOOL STATE
4 YEARS OLD AND BELOW 6.4% 5.5%
5-19 YEARS OLD 20.7% 18.8%
20-44 YEARS OLD 31.1% 31.8%
45-64 YEARS OLD 25.2% 25.6%
65 OR OLDER 16.6% 18.2%
HOUSEHOLD CHARACTERISTICS DISTRICT FOR THIS SCHOOL STATE
Number Of Households 37,681 2,023,085
Single Parent Households With Children 10.0% 8.6%
Adults With At Least A High School Diploma 87.8% 89.3%
Adults With At Least A Bachelor's Degree 27.9% 30.6%
HOUSEHOLD INCOME DISTRIBUTION DISTRICT FOR THIS SCHOOL STATE
$150,000 or more 11.0% 14.3%
$100,000 - $149,999 13.5% 15.4%
$75,000 - $99,999 12.0% 12.9%
$50,000 - $74,999 17.6% 17.5%
$30,000 - $49,999 16.9% 16.9%
$15,000 - $29,999 15.2% 12.7%
$15,000 or less 13.7% 10.3%

Education Expenditures

For this District Per Student Total % of Total
Instructional Expenditures $6,893 $109,826,169 49.0%
Support Expenditures
Student $1,189 $18,944,337 8.4%
Staff $818 $13,033,194 5.8%
General Administration $73 $1,163,109 0.5%
School Administration $734 $11,694,822 5.2%
Operation $919 $14,642,427 6.5%
Transportation $298 $4,748,034 2.1%
Other $713 $11,360,229 5.1%
Total Support $4,743 $75,570,219 33.7%
Non-instructional Expenditures $2,443 $38,924,319 17.4%
Total Expenditures $14,079 $224,320,707 100.0%
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%