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Swansea 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
500 East First Street
Swansea, SC 29160
Phone
(803) 490-7007
District
LEXINGTON 04
County
LEXINGTON COUNTY
Type of School
Regular elementary or secondary
Magnet School
No
Charter School
No
Students Enrolled
674
Classroom Teachers
45

School Quality Ratings

School Quality Compared to South Carolina

5

(10 is best)

Better than 48.8% of all SC schools.

School Quality Compared to U.S.

4

(10 is best)

Swansea High School Test Scores (No Child Left Behind Tests)

50 40 30 20 10 0
23%
41%
23%
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)

17.5 15 12.5 10 7.5 5 2.5 0
15
15
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 71 10.5%
Grade 10 277 41.1%
Grade 11 177 26.3%
Grade 12 149 22.1%
Total 674 100%

School enrollment by group

Ethnic/Racial Groups This School This District This State
White (non-hispanic) 60.9% 56.1% 51.3%
Black 20.3% 19.0% 33.8%
Hispanic 17.3% 23.9% 12.7%
Asian Or Pacific Islander 0.0% 0.2% 1.8%
American Indian Or Native Of Alaska 1.5% 0.8% 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 18,065 5,282,634
POPULATION DENSITY (per sq. mile) 152.2 173
POPULATION DISTRIBUTION BY AGE DISTRICT FOR THIS SCHOOL STATE
4 YEARS OLD AND BELOW 5.7% 5.6%
5-19 YEARS OLD 22.4% 19.0%
20-44 YEARS OLD 33.5% 31.6%
45-64 YEARS OLD 26.9% 26.0%
65 OR OLDER 11.4% 17.7%
HOUSEHOLD CHARACTERISTICS DISTRICT FOR THIS SCHOOL STATE
Number Of Households 7,054 2,011,450
Single Parent Households With Children 15.6% 8.7%
Adults With At Least A High School Diploma 78.2% 88.8%
Adults With At Least A Bachelor's Degree 7.2% 29.8%
HOUSEHOLD INCOME DISTRIBUTION DISTRICT FOR THIS SCHOOL STATE
$150,000 or more 2.5% 11.7%
$100,000 - $149,999 8.0% 14.3%
$75,000 - $99,999 15.6% 12.7%
$50,000 - $74,999 20.0% 18.0%
$30,000 - $49,999 22.6% 18.0%
$15,000 - $29,999 16.2% 14.0%
$15,000 or less 15.1% 11.4%

Education Expenditures

For this District Per Student Total % of Total
Instructional Expenditures $5,871 $20,337,144 42.1%
Support Expenditures
Student $830 $2,875,120 6.0%
Staff $623 $2,158,072 4.5%
General Administration $135 $467,640 1.0%
School Administration $764 $2,646,496 5.5%
Operation $1,149 $3,980,136 8.2%
Transportation $719 $2,490,616 5.2%
Other $435 $1,506,840 3.1%
Total Support $4,656 $16,128,384 33.4%
Non-instructional Expenditures $3,402 $11,784,528 24.4%
Total Expenditures $13,930 $48,253,520 100.0%
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%