Thursday, April 16, 2026

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Nearly Half of SC Districts Hit Record Lows

Richland 01 enrolled 21,468 students this year. That is fewer than any year since at least 2014-15, a loss of 3,088 from its 12-year peak. It is not alone. Thirty-eight of South Carolina's 81 school d...

How a Small College Built SC's Sixth-Largest School District

Erskine College is a 187-year-old liberal arts school in Due West, South Carolina, a town of fewer than 3,000 people. In 2017, it declared itself a charter school authorizer, a move permitted under st...

White Students Fell Below 50% Seven Years Ago. The Gap Keeps Widening.

In 2019, for the first time in the state's history, white students dropped below half of South Carolina's public school enrollment. That crossing was not a one-year anomaly. It was a hinge. In the sev...