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Cherokee County Cut Chronic Absenteeism 13 Points in Two Years From Its 2022-23 Peak
In 2022-23, Cherokee County School District had a chronic absenteeism rate of 39.3%. Nearly two in five students were chronically absent. Two years later, in 2024-25, the latest year in the state's at...
Oconee County Has Worsened Every Year While South Carolina Recovered
South Carolina's chronic absenteeism rate peaked in 2022-23 and has declined for two consecutive years. Most districts followed that arc, improving as the worst of the post-COVID attendance disruption...
Multiracial Students Are Now SC's Fourth-Largest Racial Group
Correction (May 14, 2026): An earlier version stated Berkeley 01 had the highest multiracial share among districts with at least 1,000 students, followed by Dorchester 02 and Horry 01. Two smaller dis...
South Carolina's White-Black Graduation Gap Peaked During COVID. Now It's Narrowing.
Black students in South Carolina graduated at 83.5% in 2025, the highest rate the state has recorded for the subgroup, up from 78.1% four years earlier. That 5.4-point four-year gain has driven the wh...