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Lee County Cut Chronic Absence 8.3 Points While Six Peers Rose
Correction: An earlier draft said Lee improved while every other I-95 corridor district worsened, but the comparison did not include every district in the statutory corridor and omitted Dillon Four fr...
McCormick Has 483 Students Left
South Carolina added 32,220 students between 2015 and 2026, a 4.3% gain. McCormick lost 42.2% of its enrollment over the same period. Lee lost 42.1%. Williamsburg lost 41.6%. A fourth district, Allend...
Corridor of Shame After Abbeville: Florence 2 Crosses 90% and Shows Geography Isn't Destiny
Correction (August 1, 2026): An earlier version of this article compared the Corridor districts against a rest-of-state average computed over a flawed district roster. It counted a single high school ...
Nearly Half of SC Districts Hit Record Lows
Richland 01 enrolled 21,468 students in 2025-26. 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-four of South Carolina's 81 school d...