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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...
Black Enrollment Fell 15% in South Carolina
South Carolina's total public school enrollment grew by 32,220 students between 2015 and 2026, a 4.3% gain. Black enrollment fell by 41,256 over the same period, a 14.9% decline. The state added stude...
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...
Six SC Districts Have Declined Every Year for 11 Straight Years
McCormick 01 enrolled 483 students in 2025-26. That is roughly 37 per grade. The district has lost students every single year for 11 consecutive years, shedding 42.2% of its enrollment since 2014-15. ...