About Barnwell School District
Barnwell School District is a public school system serving Barnwell County, South Carolina, based in Barnwell. It serves 3,123 students across 10 schools spanning PreK–12, and is classified as a rural: distant district. By enrollment it is the #50 largest of South Carolina’s 81 school systems.
Size and structure
Barnwell School District enrolls 3,123 students in 10 schools — an average of about 312 students per school. It serves grades PreK–12 and ranks #50 of 81 statewide by enrollment.
Who the district serves
Student race and ethnicity in Barnwell School District, from the NCES Common Core of Data (3,123 students reported):
For economically-disadvantaged, English-learner, and special-education shares, plus school-by-school detail, see the federal sources in the full-data section.
Teachers & staff
Barnwell School District employs about 244 full-time-equivalent teachers for a student–teacher ratio of 12.8:1 — below the South Carolina average of about 13.8:1, meaning comparatively smaller classes. Total district staff is roughly 578.
Counselor and librarian/media counts are not published at the district level in the current NCES release; see the federal full-data links for staffing detail.
How South Carolina funds schools
District-level per-pupil spending and the local/state/federal revenue split for Barnwell School District are published in the federal school-finance files — see the full-data links below for the current figures.
Report card & state results
South Carolina rates districts Excellent, Good, Average, Below Average or Unsatisfactory on the South Carolina School Report Cards, scoring achievement, growth, graduation, college-and-career readiness, English-learner progress and school climate. Look up Barnwell School District on the South Carolina School Report Cards.
Accreditation status
South Carolina accredits public districts itself: the Department of Education holds them to the Defined Program under State Board Regulation 43-300, and a district may instead use an accepted external accreditor such as Cognia. See the South Carolina Department of Education for a district’s accreditation status.
Barnwell School District vs. South Carolina
See every South Carolina district side by side in the South Carolina directory.
Look up Barnwell School District’s full data
These official sources carry the district-level detail — finances, discipline, equity, test scores, boundaries. Direct links for this district (via its NCES ID):