About Dorchester 02 School District
Dorchester 02 School District is a public school system serving Dorchester County, South Carolina, based in Summerville. It serves 25,928 students across 25 schools spanning PreK–12, and is classified as a suburb: large district. By enrollment it is the #8 largest of South Carolina’s 81 school systems.
Size and structure
Dorchester 02 School District enrolls 25,928 students in 25 schools — an average of about 1,037 students per school. It serves grades PreK–12 and ranks #8 of 81 statewide by enrollment.
Who the district serves
Student race and ethnicity in Dorchester 02 School District, from the NCES Common Core of Data (25,928 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
Dorchester 02 School District employs about 1,720 full-time-equivalent teachers for a student–teacher ratio of 15.1:1 — above the South Carolina average of about 13.8:1. Total district staff is roughly 3,830.
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 Dorchester 02 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 Dorchester 02 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.
Dorchester 02 School District vs. South Carolina
See every South Carolina district side by side in the South Carolina directory.
Look up Dorchester 02 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):