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Center for the Study of Education Policy, 2009
Since the days when the country was dotted with one-room schoolhouses, many changes have taken place in school governance and management. In 1940, there were over 117,000 public school districts in the United States. In 2000, there were fewer than 15,000, even though the student population of the country had doubled in that time. While school…
Descriptors: Consolidated Schools, Governance, School Organization, County School Districts
Richard, Alan – Education Week, 1999
In August 1999, Allendale County (South Carolina) Schools were taken over by the state. The rural school district, which is remote, poor, and racially segregated, has consistently had the worst test scores in the state, and little was being done to improve the situation. The district's problems and beginning efforts to address them are described.…
Descriptors: Accountability, County School Districts, Disadvantaged Schools, Elementary Secondary Education
South Carolina State Dept. of Education, Columbia. Office of Research. – 1977
The purpose of this report is to provide state and county estimates of basic enrollment statistics relevant to educational planning in South Carolina. It presents projections for first grade enrollment, the number of high school graduates, and the number of graduates who will enter college programs through 1983. These school statistics were…
Descriptors: Birth Rate, County School Districts, Elementary Secondary Education, Enrollment Projections
Ward-Besser, Gail; Hearn, Cynthia A. – 1990
State and county estimates of basic statistics relevant to educational planning in South Carolina are presented. The report includes actual and projected counts for grades 9 and 12, as well as actual and projected counts of first grade membership, high school graduates, and graduates who enter a college degree program. Enrollment figures have been…
Descriptors: Birth Rate, College Bound Students, Comparative Analysis, County School Districts
South Carolina State Dept. of Education, Columbia. Office of Research. – 1990
Data are presented to allow comparisons of school districts on various characteristics that result from, or are closely connected with, education in South Carolina. This document presents 115 tables of ranked characteristics related to public education in South Carolina. The characteristics are arranged alphabetically by the 91 school district or…
Descriptors: Comparative Analysis, County School Districts, Economics, Educational Finance