7-20. Current Operating Expenditures Per Pupil in Average Daily Membership by County: 1991-92 – 1995-96 1/

 COUNTY           1991-92 1992-93 1993-94 1994-95   1995-96

Abbeville $4,210 $4,492 $4,457 $4,405 $4,695 Aiken 3,622 3,795 3,861 3,849 4,148 Allendale 4,503 4,573 4,902 4,918 5,407 Anderson 3,907 4,071 4,211 4,263 4,679 Bamberg 4,323 4,412 4,640 4,656 5,184 Barnwell 4,070 4,264 4,425 4,376 5,018 Beaufort 4,459 4,593 4,691 4,784 5,308 Berkeley 3,596 3,718 3,881 4,045 4,394 Calhoun 4,908 4,951 5,084 5,297 5,525 Charleston 4,058 4,186 4,318 4,333 4,788 Cherokee 4,440 4,462 4,607 4,585 4,940 Chester 4,057 4,107 4,457 4,347 4,767 Chesterfield 3,979 4,199 4,212 4,344 4,789 Clarendon 3,902 4,002 4,070 4,053 4,679 Colleton 4,006 4,164 4,508 4,581 4,792 Darlington 4,316 4,553 4,712 4,825 5,313 Dillon 3,729 3,931 4,068 4,227 4,557 Dorchester 3,788 3,835 4,037 4,070 4,442 Edgefield 3,863 3,937 4,354 4,423 4,962 Fairfield 5,382 5,458 5,978 6,117 7,120 Florence 3,706 3,925 4,009 3,975 4,545 Georgetown 4,479 4,699 4,943 4,904 5,653 Greenville 3,909 4,105 4,154 4,183 4,556 Greenwood 4,199 4,373 4,576 4,684 4,939 Hampton 4,605 4,695 4,934 4,891 5,381 Horry 4,348 4,522 4,759 4,766 5,115 Jasper 3,952 4,216 4,514 4,095 4,841 Kershaw 4,054 4,166 4,302 4,218 4,740 Lancaster 3,759 4,000 4,081 4,092 4,485 Laurens 3,754 3,863 3,985 3,949 4,378 Lee 3,974 4,159 4,307 4,313 4,573 Lexington 4,153 4,349 4,472 4,525 5,085 McCormick 4,804 5,086 5,035 5,126 5,824 Marion 4,017 4,208 4,399 4,444 4,940 Marlboro 3,945 4,109 4,342 4,357 4,671 Newberry 4,209 4,452 4,538 4,609 5,224 Oconee 4,263 4,673 5,180 4,973 5,361 Orangeburg 4,370 4,669 4,825 4,761 5,233 Pickens 3,743 3,780 3,905 3,935 4,332 Richland 4,674 4,761 5,073 5,047 5,528 Saluda 4,248 4,433 4,649 4,710 4,935 Spartanburg 4,527 4,705 4,805 4,861 5,256 Sumter 3,857 4,068 4,171 4,100 4,533 Union 3,839 4,143 4,314 4,292 4,965 Williamsburg 4,092 4,180 4,377 4,455 5,011 York 4,193 4,285 4,541 4,508 4,892 TOTAL $4,098 $4,259 $4,421 $4,441 $4,883
1/: Excludes Adult Programs, Pupil Activities, Facilities Acquisition/Construction, Community Services, Non-programmed Charges and Debt Service. Funds expended by Area Vocational Centers have been prorated to the counties based on pupils served. Kindergarten students have been counted at 1.0 FTE.

Source: S.C. Department of Education, "Rankings of the Counties and School Districts." 1991-92 - 1995-96.

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