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Swansea High
Budget
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Employees
Tale of 2 high schools
Teacher salary
Swansea High School
Enrollment
One Midlands high school is in an affluent, suburban district, the other in a rural setting with pockets of poverty. Their differences illustrate disparities that divide students in South Carolina. Legislators must deal with complex. Click the buttons to view the comparisons of River Bluff and Swansea high schools.
Grad rate
AP offerings
Free lunch
River Bluff High
River Bluff High School
Building
River Bluff has 1,737 students in grades 9 through 12
Enrollment
Swansea 660 students in grades 10 through 12
81 percent of River Bluff students graduate within four years.
Graduation rate
78 percent of Swansea students graduate within four years.
River Bluff offers 17 AP classes.
Swansea offers 4 AP classes.
Advanced Placement
Free-lunch enrollment
19.72 percent of River Bluff students receive free or reduced lunch, commonly regarded as an approximate measure of poverty.
78 percent of Swansea students receive free or reduced lunch, commonly regarded as an approximate measure of poverty.
Swansea high school was built in 1976. Additions were made in 1980 and 2001. It is located at 500 East 1st Street in Swansea.
Building history
River Bluff opened for the 2013-14 school year. It is located at 320 Corley Mill Road in Lexington.
Per-pupil funding
River Bluff receives about $9,696 of funding per pupil from state and local sources.
Swansea receives about $8,937 of funding per pupil from state and local sources.
River Bluff, in Lexington District 1, has a $220,425,851 budget for its 30 schools. That’s an average of $7.3 million per school.
Swansea, in Lexington District 4, has a $23,584,925 budget for its 7 schools. That’s an average of $3.36 million per school.
School district’s budget
River Bluff has 206 employees.
Swansea has 70 employees.
Number of employees
River Bluff’s teachers earn an average of $49,431 per year.
Teacher salary
Swansea’s teachers earn an average of $46,484 per year.