State: South Carolina
South Carolina
Your Guide to Data and Services for South Carolina
SREB works with South Carolina policymakers, colleges and schools to help them improve education. From this page, find independent, accurate data, reliable best practices and ways to share scarce resources.
South Carolina Members of the Board
Henry McMaster, Governor of South Carolina,
Columbia, ex officio (2027)
Rita Allison, Member, State Board of Education,
Lyman (2024)
Melanie Barton, Education Policy Advisor, Office
of the Governor, Columbia (2026)
Nikki G. Setzler, State Senator, West Columbia
(2025) Executive Committee member
Ellen Weaver, State Superintendent of Education,
Columbia (2023)
(Appointments to the Board are made by the Governor. Terms
expire June 30 of the specified year.)
South Carolina Members of the Legislative Advisory Council
Shannon Erickson, State Representative,
Beaufort
Nikki G. Setzler, State Senator, West Columbia
SOUTH CAROLINA: FINDING A PATH
Finding a Path covers data and policies for each SREB state’s progress in high school, postsecondary and the workforce. Watch for reports on birth to middle grades in 2023. These are SREB’s 10th biennial reports to states on educational progress and the final set for the 2020 Challenge to Lead Goals. They provide comparable data so states can see how they relate to one another, the Southern region and the nation. New this year: sections on the K-12 teacher and postsecondary workforces.
South Carolina Featured Facts
from the SREB Fact Book on Higher Education
South Carolina-specific data on population, demographic, education attainment, enrollment, graduation rates, workforce, tuition, debt, funding, faculty salaries and more.
South Carolina
Student and Faculty Diversity
These state profiles compare the demographics of college faculty and the general and college student populations in each SREB state. The data compare the percentage of Black, Hispanic, American Indian or Alaska Native, and white students with the percentage of faculty in those groups at two-year and technical colleges, public four-year institutions and private four-year institutions.
Schools Honored with 2022 Pacesetter Awards
Awards to be presented at the 2022 Making Schools Work Conference
Sixteen schools won 2022 Gene Bottoms Pacesetter School Awards for their efforts to increase quality instruction and raise student achievement.
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South Carolina
College Affordability Profile
To help policymakers assess and improve college affordability in their states, SREB provides tailored reports on the policies, programs and prices that drive affordability. Each member-state profile details net price at different types of institutions, state financial aid based on need or other factors, student borrowing, and percentage of family income needed to pay for college at different income levels.
South Carolina
2020 State Workforce Outlook
Schools Honored with 2020 Pacesetter Awards
Awards to be presented at the 2021 Making Schools Work Conference
Twenty-three schools won 2020 Gene Bottoms Pacesetter School Awards for their efforts to increase quality instruction and raise student achievement.
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- Download Bethel-Tate Middle School
- Download Choffin Career and Technical Center
- Download Deer Park Junior/Senior High School
- DeKalb County Technology Center
- Download Easley High School
- Download Excelsior Springs Area Career Center
- Download Gordon Cooper Technology Center
- Download Harding Middle School
- Download Hueytown High School
- Download Indian Valley High School
- Download Mahoning County Career & Technical Center
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- Download Moore High School
- Download Nicholas County Career and Technical Center
- Download Northland Career Center
- Download Penta Career Center
- Download Pickens County Career & Technology Center
- Download Riverside Academy
- Download Springboro High School
- Download Sumter Career and Technology Center
- Download Whale Branch Early College High School
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Shared-Time Technology Centers
A Study of Six State Funding Systems
Students need learning experiences connected with the world of work to equip them to enter the workforce and secure good jobs. This report provides an overview of funding for career and technical education and a detailed look at CTE funding models in Arkansas, Indiana, Ohio, Oklahoma, South Carolina and West Virginia. Produced by SREB for the Kentucky Career and Technical Education Task Force, it also offers considerations for actions to improve CTE.
Schools Honored at the Making Schools Work Conference
2019 Gene Bottoms Pacesetter School Awards
Ten schools were recognized at the Making Schools Work Conference in Baltimore, Maryland, for their efforts to increase quality instruction and raise student achievement.
The Gene Bottoms Pacesetter Awards recognize schools that implement one of SREB’s Making Schools Work school improvement frameworks and are achieving success in increasing student graduation rates, readiness for college or careers, and credential attainment.
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- Download Pioneer Career Technology Center
- Download St. Marys Middle School
- Download Steubenville High School
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Arkansas, Alabama And Missouri Educators, South Carolina School Win National Readiness Awards
Leadership in preparing students for success in high school and after
Three educators and a South Carolina high school were honored this week with Southern Regional Education Board awards. These recognize outstanding teaching and leadership with SREB Readiness Courses, which help underprepared students succeed in high school and postsecondary studies. The winners were honored at SREB’s Readiness Courses Institute in Orlando, Florida.
S.C. State professor presented national award for her work with Ph.D. students of color
Dr. Sheila Witherspoon, an associate professor of counselor education at South Carolina State University in Orangeburg, was presented one of three national Extra Mile Awards on Oct. 28 at the nation’s largest gathering of underrepresented minority Ph.D. students and faculty.