Table 2. Averaged Freshman Graduation Rate (AFGR) in South Carolina by district and district locale classification: School year 2008

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Table 2. Averaged Freshman Graduation Rate (AFGR) in South Carolina by district and district locale classification: School year 2008–09

Jurisdiction	Averaged Freshman Graduation Rate	Local Type
South Carolina	66.0
Average Rural Rate¹	67.3
School District Name
ABBEVILLE 60	54.1	Distant Rural
BARNWELL 19	42.5	Distant Rural
BARNWELL 29	75.3	Distant Rural
CALHOUN 01	58.3	Distant Rural
CHESTER 01	65.9	Distant Rural

CHESTERFIELD 01	69.5	Distant Rural
CLARENDON 01	62.2	Distant Rural
CLARENDON 03	76.1	Distant Rural
DILLON 01	80.3	Distant Rural
DILLON 03	62.5	Distant Rural

DORCHESTER 04	57.5	Distant Rural
FLORENCE 02	82.5	Distant Rural
FLORENCE 05	73.7	Distant Rural
GEORGETOWN 01	68.8	Distant Rural
GREENWOOD 51	69.6	Distant Rural

GREENWOOD 52	79.9	Distant Rural
LANCASTER 01	73.7	Distant Rural
LAURENS 55	58.4	Distant Rural
LEE 01	54.3	Distant Rural
LEXINGTON 04	51.6	Distant Rural

MARION 07	70.4	Distant Rural
MCCORMICK 01	68.5	Distant Rural
NEWBERRY 01	74.2	Distant Rural
OCONEE 01	66.5	Distant Rural
ORANGEBURG 03	49.8	Distant Rural
ORANGEBURG 04	68.7	Distant Rural
WILLIAMSBURG 01	65.6	Distant Rural

ALLENDALE 01	56.6	Fringe Rural
ANDERSON 01	74.7	Fringe Rural
ANDERSON 02	68.2	Fringe Rural
ANDERSON 03	53.5	Fringe Rural
ANDERSON 04	79.6	Fringe Rural

BAMBERG 02	57.1	Fringe Rural
CHEROKEE 01	64.4	Fringe Rural
COLLETON 01	44.3	Fringe Rural
EDGEFIELD 01	72.4	Fringe Rural
FAIRFIELD 01	61.6	Fringe Rural
FLORENCE 03	44.4	Fringe Rural
FLORENCE 04	55.6	Fringe Rural
HORRY 01	72.1	Fringe Rural

JASPER 01	62.7	Fringe Rural
KERSHAW 01	67.1	Fringe Rural
LAURENS 56	63.5	Fringe Rural
LEXINGTON 01	73.7	Fringe Rural
LEXINGTON 03	65.5	Fringe Rural

MARLBORO 01	55.1	Fringe Rural
PICKENS 01	62.9	Fringe Rural
SALUDA 01	67.3	Fringe Rural
SPARTANBURG 01	72.5	Fringe Rural
SPARTANBURG 06	76.8	Fringe Rural

SUMTER 02	75.1	Fringe Rural
YORK 01	69.3	Fringe Rural
YORK 02	76.7	Fringe Rural

Average Town Rate1	62.0
BAMBERG 01	66.9	Remote Town
HAMPTON 01	66.8	Remote Town
HAMPTON 02	43.8	Remote Town

BARNWELL 45	61.5	Distant Town
BEAUFORT 01	63.7	Distant Town
CLARENDON 02	67.4	Distant Town
DARLINGTON 01	56.0	Distant Town
DILLON 02	55.2	Distant Town

GREENWOOD 50	71.1	Distant Town
MARION 01	55.0	Distant Town
MARION 02	62.9	Distant Town
ORANGEBURG 05	60.5	Distant Town
UNION 01	60.2	Distant Town

SPARTANBURG 04	64.1	Fringe Town

Average Suburban Rate¹	70.2
ANDERSON 05	65.9	Small Suburb
SPARTANBURG 02	74.3	Mid-size Suburb
SPARTANBURG 03	72.6	Mid-size Suburb
SPARTANBURG 05	74.8	Mid-size Suburb
DEAF & BLIND SCHOOL	17.2	Mid-size Suburb

AIKEN 01	62.5	Large Suburb
BERKELEY 01	64.6	Large Suburb
GREENVILLE 01	69.0	Large Suburb
LEXINGTON 02	67.2	Large Suburb
LEXINGTON 05	80.8	Large Suburb
RICHLAND 02	74.4	Large Suburb
YORK 04	93.3	Large Suburb

Average City Rate¹	62.6
DORCHESTER 02	67.4	Small City
FLORENCE 01	67.3	Small City
SPARTANBURG 07	53.9	Small City
SUMTER 17	64.5	Small City
YORK 03	67.5	Small City

CHARLESTON 01	60.2	Mid-size City
RICHLAND 01	58.8	Mid-size City

¹ Average rates for each locale type are based on average rates across disticts within each locale type weighted by each district's enrollment base of first-time freshmen.

NOTE: Mid-size City: Territory inside an urbanized area and inside a principal city with a population of 100,000 to 250,000. Small City: Territory inside an urbanized area and inside a principal city with population of less than 100,000. Large Suburb: Territory outside a principal city and inside an urbanized area with population of 250,000 or more. Mid-size Suburb: Territory outside a principal city and inside an urbanized area with a population of 100,000 to 250,000. Small Suburb: Territory outside a principal city and inside an urbanized area with population less than 100,000. Fringe Town: Territory inside an urban cluster that is less than 10 miles from an urbanized area. Distant Town: Territory inside an urban cluster that is more than 10 miles and less than 35 miles from an urbanized area. Remote Town: Territory inside an urban cluster that is more than 35 miles outside of an urbanized area. Fringe Rural: Census-defined rural territory that is less than 5 miles from an urbanized area, as well as rural territory that is less than or equal to 2.5 miles from an urban cluster. Distant Rural: Census-defined rural territory that is more than 5 miles but less than or equal to 25 miles from an urbanized area, as well as rural territory that is more than 2.5 miles but less 10 miles from an urban cluster. Remote Rural: Census-defined rural territory that is more than 25 miles from an urbanized area and is also more than 10 miles from an urban cluster.

SOURCE: U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics, Common Core of Data (CCD), "Local Education Agency (School District) Universe Survey", 2008-09 v.1a, 2009-10 v.1a; "Local Education Agency (School District) Universe Survey Dropout and Completion Data", 2008-09 v.1a

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