[K-12 Education in South Carolina]

Seems like the formula would have been found on the same site the figures came from.

I bet performance probably has something to do with it. Public schools in Lexington and Greenville counties tend to do better than most, so that may be why they get less money. That's just a guess.

I know one thing: we need some more money allocated for higher education. NC spends over $12K per student in terms of higher education, compared with SC's paltry $4K.

I'm leaning more towards to what the previous poster stated. Unfortunately, Charleston County Schools perform poorly on tests across the board. Strides are being made for sure, but there is more work to be done. I suppose the state funnels more money down here in hopes of improving the dire situation in our schools. On paper, the best schools here are East Cooper and there are some others scattered "making the grade" according to the standards set forth, but this is very debatable. Don't get me started on that topic. However, I wonder if this is historically true, that is, Charleston schools receiving more money than other major school districts?