Richland County School District One | |
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United States | |
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Type | public |
Motto | South Carolina's capital schools |
Superintendent | Dr. Craig Witherspoon |
Richland County School District One (abbreviated RCSD One or "Richland One"), is a school district with its headquarters in the Stevenson Administration Building in Columbia, South Carolina. [1]
RCSD One is South Carolina's fifth-largest school district, and serves a population of more than 22,939 students from urban, suburban and rural communities in Columbia. Richland One covers 482 square miles (1,250 km2), operates 52 schools and employs 4,229 staff. [2] It is centrally located about 1.5 hours away from the beaches and the mountains of South Carolina.
RCSD One operates 7 high schools.
RCSD One operates 9 middle schools.
RCSD One also operates 29 elementary schools.
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