As indicated in Table 21, per pupil funding for 2007 varies from $10,854 in Richland District 1 to $6,563 in Spartanburg District 2, with median expenditure of $7,941 for Spartanburg District 1. Of the Spartanburg districts, only District 7 and District 3 were above average for comparable districts in per pupil expenditure.

 It does not appear that per pupil expenditure is correlated with graduation rate. For example, although Richland District 1 spends the most per pupil, it is ranked 9th for graduation rate. Conversely, Spartanburg District 2 spends the least per pupil but is tied with Spartanburg District 3 (which spends the third highest per pupil) for the third highest graduation rate. Spartanburg District 4 ranks second lowest in per pupil expenditure but has the highest graduation rate.