The South Carolina Department of Education dropout data for school year 2006-2007 range from 0.2%  of total enrollment for grades 9-12 in District 4 to 7.5% in District 7.  SC Kids Count data place Spartanburg County at 24^th of 46 counties for dropout.  That is, Spartanburg has a higher dropout rate than 22 counties, including Greenville and Richland Counties.

Dropout data are controversial as calculations include or exclude a number of factors variously.  A number of highly regarded sources report very high dropout rates for school districts throughout South Carolina and graduation rates that are much lower than reported by the SCDOE.