Enrollment
358
Elementary
DISTRICT 380 · STATE 526
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·RICHLAND 01·NCES 450336000919
A. J. Lewis Greenview Elementary
726 Easter Street, Columbia, SC 29203 · (803) 735-3417 · Richland County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY12-CITYREGULAR SCHOOL358 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
15.2:1
24 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 12.6:1 · STATE 13.3:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
,
Title I proxy
STATE 77%
Community
0
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other elementary schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade
Student demographics
Student head counts by race/ethnicity from federal NCES enrollment data. Very small groups may be suppressed in the source, so categories do not always sum exactly to total enrollment.
Gender split
QUIET COMMUNITY
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SC READY 2024-25 . % Meets or Exceeds ExpectationsEnglish Language Arts
48.3%
SC avg 59.7% . +11.7pp since 2023
Math
24.7%
SC avg 44.2% . +0.8pp since 2023
What this means: On the SC READY, South Carolina's statewide test, about 48 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 25 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all South Carolina schools, those numbers are about 60 and 44. Reading and writing scores are up about 12 points since 2023, while math scores have held steady.
Source: SC READY. All students, all grades. See all years and grades →
7-year change
SY 2017-18 vs SY 2024-25Enrollment
358
-16 (-4%) vs 2017
Student : Teacher
15.2:1
was 12.9:1
% White
0%
was 1%
% Hispanic
7%
was 2%
% Black
91%
was 93%
% Asian
0%
was 0%
Source: NCES Common Core of Data
About A. J. Lewis Greenview Elementary
A. J. Lewis Greenview Elementary operates as a compact primary school in Columbia, South Carolina, one of the schools within Richland 01. Current enrollment sits at 358 students spanning grades pre-K through 5. That puts it 32% leaner than the typical public school in South Carolina, which averages around 526 students.
Richland 01 comprises 47 schools with combined enrollment of 21,814 students; A. J. Lewis Greenview Elementary is among them.
On demographics, A. J. Lewis Greenview Elementary logs that 91% of students identify as Black, making the school strongly Black-majority. Beyond that, the school lists 7% Hispanic. That is considerably more Black than the county at large, where the share is closer to 47%.
On the resource side, Staff filings list 24 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 15.2:1 students per teacher. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 13.3:1, putting A. J. Lewis Greenview Elementary higher than the state norm the norm.
Zooming out to the county, ACS estimates for Richland County put the typical household earns roughly $63,784 per year, roughly 41% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 12%. Across Richland County's 104 public schools (combined enrollment of about 60,410 students), A. J. Lewis Greenview Elementary is one campus in the mix.
The closest other public school is SC Whitmore School, roughly 0.7 miles away. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around A. J. Lewis Greenview Elementary.
The campus sits in a downtown setting.
Five-year trend. Over the past 7-year window, the student count fell 4%: 374 students in 2018 compared to 358 in 2025. The Hispanic share of enrollment ticked up from 2% to 7% over that span. Class-load math has grew: from 12.9:1 in 2018 to 15.2:1 in 2025.
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Richland County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
422,117
Census ACS
Median income
$63,784
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
41%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
12%
Below federal line
Schools in county
104
60,410 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Richland 01
- A. C. Flora HighHigh · 1,328 students
- Lower Richland HighHigh · 1,218 students
- Dreher HighHigh · 1,144 students
- Crayton MiddleMiddle · 952 students
- Brennen ElementaryElementary · 805 students
- Hand MiddleMiddle · 755 students
Other schools in Columbia
- SC Connections AcademyCombined · 6,152 students
- Spring Valley HighHigh · 2,230 students
- Carolus Online AcademyCombined · 1,786 students
- Ridge View HighHigh · 1,631 students
- Richland Northeast HighHigh · 1,340 students
- A. C. Flora HighHigh · 1,328 students
Nearby schools
- SC Whitmore School0.7 mi · 431
- Pendergrass Fairwold School0.8 mi · 46
- Manning High0.9 mi · 2
- Palmetto Achievement Center for Excellence Academy1.1 mi · 216
- J. P. Thomas Elementary1.5 mi · 346
- Burton Pack Elementary1.9 mi · 255
Frequently asked questions
About A. J. Lewis Greenview ElementaryHow large is A. J. Lewis Greenview Elementary?
A. J. Lewis Greenview Elementary enrolls approximately 358 students in grades PK-05.
What grades does A. J. Lewis Greenview Elementary serve?
A. J. Lewis Greenview Elementary serves grades PK-05.
How many teachers does A. J. Lewis Greenview Elementary have?
A. J. Lewis Greenview Elementary employs 24 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 15.2:1.
What is the student diversity at A. J. Lewis Greenview Elementary?
Student demographics at A. J. Lewis Greenview Elementary are roughly 0% White, 7% Hispanic, 91% Black, 2% Two or more.
Is A. J. Lewis Greenview Elementary public or private?
A. J. Lewis Greenview Elementary is a public K-12 school, overseen by Richland 01.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.