A.J. Whittenberg Elementary

A.J. Whittenberg Elementary is a middle-of-the-pack elementary campus in Greenville, South Carolina, part of Greenville 01. The school teaches 491 students in grades pre-K through 5.

Greenville 01 runs 89 schools in total, collectively educating 78,776 students. A.J. Whittenberg Elementary is one of those campuses.

In terms of who attends, A.J. Whittenberg Elementary lists that the most-represented group is Black (47%), with the rest of the student body spread across multiple groups. The remainder breaks down as 31% White, 18% Hispanic, 4% multiracial. That is considerably more Black than the county at large, where the share is closer to 16%.

Looking at the economic backdrop, Staff filings list 31 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 15.9:1 students per teacher. That figure is higher than the state norm's 13.3:1 average.

In the area at large, census data for Greenville County shows the typical household earns roughly $76,932 per year, about 41% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 8%. In all, Greenville County runs 109 public schools (combined enrollment of about 89,863 students), of which A.J. Whittenberg Elementary is one.

SC Governor's School for Arts and Humanities is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.6 miles from this campus. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools.

A.J. Whittenberg Elementary operates from an urban location.

Over the past 7-year window. A.J. Whittenberg Elementary's enrollment has shrank 14% since 2018, when it stood at 568 (now 491). The Hispanic share of enrollment grew from 9% to 18% over that span.

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