Alexander Elementary

Alexander Elementary is one of the medium-sized K-5 schools in Greenville, South Carolina, operated by Greenville 01, with 494 students on its rolls from grades pre-K through 5.

Alexander Elementary is one of 89 schools operated by Greenville 01, a district that educates 78,776 students overall.

On the student-mix side, Alexander Elementary logs that 56% of the student body identifies as Hispanic. The remainder is composed of 30% Black, 10% White, 3% multiracial. By comparison, Greenville County as a whole is about 12% Hispanic, so the school skews meaningfully more Hispanic than its surroundings.

Looking at the economic backdrop, Staff filings list 40 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 12.2:1 students per teacher. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 13.3:1, putting Alexander Elementary tighter than the state norm the norm.

Zooming out to the county, community-level numbers for Greenville County indicate median household earnings sit near $76,932, roughly 41% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and roughly 8% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Across Greenville County's 109 public schools (combined enrollment of about 89,863 students), Alexander Elementary is one campus in the mix.

Legacy Early College is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.8 miles from this campus. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Alexander Elementary.

Alexander Elementary operates from an outer-ring location.

Looking at the recent track record. Over the past 7-year window, the student count ticked up 23%: 403 students in 2018 compared to 494 in 2025. Over the same period, the Black share climbed from 22% to 30%. The student-to-teacher ratio rose from 11.2:1 in 2018 to 12.2:1 today.

On the community side, members of the Alexander Elementary community share and discuss science fair prep, picture-day reminders, and bus-route questions. Posting is open to anyone connected to the school.