Alice Drive Elementary

Set in Sumter, South Carolina, Alice Drive Elementary is a middle-of-the-pack elementary school, operated by Sumter 01. It enrolls 530 students across grades pre-K through 5.

Within Sumter 01, which oversees 24 schools and 13,871 students, Alice Drive Elementary is one campus in the system.

In terms of who attends, Alice Drive Elementary reports that 44% of students identify as Black, with the remaining enrollment distributed across several groups. Beyond that, the school reports 43% White, 7% Hispanic, 4% Asian, 3% multiracial. Compared to Sumter County overall, the school's racial mix sits in roughly the same range.

Looking at school resources, Alice Drive Elementary shows 36 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 14.6:1. That figure is higher than the state norm's 13.3:1 average.

Around the school, community-level numbers for Sumter County indicate median household earnings sit near $56,693, roughly 24% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 13%. Alice Drive Elementary is one of 27 public schools in Sumter County (combined enrollment of about 14,608 students).

The closest other public school is Alice Drive Middle, roughly 0.1 miles away. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius.

Alice Drive Elementary operates from a city-core location.

Five-year trend. Over the past 7-year window, the student count shrank 35%: 817 students in 2018 compared to 530 in 2025. White enrollment moved from 49% to 43% across the same window. The student-to-teacher ratio tightened from 19.0:1 in 2018 to 14.6:1 today.

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