Ballentine Elementary

Ballentine Elementary is a medium-sized primary school in Irmo, South Carolina, one of the schools within Lexington 05. The school hosts 523 students in grades pre-K through 5.

Lexington 05 comprises 22 schools with combined enrollment of 17,053 students; Ballentine Elementary is among them.

In terms of who attends, Ballentine Elementary records that the largest single group is White, at 61% of enrollment; the rest is composed of 20% Black, 7% multiracial, 7% Hispanic, 4% Asian. By comparison, Richland County as a whole is about 40% White, so the school skews meaningfully more White than its surroundings.

On the income-and-resources front, Ballentine Elementary lists 39 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 13.4:1. The state averages about 13.3:1, putting this campus right in line with peers.

Zooming out to the county, community-level numbers for Richland County indicate median household earnings sit near $63,784, about 41% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and roughly 12% of residents live below the federal poverty line. In all, Richland County runs 104 public schools (combined enrollment of about 60,410 students), of which Ballentine Elementary is one.

H. E. Corley Elementary is the nearest neighboring public school, about 2.1 miles from this campus. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius.

Ballentine Elementary operates from an outer-ring location.

Five-year trend. Ballentine Elementary's enrollment has decreased 10% since 2018, when it stood at 581 (now 523). Over the same period, the White share edged down from 73% to 61%.

On allk12, posts here usually surface around sports schedules, lunch menu changes, and school spirit week. Contributors range from current parents to recent graduates and teachers.