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What's the biggest difference between Bell's Crossing Elementary and what you expected?
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Enrollment
877
Elementary
DISTRICT 723 · STATE 526
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·GREENVILLE 01·NCES 450231000740
Bell's Crossing Elementary
804 Scuffletown Road, Simpsonville, SC 29681 · (864) 355-3800 · Greenville County
GRADES KG–05ELEMENTARY22-SUBURBREGULAR SCHOOL877 STUDENTS
A
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Scored higher than 94% of South Carolina public elementary schools
- ATest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- ·Beats expectations Not available for this school, so the grade uses the other parts.
- ·Three-year trend Not available for this school, so the grade uses the other parts.
Grades compare a school only with schools in the same state, because every state gives its own test. How grades work · Top-graded South Carolina public elementary schools
Student : Teacher
16.0:1
55 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 15.0:1 · STATE 13.3:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
,
Title I proxy
DISTRICT 48% · STATE 77%
Community
1
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other elementary schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Kindergarten | 135 | 15% |
| Grade 1 | 146 | 17% |
| Grade 2 | 161 | 18% |
| Grade 3 | 130 | 15% |
| Grade 4 | 154 | 18% |
| Grade 5 | 151 | 17% |
This year's kindergarten class (135) is 11% smaller than its 5th grade class (151).
Student demographics
46%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 67% · STATE 67% · US 70%
Student head counts by race/ethnicity from federal NCES enrollment data. District, state, and US figures are each group's share of all public school students in that area (US excludes territories). Very small groups may be suppressed in the source, so categories do not always sum exactly to total enrollment.
Gender split
Test scores
SC READY 2024-25 . % Meets or Exceeds ExpectationsEnglish Language Arts
86.0%
SC avg 59.7% . +8.5pp since 2023
Math
73.2%
SC avg 44.2% . +0.8pp since 2023
What this means: On the SC READY, South Carolina's statewide test, about 86 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 73 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 9 points since 2023, while math scores have held steady.
SC READY results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 86.0% | 73.2% |
| 2023-24 | 77.5% | 72.4% |
% Meets or Exceeds Expectations, all students and all tested grades.
Source: SC READY. All students, all grades. See all years and grades →
Where Bell's Crossing Elementary ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In South Carolina | In Greenville County |
|---|---|---|---|
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 73.2% | #60 of 635 ▼ 5 | #14 of 54 no change |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 86.0% | #29 of 635 ▲ 16 | #9 of 54 ▲ 3 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 877 | #53 of 709 | #13 of 58 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 16.0:1 | #580 of 656 | #37 of 57 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 46.4% | #482 of 656 | #47 of 57 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -10.6% | #239 of 395 | #14 of 34 |
Ranked against other public elementary schools. Online schools are left out of every list, and test-score lists leave out schools that serve specialized populations. Each rank links to the full list. Arrows under a test-score rank show places moved since the prior test year, among schools tested both years.
4-year change
SY 2020-21 vs SY 2024-25Enrollment
877
-16 (-2%) vs 2020
-28% since 2010-11, when it was 1,212
Student : Teacher
16.0:1
was 18.6:1
Source: NCES Common Core of Data
Enrollment and staffing by year
| School year | Students | Teachers (FTE) | Students per teacher | Free and reduced lunch |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 877 | 55 | 16.0:1 | N/A |
| 2023-24 | 894 | 56.2 | 15.9:1 | 32% (284) |
| 2022-23 | 918 | 55 | 16.7:1 | 34% (309) |
| 2020-21 | 893 | 48 | 18.6:1 | 23% (202) |
| 2017-18 | 981 | 56.3 | 17.4:1 | 17% (167) |
| 2015-16 | 946 | 51 | 18.6:1 | 17% (165) |
| 2010-11 | 1,212 | 61 | 19.9:1 | 17% (202) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Bell's Crossing Elementary.
Since 2017-18: students down 11% (981 to 877); teachers down 2% (56.3 to 55).
About Bell's Crossing Elementary
Bell's Crossing Elementary is a large elementary school in Simpsonville, South Carolina, one of the schools in Greenville 01. A federal count lists 877 students at the school, in kindergarten through 5. An average school in this group (elementary schools in South Carolina) has about 526 students.
Greenville 01 is the district for Bell's Crossing Elementary. It has 89 schools and 78,776 students.
White students are the majority at Bell's Crossing Elementary, with 71% of enrollment. Other groups include 12% Hispanic, 7% Black, 6% multiracial, and 3% Asian. Bell's Crossing Elementary's diversity index is 46%, against a US figure of 70%.
Bell's Crossing Elementary counts 55 full-time-equivalent teachers, about 16.0 students for each one. This ratio sits 2.6 above the 13.3:1 average for elementary schools in South Carolina.
allk12 grades Bell's Crossing Elementary an A. The grade compares the school only with South Carolina public elementary schools, because each state gives its own test.
Bell's Crossing Elementary is located in Greenville County, where the median household income is $76,932, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 41%, and roughly 8% of residents are in poverty. Besides Bell's Crossing Elementary, Greenville County has 108 other public schools.
The nearest other public school, Monarch Elementary, is about 2.1 miles away. Inside a five-mile radius, there are at least 8 other public schools.
Locale: Suburb: Mid-size. In NCES terms, the school is in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population between 100,000 and 250,000.
Enrollment has been fairly stable: 893 in 2020-21 and 877 in 2024-25. There were fewer students per teacher in 2024-25 (16.0:1) than in 2020-21 (18.6:1).
Threads on this page can be about sports schedules, lunch menus, and spirit week. Alumni can share how the school prepared them.
Greenville County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
548,166
Census ACS
Median income
$76,932
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
41%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
8%
Below federal line
Schools in county
109
89,863 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Greenville 01
- Woodmont HighHigh · 2,151 students
- Mauldin HighHigh · 2,133 students
- J. L. Mann High AcademyHigh · 2,013 students
- Hillcrest HighHigh · 1,894 students
- Riverside HighHigh · 1,846 students
- Wade Hampton HighHigh · 1,790 students
Other schools in Simpsonville
- Hillcrest HighHigh · 1,894 students
- Ruldolph G. Gordon School at Jones MillElementary · 1,621 students
- Bryson ElementaryElementary · 1,038 students
- Mauldin ElementaryElementary · 1,036 students
- Hillcrest MiddleMiddle · 989 students
- Plain ElementaryElementary · 975 students
Nearby schools
- Monarch Elementary2.1 mi · 870
- Ruldolph G. Gordon School at Jones Mill2.5 mi · 1,621
- Hillcrest Middle2.9 mi · 989
- Oakview Elementary3.5 mi · 887
- Bethel Elementary3.6 mi · 915
- GREEN Upstate High School Greenville3.6 mi · 390
Frequently asked questions
About Bell's Crossing ElementaryWhat is the total enrollment at Bell's Crossing Elementary?
Bell's Crossing Elementary enrolls approximately 877 students in grades KG-05.
What age range does Bell's Crossing Elementary serve?
Bell's Crossing Elementary serves students from grade KG through grade 05.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Bell's Crossing Elementary?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Bell's Crossing Elementary is approximately 16.0:1 (55 FTE teachers).
How diverse is Bell's Crossing Elementary?
Bell's Crossing Elementary reports a student body of 71% White, 12% Hispanic, 7% Black, 3% Asian, 6% Two or more.
Who oversees Bell's Crossing Elementary?
Bell's Crossing Elementary is overseen by Greenville 01 in Greenville County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.