Blacksburg Elementary

Blacksburg Elementary is an elementary campus of close-knit scale in Blacksburg, South Carolina, overseen by Cherokee 01, works with 323 students in grades 3 through 5. Enrollment runs roughly 39% leaner than the state mean of about 526.

Cherokee 01 runs 14 schools in total, collectively educating 7,525 students. Blacksburg Elementary is one of those campuses.

Demographically, Blacksburg Elementary records that 77% of the student body identifies as White. The remainder reads as 11% Black, 6% multiracial, 4% Hispanic.

Looking at the economic backdrop, The school employs 23 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 13.9:1. That tracks the state average closely.

Around the school, census data for Cherokee County shows median household earnings sit near $50,288, roughly 18% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and roughly 12% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Across Cherokee County's 17 public schools (combined enrollment of about 8,402 students), Blacksburg Elementary is one campus in the mix.

Blacksburg Middle is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.2 miles from this campus. Counting just inside five miles, 3 other public schools cluster around Blacksburg Elementary.

Geographically, the school is in a small-town area.

Trend over the last 7 years. Over the past 7-year window, the student count fell 11%: 364 students in 2018 compared to 323 in 2025. White enrollment moved from 82% to 77% across the same window. Class-load math has narrowed: from 15.0:1 in 2018 to 13.9:1 in 2025.

On allk12, members of the Blacksburg Elementary community share and discuss open house dates, ride-share offers, and field-trip permission slips. Contributors range from current parents to recent graduates and teachers.