Brushy Creek Elementary

As a sizable elementary campus in Taylors, South Carolina, Brushy Creek Elementary works with 808 students from grades pre-K through 5, part of Greenville 01. Compared to the state average of about 526 students per school, that is 54% above typical.

Greenville 01 runs 89 schools in total, collectively educating 78,776 students. Brushy Creek Elementary is one of those campuses.

On the student-mix side, Brushy Creek Elementary lists that the most-represented group is White (52%), with the rest of the student body spread across multiple groups. Other groups include 22% Hispanic, 14% Black, 8% Asian, 5% multiracial. By comparison, Greenville County as a whole is about 67% White, so the school skews meaningfully less White than its surroundings.

Looking at the economic backdrop, Staff filings list 50 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 16.3:1 students per teacher. The state averages around 13.3:1, so this campus is higher than the state norm typical.

Across the wider county, Greenville County reports that median household income runs about $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. In all, Greenville County runs 109 public schools (combined enrollment of about 89,863 students), of which Brushy Creek Elementary is one.

Eastside High is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.2 miles from this campus. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius.

The campus sits in a commuter-belt setting.

Looking at the recent track record. Over the past 7-year window, the student count contracted 8%: 877 students in 2018 compared to 808 in 2025. Over the same period, the White share ticked down from 64% to 52%. The student-to-teacher ratio narrowed from 18.4:1 in 2018 to 16.3:1 today.

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