Buford Elementary

Buford Elementary operates as an expansive elementary school in Lancaster, South Carolina, run under Lancaster 01. Current enrollment sits at 792 students spanning grades pre-K through 5. Enrollment runs roughly 51% larger than the state mean of about 526.

Lancaster 01 comprises 22 schools with combined enrollment of 15,417 students; Buford Elementary is among them.

Looking at the student body, Buford Elementary lists that 83% of students identify as White, making the school strongly White-majority. The remainder comes out to 6% Black, 6% Hispanic, 5% multiracial. By comparison, Lancaster County as a whole is about 69% White, so the school skews meaningfully more White than its surroundings.

Looking at school resources, The school employs 48 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 16.6:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 13.3:1, putting Buford Elementary higher than the state norm the norm.

Zooming out to the county, ACS estimates for Lancaster County put the typical household earns roughly $78,869 per year, about 34% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 9%. Buford Elementary is one of 23 public schools in Lancaster County (combined enrollment of about 15,417 students).

The closest other public school is Buford Middle, roughly 0.1 miles away. Counting just inside five miles, 2 other public schools cluster around Buford Elementary.

Geographically, the school is in a rural area.

Trend over the last 7 years. Buford Elementary's enrollment has increased 9% since 2018, when it stood at 725 (now 792). Over the same period, the White share shrank from 87% to 83%. Class-load math has tightened: from 17.7:1 in 2018 to 16.6:1 in 2025.

On this page, recent activity here tends to focus on open house dates, ride-share offers, and field-trip permission slips. Posting is open to anyone connected to the school.