Cooley Springs-Fingerville Elementary

Cooley Springs-Fingerville Elementary, a small primary school in Chesnee, South Carolina, operated by Spartanburg 02, instructs 355 students, covering grades pre-K through 5. That puts it 33% below the typical public school in South Carolina, which averages around 526 students.

Spartanburg 02 comprises 14 schools with combined enrollment of 11,806 students; Cooley Springs-Fingerville Elementary is among them.

For racial and ethnic makeup, Cooley Springs-Fingerville Elementary reports that the student body is overwhelmingly White (81%). The remainder consists of 9% multiracial, 5% Black, 3% Hispanic. The wider county runs roughly 67% White, putting the school's mix considerably more White than the area baseline.

Looking at the economic backdrop, Staff filings list 24 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 14.6:1 students per teacher. That figure is higher than the state norm's 13.3:1 average.

In the surrounding community, ACS estimates for Spartanburg County put median household earnings sit near $66,234, about 25% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 11%. Cooley Springs-Fingerville Elementary is one of 88 public schools in Spartanburg County (combined enrollment of about 58,477 students).

The closest other public school is Rainbow Lake Middle, roughly 3.4 miles away. 2 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius.

The campus sits in a rural setting.

Five-year trend. Cooley Springs-Fingerville Elementary's enrollment has ticked up 13% since 2018, when it stood at 313 (now 355). Over the same period, the Hispanic share declined from 8% to 3%.

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