Crosswell Drive Elementary

Crosswell Drive Elementary, an average-sized primary school in Sumter, South Carolina, run under Sumter 01, hosts 481 students, covering grades pre-K through 5.

Across the 24 schools in Sumter 01 (13,871 students total), Crosswell Drive Elementary accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

In terms of who attends, Crosswell Drive Elementary logs that nearly all students (87%) are Black; the rest reads as 9% Hispanic, 2% White, 2% multiracial. By comparison, Sumter County as a whole is about 46% Black, so the school skews considerably more Black than its surroundings.

On the income-and-resources front, The school employs 29 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 16.5:1. The state averages around 13.3:1, so this campus is higher than the state norm typical.

Across the wider county, the surrounding county (Sumter County) logs that median household earnings sit near $56,693, roughly 24% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and roughly 13% of residents live below the federal poverty line. In all, Sumter County runs 27 public schools (combined enrollment of about 14,608 students), of which Crosswell Drive Elementary is one.

Willow Drive Elementary is the nearest neighboring public school, about 1.6 miles from this campus. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools.

Geographically, the school is in a metropolitan area.

Five-year trend. Over the past 7-year window, the student count fell 16%: 575 students in 2018 compared to 481 in 2025.

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