Crosswell Elementary

Crosswell Elementary is one of the moderately sized elementary campuss in Easley, South Carolina, one of the schools within Pickens 01, with 554 students on its rolls from grades pre-K through 5.

Pickens 01 runs 23 schools in total, collectively educating 16,313 students. Crosswell Elementary is one of those campuses.

Demographically, Crosswell Elementary lists that the largest single group is White, at 60% of enrollment. Other groups include 28% Hispanic, 7% multiracial, 5% Black. That is meaningfully less White than the county at large, where the share is closer to 84%.

Looking at school resources, Crosswell Elementary logs 45 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 12.3:1. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 13.3:1 average.

In the area at large, ACS estimates for Pickens County put the typical household earns roughly $61,064 per year, roughly 29% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 9%. In all, Pickens County runs 27 public schools (combined enrollment of about 16,866 students), of which Crosswell Elementary is one.

The closest other public school is Lakes and Bridges Charter School, roughly 3.1 miles away. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Crosswell Elementary.

The school occupies a small-town site.

Looking at the recent track record. Over the past 7-year window, the student count ticked up 19%: 466 students in 2018 compared to 554 in 2025. The Hispanic share of enrollment climbed from 14% to 28% over that span. Class-load math has fell: from 16.7:1 in 2018 to 12.3:1 in 2025.

On the community side, posts here usually surface around school events, parent volunteer needs, and clubs. The community welcomes input from current and former families.