Cyril B. Busbee Elementary

Set in Wagener, South Carolina, Cyril B. Busbee Elementary is a medium-sized elementary-level community, operated by Aiken 01. It teaches 467 students across grades pre-K through 5.

Within Aiken 01, which oversees 40 schools and 22,916 students, Cyril B. Busbee Elementary is one campus in the system.

On demographics, Cyril B. Busbee Elementary reports that the largest single group is White at 48%, but no single group is in the majority. The remainder consists of 33% Black, 10% multiracial, 7% Hispanic. That is considerably less White than the county at large, where the share is closer to 65%.

On the income-and-resources front, The school currently runs with 34 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 13.7:1. The state averages about 13.3:1, putting this campus right in line with peers.

In the area at large, community-level numbers for Aiken County indicate median household income runs about $70,609, 32% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 10%. In all, Aiken County runs 42 public schools (combined enrollment of about 24,280 students), of which Cyril B. Busbee Elementary is one.

The closest other public school is A. L. Corbett Middle, roughly 0.1 miles away. 2 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius.

The school occupies a rural site.

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