Dutch Fork Elementary

Dutch Fork Elementary is one of the close-knit elementary-level communitys in Irmo, South Carolina, operated by Lexington 05, with 442 students on its rolls from grades pre-K through 5.

Within Lexington 05, which oversees 22 schools and 17,053 students, Dutch Fork Elementary is one campus in the system.

Looking at the student body, Dutch Fork Elementary records that 38% of students identify as Black, with the remaining enrollment distributed across several groups. Beyond that, the school logs 29% White, 14% Hispanic, 13% multiracial, 4% Asian. By comparison, Richland County as a whole is about 47% Black, so the school skews considerably less Black than its surroundings.

On the resource side, Dutch Fork Elementary logs 46 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 9.6:1. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 13.3:1 average.

In the surrounding community, Richland County reports that median household earnings sit near $63,784, roughly 41% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 12%. Dutch Fork Elementary is one of 104 public schools in Richland County (combined enrollment of about 60,410 students).

The closest other public school is GREEN Charter School Midlands, roughly 0.3 miles away. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius.

The campus sits in a residential setting.

Looking at the recent track record. Over the past 7-year window, the student count shrank 11%: 498 students in 2018 compared to 442 in 2025. Black enrollment moved from 50% to 38% across the same window. The student-to-teacher ratio fell from 11.1:1 in 2018 to 9.6:1 today.

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