East Aiken School of the Arts

Located at 223 Old Wagener Road, in Aiken, South Carolina, East Aiken School of the Arts is a mid-tier elementary school that teaches 534 students (grades pre-K through 5), run under Aiken 01.

Aiken 01 comprises 40 schools with combined enrollment of 22,916 students; East Aiken School of the Arts is among them.

For racial and ethnic makeup, East Aiken School of the Arts shows that the most-represented group is Black (41%), with the rest of the student body spread across multiple groups. The remainder comes out to 38% White, 11% multiracial, 9% Hispanic. By comparison, Aiken County as a whole is about 24% Black, so the school skews meaningfully more Black than its surroundings.

Looking at school resources, The school employs 39 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 13.7:1. That tracks the state average closely.

Zooming out to the county, census data for Aiken County shows the typical household earns roughly $70,609 per year, about 32% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 10%. In all, Aiken County runs 42 public schools (combined enrollment of about 24,280 students), of which East Aiken School of the Arts is one.

Nearest neighbor: Horse Creek Academy, around 1.4 miles off. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools.

Geographically, the school is in a suburban area.

Looking at the recent track record. East Aiken School of the Arts's enrollment has declined 16% since 2018, when it stood at 639 (now 534). Over the same period, the Black share ticked down from 50% to 41%. The student-to-teacher ratio pulled in from 14.9:1 in 2018 to 13.7:1 today.

On this page, recent activity here tends to focus on open house dates, ride-share offers, and field-trip permission slips. Posting is open to anyone connected to the school.