Eastside Elementary

As a middle-of-the-pack elementary campus in Clinton, South Carolina, Eastside Elementary instructs 462 students from grades K through 5, one of the schools within Laurens 56.

Laurens 56 runs 6 schools in total, collectively educating 2,707 students. Eastside Elementary is one of those campuses.

On the student-mix side, Eastside Elementary records that 50% of students identify as White, with the remaining enrollment distributed across several groups; the rest looks like 34% Black, 10% Hispanic, 7% multiracial. That is visibly less White than the county at large, where the share is closer to 68%.

Looking at school resources, Staff filings list 31 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 14.9:1 students per teacher. That figure is higher than the state norm's 13.3:1 average.

Zooming out to the county, Laurens County reports that the typical household earns roughly $57,623 per year, 18% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 14%. Across Laurens County's 18 public schools (combined enrollment of about 8,681 students), Eastside Elementary is one campus in the mix.

Nearest neighbor: Summit Classical School, around 1.1 miles off. Counting just inside five miles, 7 other public schools cluster around Eastside Elementary.

The campus sits in a small-town setting.

Trend over the last 7 years. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Eastside Elementary has decreased 3%, going from 478 students in 2018 to 462 in 2025. The Black share of enrollment decreased from 41% to 34% over that span.

On the community side, the feed for Eastside Elementary typically covers open house dates, ride-share offers, and field-trip permission slips. Posting is open to anyone connected to the school.