Ellen Woodside Elementary

As a big elementary campus in Pelzer, South Carolina, Ellen Woodside Elementary caters to 1,071 students from grades pre-K through 5, operated by Greenville 01. Enrollment runs roughly 104% bigger than the state mean of about 526.

Greenville 01 runs 89 schools in total, collectively educating 78,776 students. Ellen Woodside Elementary is one of those campuses.

Demographically, Ellen Woodside Elementary shows that the largest single group is White at 53%, but no single group is in the majority. Other groups include 22% Black, 16% Hispanic, 7% multiracial. By comparison, Greenville County as a whole is about 67% White, so the school skews meaningfully less White than its surroundings.

Looking at the economic backdrop, The school currently runs with 54 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 19.8:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 13.3:1, putting Ellen Woodside Elementary higher than the state norm the norm.

Zooming out to the county, census data for Greenville County shows median household income runs about $76,932, 41% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 8%. Across Greenville County's 109 public schools (combined enrollment of about 89,863 students), Ellen Woodside Elementary is one campus in the mix.

The closest other public school is Woodmont Middle, roughly 3.2 miles away. 5 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius.

The school occupies an outlying site.

Trend over the last 7 years. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Ellen Woodside Elementary has increased 56%, going from 686 students in 2018 to 1,071 in 2025. Over the same period, the White share shrank from 68% to 53%. Class-load math has widened: from 16.4:1 in 2018 to 19.8:1 in 2025.

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