Fairforest Elementary

Fairforest Elementary, a roomy elementary campus in Spartanburg, South Carolina, one of the schools within Spartanburg 06, educates 805 students, covering grades K through 5. That puts it 53% bigger than the typical public school in South Carolina, which averages around 526 students.

Across the 14 schools in Spartanburg 06 (11,714 students total), Fairforest Elementary accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

On demographics, Fairforest Elementary lists that the most-represented group is White (44%), with the rest of the student body spread across multiple groups; the rest consists of 24% Hispanic, 19% Black, 8% multiracial, 4% Asian. That is noticeably less White than the county at large, where the share is closer to 67%.

On the resource side, Staff filings list 59 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 13.6:1 students per teacher. The state averages about 13.3:1, putting this campus right in line with peers.

In the broader community, the surrounding county (Spartanburg County) logs that the typical household earns roughly $66,234 per year, about 25% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 11%. In all, Spartanburg County runs 88 public schools (combined enrollment of about 58,477 students), of which Fairforest Elementary is one.

High Point Academy is the nearest neighboring public school, about 2.2 miles from this campus. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools.

Geographically, the school is in a small-town area.

Five-year trend. Fairforest Elementary's enrollment has grew 6% since 2018, when it stood at 760 (now 805). White enrollment moved from 51% to 44% across the same window. The student-to-teacher ratio tightened from 15.8:1 in 2018 to 13.6:1 today.

In the discussion threads here, the feed for Fairforest Elementary typically covers fundraisers, lost-and-found posts, and report-card season. Anyone with firsthand experience at this school can post or comment.