Gateway Elementary

Set in Travelers Rest, South Carolina, Gateway Elementary is an average-sized elementary school, part of Greenville 01. It works with 659 students across grades pre-K through 5. Enrollment runs roughly 25% larger than the state mean of about 526.

Within Greenville 01, which oversees 89 schools and 78,776 students, Gateway Elementary is one campus in the system.

For racial and ethnic makeup, Gateway Elementary shows that 74% of the student body identifies as White. Other groups include 12% Black, 8% Hispanic, 5% multiracial.

On the resource side, On paper, Gateway Elementary has 39 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 16.8:1. That figure is higher than the state norm's 13.3:1 average.

In the area at large, the surrounding county (Greenville County) logs that median household income runs about $76,932, roughly 41% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and roughly 8% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Across Greenville County's 109 public schools (combined enrollment of about 89,863 students), Gateway Elementary is one campus in the mix.

The closest other public school is Travelers Rest High, roughly 1.4 miles away. Within five miles, there are 5 other public schools.

The campus sits in a small-town setting.

Trend over the last 7 years. Over the past 7-year window, the student count ticked down 12%: 750 students in 2018 compared to 659 in 2025. The Black share of enrollment ticked down from 18% to 12% over that span.

On this page, posts here usually surface around open house dates, ride-share offers, and field-trip permission slips. Contributors range from current parents to recent graduates and teachers.