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Parents: what's one thing you'd want the Gold Hill Elementary administration to hear?
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Enrollment
815
Elementary
DISTRICT 744 · STATE 526
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·YORK 04·NCES 450390000062
Gold Hill Elementary
1000 Dave Gibson Boulevard, Tega Cay, SC 29708 · (803) 548-8250 · York County
GRADES KG–05ELEMENTARY22-SUBURBREGULAR SCHOOL815 STUDENTS
A+
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Scored higher than 97% of South Carolina public elementary schools
- A+Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- ·Beats expectations Not available for this school, so the grade uses the other parts.
- ·Three-year trend Not available for this school, so the grade uses the other parts.
Grades compare a school only with schools in the same state, because every state gives its own test. How grades work · Top-graded South Carolina public elementary schools
Student : Teacher
12.5:1
65 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 12.3:1 · STATE 13.3:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
,
Title I proxy
STATE 77%
Community
1
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other elementary schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Kindergarten | 118 | 14% |
| Grade 1 | 126 | 15% |
| Grade 2 | 127 | 16% |
| Grade 3 | 131 | 16% |
| Grade 4 | 161 | 20% |
| Grade 5 | 152 | 19% |
This year's kindergarten class (118) is 22% smaller than its 5th grade class (152).
Student demographics
73%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 61% · STATE 67% · US 70%
Student head counts by race/ethnicity from federal NCES enrollment data. District, state, and US figures are each group's share of all public school students in that area (US excludes territories). Very small groups may be suppressed in the source, so categories do not always sum exactly to total enrollment.
Gender split
Test scores
SC READY 2024-25 . % Meets or Exceeds ExpectationsEnglish Language Arts
89.5%
SC avg 59.7% . +5.6pp since 2023
Math
80.9%
SC avg 44.2% . +1.8pp since 2023
What this means: On the SC READY, South Carolina's statewide test, about 90 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 81 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all South Carolina schools, those numbers are about 60 and 44. Reading and writing scores are up about 6 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 2 points.
SC READY results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 89.5% | 80.9% |
| 2023-24 | 83.9% | 79.1% |
% Meets or Exceeds Expectations, all students and all tested grades.
Source: SC READY. All students, all grades. See all years and grades →
Where Gold Hill Elementary ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In South Carolina | In York County |
|---|---|---|---|
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 80.9% | #22 of 635 ▼ 1 | #2 of 37 ▲ 1 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 89.5% | #17 of 635 ▲ 3 | #3 of 37 no change |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 815 | #75 of 709 | #3 of 39 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 12.5:1 | #195 of 656 | #13 of 38 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 73.1% | #6 of 656 | #2 of 38 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -14.5% | #181 of 395 | #11 of 21 |
Ranked against other public elementary schools. Online schools are left out of every list, and test-score lists leave out schools that serve specialized populations. Each rank links to the full list. Arrows under a test-score rank show places moved since the prior test year, among schools tested both years.
4-year change
SY 2020-21 vs SY 2024-25Enrollment
815
-24 (-3%) vs 2020
-10% since 2000-01, when it was 904
Student : Teacher
12.5:1
was 14.2:1
Source: NCES Common Core of Data
Enrollment and staffing by year
| School year | Students | Teachers (FTE) | Students per teacher | Free and reduced lunch |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 815 | 65 | 12.5:1 | N/A |
| 2023-24 | 847 | 62 | 13.7:1 | 19% (160) |
| 2022-23 | 877 | 62 | 14.2:1 | 19% (171) |
| 2020-21 | 839 | 59 | 14.2:1 | 14% (114) |
| 2017-18 | 953 | 58 | 16.4:1 | 9% (88) |
| 2015-16 | 682 | 45 | 15.2:1 | 14% (94) |
| 2010-11 | 833 | 50 | 16.7:1 | 10% (80) |
| 2000-01 | 904 | 66 | 13.7:1 | 5% (44) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Gold Hill Elementary.
Since 2017-18: students down 14% (953 to 815); teachers up 12% (58 to 65).
About Gold Hill Elementary
Gold Hill Elementary is a high-enrollment elementary school with its address in Tega Cay, South Carolina. Grades offered run from kindergarten through 5, with 815 students enrolled. For comparison, elementary schools in South Carolina average about 526 students.
York 04 counts 20 schools and 18,445 students, including Gold Hill Elementary.
Enrollment at Gold Hill Elementary is mixed, with White students the largest group at 36%. Other reported shares: 33% Asian, 13% Hispanic, 10% Black, and 8% multiracial. That compares with about 68% White among all York County residents. By the diversity index, Gold Hill Elementary comes in at 73%.
Federal data list 65 full-time-equivalent teachers at Gold Hill Elementary in 2024-25, for a ratio of 12.5:1. Among elementary schools in South Carolina, the typical ratio is 13.3:1.
allk12 grades Gold Hill Elementary an A+. The grade compares the school only with South Carolina public elementary schools, because each state gives its own test.
Across York County, median household income is about $89,095, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 39% of adults, and the poverty rate is about 6%. The public schools of York County number 69 and enroll about 52,364.
The school nearest to Gold Hill Elementary is Gold Hill Middle, at a distance of about 0.1 miles. Counting only straight-line distance, at least 8 other public schools are within five miles.
NCES lists the school's locale as Suburb: Mid-size. That means it sits in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population between 100,000 and 250,000.
From 2020-21 to 2024-25, Gold Hill Elementary went from 839 students to 815. The student-to-teacher ratio went down from 14.2:1 to 12.5:1.
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York County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
293,673
Census ACS
Median income
$89,095
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
39%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
6%
Below federal line
Schools in county
69
52,364 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in York 04
- Fort Mill HighHigh · 2,115 students
- Nation Ford HighHigh · 1,921 students
- Catawba Ridge High SchoolHigh · 1,704 students
- Pleasant Knoll MiddleMiddle · 916 students
- Gold Hill MiddleMiddle · 877 students
- Kings Town ElementaryElementary · 809 students
Other schools in Tega Cay
- Gold Hill MiddleMiddle · 877 students
- Tega Cay ElementaryElementary · 743 students
Other Gold Hill Elementary schools
One other US public school is named Gold Hill Elementary. Gold Hill Elementary is the largest of the 2.
- Gold Hill Elementary SchoolGOLD HILL, CO · 10 students
Nearby schools
- Gold Hill Middle0.1 mi · 877
- Tega Cay Elementary1.3 mi · 743
- Pleasant Knoll Elementary1.4 mi · 774
- Pleasant Knoll Middle1.5 mi · 916
- Orchard Park Elementary1.5 mi · 555
- Fort Mill High2.3 mi · 2,115
Frequently asked questions
About Gold Hill ElementaryWhat is the total enrollment at Gold Hill Elementary?
Gold Hill Elementary enrolls approximately 815 students in grades KG-05.
Is Gold Hill Elementary an elementary, middle, or high school?
Gold Hill Elementary is an elementary school covering grades KG-05.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Gold Hill Elementary?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Gold Hill Elementary is approximately 12.5:1 (65 FTE teachers).
How diverse is Gold Hill Elementary?
Gold Hill Elementary reports a student body of 36% White, 13% Hispanic, 10% Black, 33% Asian, 8% Two or more.
Who oversees Gold Hill Elementary?
Gold Hill Elementary is overseen by York 04 in York County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.