Graniteville Elementary

Graniteville Elementary is a K-5 school of tight-knit scale in Graniteville, South Carolina, operated by Aiken 01, serveing 417 students in grades pre-K through 5. By comparison, South Carolina's public schools average about 526 students each, so Graniteville Elementary sits 21% below that benchmark.

Aiken 01 runs 40 schools in total, collectively educating 22,916 students. Graniteville Elementary is one of those campuses.

On demographics, Graniteville Elementary records that 41% of students identify as White, with the remaining enrollment distributed across several groups. Other groups include 32% Black, 19% Hispanic, 7% multiracial. By comparison, Aiken County as a whole is about 65% White, so the school skews noticeably less White than its surroundings.

Looking at the economic backdrop, Staff filings list 30 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 13.9:1 students per teacher. That tracks the state average closely.

In the area at large, census data for Aiken County shows median household income runs about $70,609, roughly 32% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and roughly 10% of residents live below the federal poverty line. In all, Aiken County runs 42 public schools (combined enrollment of about 24,280 students), of which Graniteville Elementary is one.

Nearest neighbor: Byrd Elementary, around 1.1 miles off. Counting just inside five miles, 7 other public schools cluster around Graniteville Elementary.

Geographically, the school is in a low-density area.

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