Grassy Pond Elementary

Grassy Pond Elementary is a K-5 school of medium-sized scale in Gaffney, South Carolina, one of the schools within Cherokee 01, works with 519 students in grades pre-K through 5.

Cherokee 01 runs 14 schools in total, collectively educating 7,525 students. Grassy Pond Elementary is one of those campuses.

Looking at the student body, Grassy Pond Elementary records that the largest single group is White, at 63% of enrollment. Beyond that, the school records 20% Black, 14% Hispanic, 3% multiracial.

In terms of school funding signals, Staff filings list 33 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 15.5:1 students per teacher. The state averages around 13.3:1, so this campus is higher than the state norm typical.

Around the school, community-level numbers for Cherokee County indicate median household income runs about $50,288, roughly 18% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and roughly 12% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Across Cherokee County's 17 public schools (combined enrollment of about 8,402 students), Grassy Pond Elementary is one campus in the mix.

Nearest neighbor: Luther L. Vaughan Elementary, around 2.9 miles off. Counting just inside five miles, 4 other public schools cluster around Grassy Pond Elementary.

The campus sits in an outlying setting.

Looking at the recent track record. Over the past 7-year window, the student count declined 7%: 558 students in 2018 compared to 519 in 2025. Over the same period, the Hispanic share edged up from 10% to 14%. The student-to-teacher ratio pulled in from 16.7:1 in 2018 to 15.5:1 today.

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