Greendale Elementary

Greendale Elementary operates as a low-enrollment elementary campus in New Ellenton, South Carolina, overseen by Aiken 01. Current enrollment sits at 333 students spanning grades pre-K through 5. That puts it 37% below the typical public school in South Carolina, which averages around 526 students.

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

In terms of who attends, Greendale Elementary logs that the largest single group is Black at 37%, but no single group is in the majority; the rest comes out to 36% White, 14% Hispanic, 12% multiracial. The wider county runs roughly 24% Black, putting the school's mix considerably more Black than the area baseline.

On the resource side, On paper, Greendale Elementary has 25 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 13.6:1. The state averages about 13.3:1, putting this campus right in line with peers.

Across the wider county, community-level numbers for Aiken County indicate median household earnings sit near $70,609, about 32% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and the poverty rate sits near 10%. Across Aiken County's 42 public schools (combined enrollment of about 24,280 students), Greendale Elementary is one campus in the mix.

Nearest neighbor: New Ellenton STEAM Magnet Middle, around 0.7 miles off. Counting just inside five miles, 2 other public schools cluster around Greendale Elementary.

The school occupies a countryside site.

Five-year trend. Greendale Elementary's enrollment has decreased 20% since 2018, when it stood at 417 (now 333).

On the community side, the feed for Greendale Elementary typically covers open house dates, ride-share offers, and field-trip permission slips. Contributors range from current parents to recent graduates and teachers.