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What's one thing H. B. Rhame Elementary gets right about preparing students for what comes next?
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Enrollment
418
Elementary
DISTRICT 380 · STATE 526
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·RICHLAND 01·NCES 450336000932
H. B. Rhame Elementary
1300 Arrowwood Drive, Columbia, SC 29210 · (803) 731-8900 · Richland County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY12-CITYREGULAR SCHOOL418 STUDENTS
C-
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Scored higher than 23% of South Carolina public elementary schools
- C-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
13.9:1
30 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 12.6:1 · 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Pre-K | 35 | 8% |
| Kindergarten | 68 | 16% |
| Grade 1 | 59 | 14% |
| Grade 2 | 59 | 14% |
| Grade 3 | 72 | 17% |
| Grade 4 | 52 | 12% |
| Grade 5 | 73 | 17% |
This year's kindergarten class (68) is 7% smaller than its 5th grade class (73).
Student demographics
24%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 52% · 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
52.0%
SC avg 59.7% . +17.0pp since 2023
Math
34.2%
SC avg 44.2% . +5.3pp since 2023
What this means: On the SC READY, South Carolina's statewide test, about 52 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 34 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 17 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 5 points.
SC READY results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 52.0% | 34.2% |
| 2023-24 | 35.0% | 28.9% |
% Meets or Exceeds Expectations, all students and all tested grades.
Source: SC READY. All students, all grades. See all years and grades →
Where H. B. Rhame Elementary ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In South Carolina | In Richland County |
|---|---|---|---|
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 34.2% | #492 of 635 ▲ 30 | #38 of 57 ▲ 10 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 52.0% | #425 of 635 ▲ 109 | #31 of 57 ▲ 17 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 418 | #465 of 709 | #38 of 59 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 13.9:1 | #381 of 656 | #43 of 57 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 24.4% | #621 of 656 | #51 of 57 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -6.3% | #295 of 395 | #28 of 42 |
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
418
-52 (-11%) vs 2020
0% since 1990-91, when it was 418
Student : Teacher
13.9:1
was 13.8:1
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 | 418 | 30 | 13.9:1 | N/A |
| 2023-24 | 470 | 31 | 15.2:1 | 100% (470) |
| 2022-23 | 446 | 29.5 | 15.1:1 | 100% (446) |
| 2020-21 | 470 | 34 | 13.8:1 | 100% (470) |
| 2017-18 | 446 | 34 | 13.1:1 | 100% (446) |
| 2015-16 | 431 | 29 | 14.9:1 | 100% (431) |
| 2010-11 | 467 | 28 | 16.7:1 | 85% (399) |
| 2000-01 | 429 | 34 | 12.6:1 | 66% (285) |
| 1990-91 | 418 | 25 | 16.7:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for H. B. Rhame Elementary.
Since 2017-18: students down 6% (446 to 418); teachers down 12% (34 to 30).
About H. B. Rhame Elementary
H. B. Rhame Elementary is one of the public schools in Columbia, South Carolina. It is a low-enrollment elementary school. Its 418 students are spread across pre-K through 5. The school's enrollment is 21% smaller than the 526 average for elementary schools in South Carolina.
Richland 01 runs 47 schools with a combined 21,814 students. H. B. Rhame Elementary is one of them.
H. B. Rhame Elementary enrolls a student body that is 87% Black. After that, the student body is 5% multiracial, 5% Hispanic, and 4% White. Census figures show Richland County is about 47% Black. H. B. Rhame Elementary has a diversity index of 24%, compared with 70% for all US public school students.
Teacher staffing is 30 full-time equivalents, or about 13.9 students per teacher. Elementary schools in South Carolina have a similar average ratio of 13.3:1.
H. B. Rhame Elementary is graded C- by allk12, scoring above 23% of South Carolina public elementary schools once test results, poverty-adjusted performance, and the recent trend are combined.
Recent Census Bureau figures for Richland County show that median household income is about $63,784, roughly 41% of adults have a four-year degree or more, and about 12% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Federal data list 104 public schools in Richland County, with a combined enrollment of about 60,410.
St. Andrews Middle is the closest public school, less than a tenth of a mile away in a straight line. There are at least 8 more public schools inside five miles.
H. B. Rhame Elementary is coded as City: Mid-size in federal locale data.
H. B. Rhame Elementary had 470 students in 2020-21 and 418 in 2024-25, an 11% decrease.
Conversations here can range across science fairs, picture day, and bus routes. Posting is open to anyone connected to the school.
Richland County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
422,117
Census ACS
Median income
$63,784
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
41%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
12%
Below federal line
Schools in county
104
60,410 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Richland 01
- A. C. Flora HighHigh · 1,328 students
- Lower Richland HighHigh · 1,218 students
- Dreher HighHigh · 1,144 students
- Crayton MiddleMiddle · 952 students
- Brennen ElementaryElementary · 805 students
- Hand MiddleMiddle · 755 students
Other schools in Columbia
- SC Connections AcademyCombined · 6,152 students
- Spring Valley HighHigh · 2,230 students
- Carolus Online AcademyCombined · 1,786 students
- Ridge View HighHigh · 1,631 students
- Richland Northeast HighHigh · 1,340 students
- A. C. Flora HighHigh · 1,328 students
Nearby schools
- St. Andrews Middle0.1 mi · 627
- Sandel Elementary1.5 mi · 479
- Edward E. Taylor Elementary1.5 mi · 217
- Riverbank Elementary1.7 mi · 996
- Columbia High1.7 mi · 681
- Saluda River Academy for the Arts1.7 mi · 400
Frequently asked questions
About H. B. Rhame ElementaryHow many students attend H. B. Rhame Elementary?
H. B. Rhame Elementary enrolls approximately 418 students in grades PK-05.
What grades does H. B. Rhame Elementary serve?
H. B. Rhame Elementary serves grades PK-05.
How many students per teacher at H. B. Rhame Elementary?
Approximately 13.9:1 students per teacher at H. B. Rhame Elementary.
What is the racial breakdown of students at H. B. Rhame Elementary?
At H. B. Rhame Elementary, the student body is approximately 4% White, 5% Hispanic, 87% Black, 5% Two or more.
Is H. B. Rhame Elementary public or private?
H. B. Rhame Elementary is a public K-12 school, overseen by Richland 01.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.