Irmo Elementary

Irmo Elementary is a K-5 school of mid-tier scale in Irmo, South Carolina, one of the schools within Lexington 05, educateing 487 students in grades pre-K through 5.

Lexington 05 runs 22 schools in total, collectively educating 17,053 students. Irmo Elementary is one of those campuses.

On the student-mix side, Irmo Elementary lists that White students make up the majority at 58%. Other groups include 23% Black, 9% Hispanic, 7% multiracial. The wider county runs roughly 72% White, putting the school's mix noticeably less White than the area baseline.

In terms of school funding signals, On paper, Irmo Elementary has 41 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 12.0:1. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 13.3:1 average.

Zooming out to the county, census data for Lexington County shows median household earnings sit near $77,408, roughly 34% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and roughly 9% of residents live below the federal poverty line. In all, Lexington County runs 76 public schools (combined enrollment of about 64,555 students), of which Irmo Elementary is one.

Nearest neighbor: CrossRoads Intermediate, around 0.9 miles off. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius.

Geographically, the school is in a commuter-belt area.

Five-year trend. Irmo Elementary's enrollment has shrank 14% since 2018, when it stood at 566 (now 487). Over the same period, the White share contracted from 67% to 58%.

Within the allk12 community for this school, posts here usually surface around science fair prep, picture-day reminders, and bus-route questions. Anyone with firsthand experience at this school can post or comment.