Jackson Creek Elementary

Jackson Creek Elementary is one of the medium-sized K-5 schools in Columbia, South Carolina, part of Richland 02, with 551 students on its rolls from grades pre-K through 5.

Jackson Creek Elementary is one of 32 schools operated by Richland 02, a district that educates 28,841 students overall.

On demographics, Jackson Creek Elementary lists that Black students make up the majority at 77%; the rest comes out to 14% Hispanic, 7% multiracial. The wider county runs roughly 47% Black, putting the school's mix noticeably more Black than the area baseline.

On the resource side, Jackson Creek Elementary shows 50 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 10.9:1. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 13.3:1 average.

Zooming out to the county, ACS estimates for Richland County put median household earnings sit near $63,784, about 41% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and the poverty rate sits near 12%. Jackson Creek Elementary is one of 104 public schools in Richland County (combined enrollment of about 60,410 students).

The closest other public school is Dent Middle, roughly 0.4 miles away. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools.

The school occupies an outer-ring site.

Over the past 7-year window. Jackson Creek Elementary's enrollment has edged down 13% since 2018, when it stood at 634 (now 551). Class-load math has pulled in: from 14.7:1 in 2018 to 10.9:1 in 2025.

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