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Parents: what's one thing you'd want the Jesse Boyd Elementary administration to hear?
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Enrollment
549
Elementary
DISTRICT 556 · STATE 526
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·SPARTANBURG 07·NCES 450366001040
Jesse Boyd Elementary
1505 Fernwood Glendale Road, Spartanburg, SC 29307 · (864) 594-4430 · Spartanburg County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY13-CITYREGULAR SCHOOL549 STUDENTS
B+
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Scored higher than 70% of South Carolina public elementary schools
- B+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
11.4:1
48 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 11.6:1 · STATE 13.3:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
,
Title I proxy
DISTRICT 100% · 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 | 34 | 6% |
| Kindergarten | 77 | 14% |
| Grade 1 | 84 | 15% |
| Grade 2 | 84 | 15% |
| Grade 3 | 98 | 18% |
| Grade 4 | 81 | 15% |
| Grade 5 | 91 | 17% |
This year's kindergarten class (77) is 15% smaller than its 5th grade class (91).
Student demographics
56%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 66% · 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
70.5%
SC avg 59.7% . +5.3pp since 2023
Math
56.7%
SC avg 44.2% . -1.3pp since 2023
What this means: On the SC READY, South Carolina's statewide test, about 71 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 57 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 5 points since 2023, while math scores are down about 1 points.
SC READY results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 70.5% | 56.7% |
| 2023-24 | 65.2% | 58.0% |
% Meets or Exceeds Expectations, all students and all tested grades.
Source: SC READY. All students, all grades. See all years and grades →
Where Jesse Boyd Elementary ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In South Carolina | In Spartanburg County |
|---|---|---|---|
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 56.7% | #229 of 635 ▼ 39 | #21 of 44 ▼ 5 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 70.5% | #182 of 635 ▼ 27 | #15 of 44 ▼ 7 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 549 | #296 of 709 | #27 of 51 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 11.4:1 | #96 of 656 | #7 of 49 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 56.0% | #372 of 656 | #23 of 49 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +16.8% | #54 of 187 | #7 of 26 |
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
549
+115 (+26%) vs 2020
-21% since 1990-91, when it was 694
Student : Teacher
11.4:1
was 11.7:1
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 | 549 | 48.3 | 11.4:1 | N/A |
| 2023-24 | 550 | 44.6 | 12.3:1 | 51% (278) |
| 2022-23 | 495 | 41.4 | 12.0:1 | 57% (283) |
| 2020-21 | 434 | 37 | 11.7:1 | 45% (194) |
| 2017-18 | 470 | 38.6 | 12.2:1 | 43% (204) |
| 2015-16 | 438 | 36 | 12.2:1 | 45% (196) |
| 2010-11 | 524 | 46 | 11.4:1 | 43% (224) |
| 2000-01 | 647 | 45 | 14.4:1 | 42% (273) |
| 1990-91 | 694 | 41 | 16.9:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Jesse Boyd Elementary.
Since 2017-18: students up 17% (470 to 549); teachers up 25% (38.6 to 48.3).
About Jesse Boyd Elementary
Federal records list Jesse Boyd Elementary as an elementary school in Spartanburg, South Carolina. It is open to students in pre-K through 5 and enrolls 549 students.
Jesse Boyd Elementary is part of a district of 10 schools: Spartanburg 07, with 7,624 students.
The share of White students at Jesse Boyd Elementary is 61%, a majority. Smaller groups are 23% Black, 7% multiracial, and 6% Hispanic. On a 0 to 100 scale, the school's diversity index is 56, compared with 70 nationally.
Jesse Boyd Elementary has 48.3 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of about 11.4:1. The school's 11.4:1 compares with an average of 13.3:1 for elementary schools in South Carolina.
Jesse Boyd Elementary earns a B+ on the allk12 Grade, which blends test scores, results against poverty-based expectations, and the three-year trend. It scored higher than 70% of South Carolina public elementary schools.
In Spartanburg County, home to about 347,852 people, the median household earns about $66,234 a year, roughly 25% of adults have a four-year degree or more, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 11%. Jesse Boyd Elementary shares Spartanburg County with 87 other public schools.
Among nearby public schools, McCracken Middle is closest at about 1.4 miles. There are at least 8 more public schools inside five miles.
Federal data place Jesse Boyd Elementary in the City: Small locale, which means it is inside a principal city with a population under 100,000.
Since 2020-21, enrollment has grown 26%, from 434 to 549.
The allk12 page for Jesse Boyd Elementary lets the school community talk about pickup and drop-off, after-school programs, and teacher feedback. You can also rate the school on this page.
Spartanburg County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
347,852
Census ACS
Median income
$66,234
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
25%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
11%
Below federal line
Schools in county
88
58,477 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Spartanburg 07
- Spartanburg HighHigh · 2,164 students
- McCracken MiddleMiddle · 937 students
- Drayton Mills ElementaryElementary · 810 students
- Carver MiddleMiddle · 633 students
- Pine St. ElementaryElementary · 631 students
- E. P. Todd SchoolElementary · 559 students
Other schools in Spartanburg
- Spartanburg HighHigh · 2,164 students
- High Point AcademyCombined · 1,208 students
- Fairforest MiddleMiddle · 1,007 students
- McCracken MiddleMiddle · 937 students
- Broome HighHigh · 865 students
- Drayton Mills ElementaryElementary · 810 students
Nearby schools
- McCracken Middle1.4 mi · 937
- Spartanburg High1.5 mi · 2,164
- Drayton Mills Elementary1.6 mi · 810
- Pine St. Elementary2.1 mi · 631
- Clifdale Middle2.7 mi · 605
- Broome High2.8 mi · 865
Frequently asked questions
About Jesse Boyd ElementaryHow large is Jesse Boyd Elementary?
Jesse Boyd Elementary enrolls approximately 549 students in grades PK-05.
What age range does Jesse Boyd Elementary serve?
Jesse Boyd Elementary serves students from grade PK through grade 05.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Jesse Boyd Elementary?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Jesse Boyd Elementary is approximately 11.4:1 (48 FTE teachers).
What is the student diversity at Jesse Boyd Elementary?
Student demographics at Jesse Boyd Elementary are roughly 61% White, 6% Hispanic, 23% Black, 1% Asian, 7% Two or more.
Is Jesse Boyd Elementary public or private?
Jesse Boyd Elementary is a public K-12 school, overseen by Spartanburg 07.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.