Enrollment
364
Elementary
DISTRICT 523 · STATE 526
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·SPARTANBURG 06·NCES 450363001031
Jesse S. Bobo Elementary
495 Powell Mill Road, Spartanburg, SC 29301 · (864) 576-2085 · Spartanburg County
GRADES KG–05ELEMENTARY13-CITYREGULAR SCHOOL364 STUDENTS
D
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 7% of South Carolina public elementary schools
- DTest 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
12.6:1
29 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 12.7:1 · STATE 13.3:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
,
Title I proxy
STATE 77%
Community
0
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Kindergarten | 57 | 16% |
| Grade 1 | 62 | 17% |
| Grade 2 | 53 | 15% |
| Grade 3 | 69 | 19% |
| Grade 4 | 62 | 17% |
| Grade 5 | 61 | 17% |
This year's kindergarten class (57) is 7% smaller than its 5th grade class (61).
Student demographics
58%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 72% · 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
32.7%
SC avg 59.7% . +1.2pp since 2023
Math
25.6%
SC avg 44.2% . -6.2pp since 2023
What this means: On the SC READY, South Carolina's statewide test, about 33 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 26 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 1 points since 2023, while math scores are down about 6 points.
SC READY results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 32.7% | 25.6% |
| 2023-24 | 31.5% | 31.8% |
% Meets or Exceeds Expectations, all students and all tested grades.
Source: SC READY. All students, all grades. See all years and grades →
Where Jesse S. Bobo Elementary ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In South Carolina | In Spartanburg County |
|---|---|---|---|
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 25.6% | #586 of 635 ▼ 99 | #44 of 44 ▼ 4 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 32.7% | #614 of 635 ▼ 44 | #44 of 44 ▼ 2 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 364 | #525 of 709 | #44 of 51 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 12.6:1 | #198 of 656 | #20 of 49 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 58.3% | #329 of 656 | #19 of 49 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -23.5% | #83 of 395 | #3 of 12 |
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
364
-32 (-8%) vs 2020
+11% since 1990-91, when it was 327
Student : Teacher
12.6:1
was 12.0:1
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 | 364 | 29 | 12.6:1 | N/A |
| 2023-24 | 380 | 28 | 13.6:1 | 100% (380) |
| 2022-23 | 381 | 29 | 13.1:1 | 100% (381) |
| 2020-21 | 396 | 33 | 12.0:1 | 100% (396) |
| 2017-18 | 476 | 34 | 14.0:1 | 100% (476) |
| 2015-16 | 520 | 51 | 10.2:1 | 87% (450) |
| 2010-11 | 593 | 35 | 16.9:1 | 56% (330) |
| 2000-01 | 490 | 30 | 16.3:1 | 59% (288) |
| 1990-91 | 327 | 22 | 14.9:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Jesse S. Bobo Elementary.
Since 2017-18: students down 24% (476 to 364); teachers down 15% (34 to 29).
About Jesse S. Bobo Elementary
Jesse S. Bobo Elementary serves students in Spartanburg, South Carolina, as a small elementary school. Enrollment stands at 364 students, covering kindergarten through 5. It has 31% fewer students than the average for elementary schools in South Carolina (about 526).
The Spartanburg 06 system has 14 schools and 11,714 students.
About 59% of the student body at Jesse S. Bobo Elementary is Black. Other groups include 23% Hispanic, 9% multiracial, and 7% White. By comparison, Spartanburg County residents are about 19% Black. A diversity index of 58% means there is a 58% chance two randomly chosen students at Jesse S. Bobo Elementary are from different groups.
Jesse S. Bobo Elementary lists 29 full-time-equivalent teachers; that is about 12.6 students per teacher. Across elementary schools in South Carolina, the average ratio is 13.3:1.
Jesse S. Bobo Elementary earns a D on the allk12 Grade, which blends test scores, results against poverty-based expectations, and the three-year trend. It scored higher than 7% of South Carolina public elementary schools.
The school is in Spartanburg County, where the median household earns about $66,234 a year, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 25% of adults, and the poverty rate is about 11%. Across Spartanburg County, 88 public schools serve about 58,477 students.
A public school about 1.3 miles away, Arcadia Elementary, is the closest to Jesse S. Bobo Elementary. The count of other public schools within five miles is at least 8.
Jesse S. Bobo Elementary is coded as City: Small in federal locale data.
Federal enrollment counts fell from 396 (2020-21) to 364 (2024-25).
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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
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Frequently asked questions
About Jesse S. Bobo ElementaryHow large is Jesse S. Bobo Elementary?
Jesse S. Bobo Elementary enrolls approximately 364 students in grades KG-05.
What age range does Jesse S. Bobo Elementary serve?
Jesse S. Bobo Elementary serves students from grade KG through grade 05.
How many students per teacher at Jesse S. Bobo Elementary?
Approximately 12.6:1 students per teacher at Jesse S. Bobo Elementary.
What is the racial breakdown of students at Jesse S. Bobo Elementary?
At Jesse S. Bobo Elementary, the student body is approximately 7% White, 23% Hispanic, 59% Black, 1% Asian, 9% Two or more.
Is Jesse S. Bobo Elementary public or private?
Jesse S. Bobo Elementary is a public K-12 school, overseen by Spartanburg 06.
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