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Teachers: what resource would make the biggest difference at Kensington Elementary this year?
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Enrollment
548
Elementary
DISTRICT 358 · STATE 526
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·GEORGETOWN 01·NCES 450228000473
Kensington Elementary
86 Kensington Boulevard, Georgetown, SC 29440 · (843) 546-8511 · Georgetown County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY32-TOWNREGULAR SCHOOL548 STUDENTS
C+
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Scored higher than 44% 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
13.5:1
41 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 11.2:1 · 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 | 37 | 7% |
| Kindergarten | 77 | 14% |
| Grade 1 | 90 | 16% |
| Grade 2 | 91 | 17% |
| Grade 3 | 85 | 16% |
| Grade 4 | 76 | 14% |
| Grade 5 | 92 | 17% |
This year's kindergarten class (77) is 16% smaller than its 5th grade class (92).
Student demographics
60%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 60% · 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
63.7%
SC avg 59.7% . +13.7pp since 2023
Math
45.7%
SC avg 44.2% . +0.2pp since 2023
What this means: On the SC READY, South Carolina's statewide test, about 64 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 46 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 14 points since 2023, while math scores have held steady.
SC READY results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 63.7% | 45.7% |
| 2023-24 | 50.0% | 45.5% |
% Meets or Exceeds Expectations, all students and all tested grades.
Source: SC READY. All students, all grades. See all years and grades →
Where Kensington Elementary ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In South Carolina | In Georgetown County |
|---|---|---|---|
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 45.7% | #365 of 635 ▼ 27 | #3 of 9 no change |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 63.7% | #271 of 635 ▲ 78 | #3 of 9 ▲ 1 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 548 | #299 of 709 | #2 of 10 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 13.5:1 | #333 of 656 | #8 of 8 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 60.1% | #284 of 656 | #3 of 8 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -13.6% | #194 of 395 | #6 of 8 |
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
548
+41 (+8%) vs 2020
-28% since 1990-91, when it was 758
Student : Teacher
13.5:1
was 11.3:1
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 | 548 | 40.6 | 13.5:1 | N/A |
| 2023-24 | 565 | 47 | 12.0:1 | 100% (565) |
| 2022-23 | 555 | 41 | 13.5:1 | 100% (555) |
| 2020-21 | 507 | 45 | 11.3:1 | 100% (507) |
| 2017-18 | 634 | 45 | 14.1:1 | 100% (634) |
| 2015-16 | 626 | 46 | 13.6:1 | 100% (626) |
| 2010-11 | 734 | 45 | 16.3:1 | 62% (458) |
| 2000-01 | 612 | 52 | 11.8:1 | 52% (318) |
| 1990-91 | 758 | 39 | 19.4:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Kensington Elementary.
Since 2017-18: students down 14% (634 to 548); teachers down 10% (45 to 40.6).
About Kensington Elementary
Kensington Elementary is a public elementary school run by Georgetown 01 in Georgetown, South Carolina. Classes run from pre-K through 5, and the school has 548 students.
Georgetown 01 has 19 schools and 8,208 students, and Kensington Elementary is one of those schools.
White students make up a majority at Kensington Elementary, at 53%. The remaining shares are 32% Black, 9% Hispanic, and 4% multiracial. Census estimates put the White share of Georgetown County's population at about 66%. Pick two students at random and there is a 60% chance they belong to different racial or ethnic groups; that figure is the school's diversity index.
Its teaching staff equals 40.6 full-time positions, a ratio of 13.5:1. That matches the 13.3:1 average for elementary schools in South Carolina fairly closely.
Measured against South Carolina public elementary schools, Kensington Elementary receives a C+. The grade weighs proficiency most heavily, then how results compare with what the school's low-income share predicts, then the three-year change.
Recent Census Bureau figures for Georgetown County show that the median household income is $68,713, roughly 33% of adults have a four-year degree or more, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 11%. Kensington Elementary is one of 19 public schools in the county.
The nearest other public school, Georgetown Middle, is about 1.1 miles away. There are 4 more public schools inside five miles.
NCES lists the school's locale as Town: Distant. That means it sits in a town some distance from an urbanized area.
The school enrolled 548 students in 2024-25, 41 more than the 507 it had in 2020-21. Staffing shifted too: the ratio moved from 11.3:1 to 13.5:1.
Posts about science fairs, picture day, and bus routes are welcome on this page. Questions from prospective families are welcome too.
Georgetown County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
64,811
Census ACS
Median income
$68,713
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
33%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
11%
Below federal line
Schools in county
19
8,208 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Georgetown 01
- Georgetown HighHigh · 918 students
- Waccamaw HighHigh · 808 students
- Georgetown MiddleMiddle · 671 students
- Andrews ElementaryElementary · 604 students
- Waccamaw ElementaryElementary · 543 students
- Andrews HighHigh · 471 students
Other schools in Georgetown
- Georgetown HighHigh · 918 students
- Georgetown MiddleMiddle · 671 students
- Maryville ElementaryElementary · 444 students
- McDonald ElementaryElementary · 389 students
- Sampit ElementaryElementary · 270 students
- Brown's Ferry Elementary School for the Creative and PerformElementary · 163 students
Other Kensington Elementary schools
3 other US public schools in 4 states are named Kensington Elementary. Kensington Elementary is the 2nd largest of the 4.
- Kensington ElementaryWaxhaw, NC · 901 students
- Kensington ElementaryKensington, CA · 473 students
- Kensington Elementary SchoolKensington, NH · 142 students
Nearby schools
- Georgetown Middle1.1 mi · 671
- Georgetown High1.2 mi · 918
- McDonald Elementary1.8 mi · 389
- Maryville Elementary4.0 mi · 444
- Coastal Montessori Charter6.8 mi · 242
- Brown's Ferry Elementary School for the Creative and Perform8.1 mi · 163
Frequently asked questions
About Kensington ElementaryHow large is Kensington Elementary?
Kensington Elementary enrolls approximately 548 students in grades PK-05.
What age range does Kensington Elementary serve?
Kensington Elementary serves students from grade PK through grade 05.
How many teachers does Kensington Elementary have?
Kensington Elementary employs 41 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 13.5:1.
How diverse is Kensington Elementary?
Kensington Elementary reports a student body of 53% White, 9% Hispanic, 32% Black, 1% Asian, 4% Two or more.
What district is Kensington Elementary in?
Kensington Elementary is part of Georgetown 01.
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