Keowee Elementary

Keowee Elementary is a primary school of tight-knit scale in Seneca, South Carolina, operated by Oconee 01, caters to 305 students in grades pre-K through 5. That puts it 42% below the typical public school in South Carolina, which averages around 526 students.

Oconee 01 comprises 16 schools with combined enrollment of 9,978 students; Keowee Elementary is among them.

On demographics, Keowee Elementary logs that nearly all students (88%) are White. Other groups include 7% Hispanic, 4% multiracial. That mix tracks the wider county fairly closely.

On the income-and-resources front, On paper, Keowee Elementary has 28 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 10.9:1. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 13.3:1 average.

Across the wider county, ACS estimates for Oconee County put median household income runs about $62,388, roughly 29% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and the poverty rate sits near 12%. Across Oconee County's 17 public schools (combined enrollment of about 9,978 students), Keowee Elementary is one campus in the mix.

The closest other public school is Walhalla Elementary, roughly 4.1 miles away. Within five miles, there are 2 other public schools.

The campus sits in a small-town setting.

Five-year trend. Over the past 7-year window, the student count fell 23%: 396 students in 2018 compared to 305 in 2025. Over the same period, the White share fell from 94% to 88%. The student-to-teacher ratio pulled in from 12.0:1 in 2018 to 10.9:1 today.

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