Lake Carolina Elementary Lower Campus

The public elementary school Lake Carolina Elementary Lower Campus is located in Blythewood, South Carolina. Its 531 students are spread across pre-K through 2.

Richland 02 is the district for Lake Carolina Elementary Lower Campus. It has 32 schools and 28,841 students.

Enrollment at Lake Carolina Elementary Lower Campus is mixed, with Black students the largest group at 47%. After that, the student body is 27% White, 13% Hispanic, 11% multiracial, and 2% Asian. For comparison, Richland County is about 47% Black. Lake Carolina Elementary Lower Campus has a diversity index of 68%, compared with 70% for all US public school students.

Teachers at Lake Carolina Elementary Lower Campus total 39.1 full-time equivalents, and the ratio is 13.6:1. Across elementary schools in South Carolina, the average ratio is about 13.3:1.

Recent Census Bureau figures for Richland County show that median household income is about $63,784, roughly 41% of adults have a four-year degree or more, and about 12% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Federal data list 104 public schools in Richland County, with a combined enrollment of about 60,410.

The nearest other public school, Kelly Mill Middle, is about 0.1 miles away. In all, at least 8 other public schools sit within five miles of Lake Carolina Elementary Lower Campus.

Lake Carolina Elementary Lower Campus falls in the Suburb: Large locale category, used for schools in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more.

A comparison of 2020-21 and 2024-25 shows enrollment up 28%, from 415 to 531.

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