Lake Murray Elementary

Lake Murray Elementary is a primary school of substantial scale in Lexington, South Carolina, run under Lexington 01, works with 813 students in grades pre-K through 5. That puts it 55% larger than the typical public school in South Carolina, which averages around 526 students.

Across the 31 schools in Lexington 01 (27,074 students total), Lake Murray Elementary accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

For racial and ethnic makeup, Lake Murray Elementary reports that the largest single group is White, at 75% of enrollment. Beyond that, the school lists 8% Black, 7% Asian, 5% multiracial, 5% Hispanic. That composition is broadly in line with Lexington County as a whole.

On the resource side, Staff filings list 60 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 13.5:1 students per teacher. The state averages about 13.3:1, putting this campus right in line with peers.

In the surrounding community, census data for Lexington County shows the typical household earns roughly $77,408 per year, about 34% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 9%. Lake Murray Elementary is one of 76 public schools in Lexington County (combined enrollment of about 64,555 students).

Nearest neighbor: Lexington High, around 1.2 miles off. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Lake Murray Elementary.

The campus sits in a commuter-belt setting.

Trend over the last 7 years. Lake Murray Elementary's enrollment has rose 6% since 2018, when it stood at 767 (now 813). Over the same period, the White share contracted from 81% to 75%. The student-to-teacher ratio fell from 16.2:1 in 2018 to 13.5:1 today.

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