Lemira Elementary

Lemira Elementary, a small K-5 school in Sumter, South Carolina, one of the schools within Sumter 01, enrolls 342 students, covering grades pre-K through 5. By comparison, South Carolina's public schools average about 526 students each, so Lemira Elementary sits 35% leaner than that benchmark.

Sumter 01 runs 24 schools in total, collectively educating 13,871 students. Lemira Elementary is one of those campuses.

On demographics, Lemira Elementary shows that nearly all students (84%) are Black. Beyond that, the school shows 9% Hispanic, 4% multiracial, 3% White. The wider county runs roughly 46% Black, putting the school's mix visibly more Black than the area baseline.

In terms of school funding signals, Lemira Elementary logs 28 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 12.2:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 13.3:1, putting Lemira Elementary tighter than the state norm the norm.

In the area at large, the surrounding county (Sumter County) shows that median household income runs about $56,693, roughly 24% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 13%. In all, Sumter County runs 27 public schools (combined enrollment of about 14,608 students), of which Lemira Elementary is one.

Nearest neighbor: Wilder Elementary, around 1.4 miles off. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools.

Lemira Elementary operates from an inner-city location.

Over the past 7-year window. Over the past 7-year window, the student count declined 35%: 525 students in 2018 compared to 342 in 2025. Class-load math has fell: from 15.4:1 in 2018 to 12.2:1 in 2025.

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