Little Mountain Elementary

Little Mountain Elementary operates as a tight-knit K-5 school in Little Mountain, South Carolina, operated by Newberry 01. Current enrollment sits at 367 students spanning grades pre-K through 5. Enrollment runs roughly 30% leaner than the state mean of about 526.

Newberry 01 runs 13 schools in total, collectively educating 5,714 students. Little Mountain Elementary is one of those campuses.

On the student-mix side, Little Mountain Elementary reports that the largest single group is White, at 75% of enrollment. The remainder is composed of 14% Black, 5% Hispanic, 5% multiracial. That is visibly more White than the county at large, where the share is closer to 62%.

On the income-and-resources front, On paper, Little Mountain Elementary has 29 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 12.7:1. That tracks the state average closely.

In the surrounding community, the surrounding county (Newberry County) records that median household earnings sit near $61,780, about 23% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and roughly 12% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Across Newberry County's 14 public schools (combined enrollment of about 5,714 students), Little Mountain Elementary is one campus in the mix.

Nearest neighbor: Mid-Carolina Middle, around 3.8 miles off. Counting just inside five miles, 5 other public schools cluster around Little Mountain Elementary.

The campus sits in a low-density setting.

Looking at the recent track record. Little Mountain Elementary's enrollment has ticked down 13% since 2018, when it stood at 421 (now 367). The student-to-teacher ratio narrowed from 15.0:1 in 2018 to 12.7:1 today.

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