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Teachers: what resource would make the biggest difference at Lugoff Elementary this year?
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Enrollment
543
Elementary
DISTRICT 568 · STATE 526
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·KERSHAW 01·NCES 450255000658
Lugoff Elementary
994 Ridgeway Road, Lugoff, SC 29078 · (803) 438-8000 · Kershaw County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY31-TOWNREGULAR SCHOOL543 STUDENTS
B+
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Scored higher than 70% of South Carolina public elementary schools
- B+Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
Grades compare a school only with schools in the same state, because every state gives its own test. How grades work · Top-graded South Carolina public elementary schools
Student : Teacher
15.1:1
36 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 14.7:1 · STATE 13.3:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
,
Title I proxy
STATE 77%
Community
1
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other elementary schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Pre-K | 20 | 4% |
| Kindergarten | 90 | 17% |
| Grade 1 | 69 | 13% |
| Grade 2 | 81 | 15% |
| Grade 3 | 101 | 19% |
| Grade 4 | 100 | 18% |
| Grade 5 | 82 | 15% |
This year's kindergarten class (90) is 10% larger than its 5th grade class (82).
Student demographics
56%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 63% · STATE 67% · US 70%
Student head counts by race/ethnicity from federal NCES enrollment data. District, state, and US figures are each group's share of all public school students in that area (US excludes territories). Very small groups may be suppressed in the source, so categories do not always sum exactly to total enrollment.
Gender split
Test scores
SC READY 2024-25 . % Meets or Exceeds ExpectationsEnglish Language Arts
64.4%
SC avg 59.7% . +5.4pp since 2023
Math
63.8%
SC avg 44.2% . +4.2pp since 2023
What this means: On the SC READY, South Carolina's statewide test, about 64 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 64 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all South Carolina schools, those numbers are about 60 and 44. Reading and writing scores are up about 5 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 4 points.
SC READY results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 64.4% | 63.8% |
| 2023-24 | 59.0% | 59.6% |
% Meets or Exceeds Expectations, all students and all tested grades.
Source: SC READY. All students, all grades. See all years and grades →
Where Lugoff Elementary ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In South Carolina | In Kershaw County |
|---|---|---|---|
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 63.8% | #146 of 635 ▲ 20 | #2 of 9 ▼ 1 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 64.4% | #260 of 635 ▼ 37 | #3 of 9 ▼ 1 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 543 | #306 of 709 | #5 of 10 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 15.1:1 | #503 of 656 | #6 of 9 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 56.4% | #364 of 656 | #8 of 9 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -6.9% | #286 of 395 | #3 of 6 |
Ranked against other public elementary schools. Online schools are left out of every list, and test-score lists leave out schools that serve specialized populations. Each rank links to the full list. Arrows under a test-score rank show places moved since the prior test year, among schools tested both years.
4-year change
SY 2020-21 vs SY 2024-25Enrollment
543
+23 (+4%) vs 2020
-29% since 1990-91, when it was 762
Student : Teacher
15.1:1
was 15.3:1
Source: NCES Common Core of Data
Enrollment and staffing by year
| School year | Students | Teachers (FTE) | Students per teacher | Free and reduced lunch |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 543 | 36 | 15.1:1 | N/A |
| 2023-24 | 517 | 36 | 14.4:1 | 100% (517) |
| 2022-23 | 526 | 37 | 14.2:1 | 100% (526) |
| 2020-21 | 520 | 34 | 15.3:1 | 62% (322) |
| 2017-18 | 583 | 33 | 17.7:1 | 100% (583) |
| 2015-16 | 596 | 33 | 18.1:1 | 54% (323) |
| 2010-11 | 592 | 29 | 20.4:1 | 45% (264) |
| 2000-01 | 589 | 38 | 15.5:1 | 22% (132) |
| 1990-91 | 762 | 36 | 21.2:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Lugoff Elementary.
Since 2017-18: students down 7% (583 to 543); teachers up 9% (33 to 36).
About Lugoff Elementary
Located in Lugoff, South Carolina, Lugoff Elementary is a mid-sized elementary school. The school has 543 students in 2024-25 across pre-K through 5.
Kershaw 01 counts 16 schools and 11,135 students, including Lugoff Elementary.
The largest group at Lugoff Elementary is White students, at 59%. The remaining students are 28% Black, 8% multiracial, and 5% Hispanic. The diversity index for Lugoff Elementary is 56%. For US public schools as a whole it is 70%.
On staff are 36 full-time-equivalent teachers; the student-to-teacher ratio is 15.1:1. Statewide, elementary schools in South Carolina average 13.3:1.
Lugoff Elementary earns a B+ on the allk12 Grade, which blends test scores, results against poverty-based expectations, and the three-year trend. It scored higher than 70% of South Carolina public elementary schools.
For the population of Kershaw County, the median household earns about $68,231 a year, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 24% of adults, and the poverty rate is about 10%. Across Kershaw County, 18 public schools serve about 11,247 students.
Lugoff-Elgin Middle is the nearest public school to Lugoff Elementary, about 0.7 miles away. Within five miles of Lugoff Elementary, there are 5 other public schools.
Federal data place Lugoff Elementary in the Town: Fringe locale, which means it is in a town close to an urbanized area.
A 4% gain took enrollment from 520 in 2020-21 to 543 in 2024-25.
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Kershaw County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
68,314
Census ACS
Median income
$68,231
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
24%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
10%
Below federal line
Schools in county
18
11,247 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Kershaw 01
- Lugoff-Elgin HighHigh · 1,759 students
- Camden HighHigh · 1,136 students
- Camden MiddleMiddle · 844 students
- Blaney ElementaryElementary · 750 students
- Wateree ElementaryElementary · 688 students
- Leslie M. Stover MiddleMiddle · 662 students
Other schools in Lugoff
- Lugoff-Elgin HighHigh · 1,759 students
- Wateree ElementaryElementary · 688 students
- Lugoff-Elgin MiddleMiddle · 649 students
- Doby's Mill ElementaryElementary · 607 students
Nearby schools
- Lugoff-Elgin Middle0.7 mi · 649
- Lugoff-Elgin High0.9 mi · 1,759
- Wateree Elementary2.0 mi · 688
- The Montessori School of Camden4.1 mi · 112
- Camden High4.6 mi · 1,136
- Camden Elementary5.4 mi · 644
Frequently asked questions
About Lugoff ElementaryHow many students attend Lugoff Elementary?
Lugoff Elementary enrolls approximately 543 students in grades PK-05.
Is Lugoff Elementary an elementary, middle, or high school?
Lugoff Elementary is an elementary school covering grades PK-05.
How many teachers does Lugoff Elementary have?
Lugoff Elementary employs 36 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 15.1:1.
What is the student diversity at Lugoff Elementary?
Student demographics at Lugoff Elementary are roughly 59% White, 5% Hispanic, 28% Black, 0% Asian, 8% Two or more.
Who oversees Lugoff Elementary?
Lugoff Elementary is overseen by Kershaw 01 in Kershaw County.
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