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Alumni: what's one memory from Mary H. Wright Elementary that still sticks with you?
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Enrollment
451
Elementary
DISTRICT 556 · STATE 526
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·SPARTANBURG 07·NCES 450366001048
Mary H. Wright Elementary
457 South Church Street, Spartanburg, SC 29306 · (864) 594-4477 · Spartanburg County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY13-CITYREGULAR SCHOOL451 STUDENTS
D
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Scored higher than 10% of South Carolina public elementary schools
- DTest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- ·Beats expectations Not available for this school, so the grade uses the other parts.
- ·Three-year trend Not available for this school, so the grade uses the other parts.
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
11.8:1
38 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 11.6:1 · STATE 13.3:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
,
Title I proxy
DISTRICT 100% · 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 | 47 | 10% |
| Kindergarten | 61 | 14% |
| Grade 1 | 70 | 16% |
| Grade 2 | 78 | 17% |
| Grade 3 | 66 | 15% |
| Grade 4 | 68 | 15% |
| Grade 5 | 61 | 14% |
This year's kindergarten class (61) is about the same size as its 5th grade class (61).
Student demographics
43%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 66% · 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
42.5%
SC avg 59.7% . +13.5pp since 2023
Math
31.1%
SC avg 44.2% . +5.9pp since 2023
What this means: On the SC READY, South Carolina's statewide test, about 43 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 31 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 14 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 6 points.
SC READY results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 42.5% | 31.1% |
| 2023-24 | 29.0% | 25.2% |
% Meets or Exceeds Expectations, all students and all tested grades.
Source: SC READY. All students, all grades. See all years and grades →
Where Mary H. Wright Elementary ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In South Carolina | In Spartanburg County |
|---|---|---|---|
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 31.1% | #527 of 635 ▲ 29 | #41 of 44 ▲ 2 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 42.5% | #547 of 635 ▲ 40 | #42 of 44 ▲ 1 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 451 | #411 of 709 | #35 of 51 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 11.8:1 | #126 of 656 | #12 of 49 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 42.5% | #508 of 656 | #35 of 49 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -16.2% | #163 of 395 | #5 of 12 |
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
451
+21 (+5%) vs 2020
-2% since 1990-91, when it was 461
Student : Teacher
11.8:1
was 13.9:1
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 | 451 | 38.3 | 11.8:1 | N/A |
| 2023-24 | 439 | 37.3 | 11.8:1 | 100% (439) |
| 2022-23 | 455 | 35.4 | 12.8:1 | 100% (455) |
| 2020-21 | 430 | 31 | 13.9:1 | 100% (430) |
| 2017-18 | 538 | 33 | 16.3:1 | 100% (538) |
| 2015-16 | 474 | 34 | 13.9:1 | 100% (474) |
| 2010-11 | 366 | 30 | 12.2:1 | 95% (347) |
| 2000-01 | 359 | 29 | 12.4:1 | 95% (341) |
| 1990-91 | 461 | 33 | 14.0:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Mary H. Wright Elementary.
Since 2017-18: students down 16% (538 to 451); teachers up 16% (33 to 38.3).
About Mary H. Wright Elementary
Mary H. Wright Elementary is a medium-sized elementary school in Spartanburg, South Carolina. The school had 451 students in pre-K through 5 in 2024-25.
Spartanburg 07 is made up of 10 schools with 7,624 students in all.
A majority of students at Mary H. Wright Elementary, 74%, are Black. Next come 17% Hispanic, 7% multiracial, and 2% White. The county population is about 19% Black. The chance that two students picked at random at Mary H. Wright Elementary belong to different racial or ethnic groups, known as the diversity index, is 43%.
With 38.3 full-time-equivalent teachers in 2024-25, the ratio at Mary H. Wright Elementary was 11.8:1. Among elementary schools in South Carolina, the typical ratio is 13.3:1.
Measured against South Carolina public elementary schools, Mary H. Wright Elementary receives a D. The grade weighs proficiency most heavily, then how results compare with what the school's low-income share predicts, then the three-year change.
According to the American Community Survey, in Spartanburg County, median household income is about $66,234, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 25% of adults, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 11%. Mary H. Wright Elementary is one of 88 public schools in Spartanburg County, which together enroll about 58,477 students.
The shortest distance from Mary H. Wright Elementary to another public school is less than a tenth of a mile, to Carver Middle. The five-mile area around Mary H. Wright Elementary holds at least 8 other public schools.
The school's setting, by NCES definition, is City: Small: inside a principal city with a population under 100,000.
Federal counts put enrollment at 430 in 2020-21 and 451 in 2024-25, a 5% increase. Staffing shifted too: the ratio moved from 13.9:1 to 11.8:1.
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Spartanburg County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
347,852
Census ACS
Median income
$66,234
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
25%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
11%
Below federal line
Schools in county
88
58,477 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Spartanburg 07
- Spartanburg HighHigh · 2,164 students
- McCracken MiddleMiddle · 937 students
- Drayton Mills ElementaryElementary · 810 students
- Carver MiddleMiddle · 633 students
- Pine St. ElementaryElementary · 631 students
- E. P. Todd SchoolElementary · 559 students
Other schools in Spartanburg
- Spartanburg HighHigh · 2,164 students
- High Point AcademyCombined · 1,208 students
- Fairforest MiddleMiddle · 1,007 students
- McCracken MiddleMiddle · 937 students
- Broome HighHigh · 865 students
- Drayton Mills ElementaryElementary · 810 students
Nearby schools
- Carver Middle0.1 mi · 633
- Spartanburg Preparatory School0.3 mi · 454
- Meeting Street Academy-Spartanburg0.8 mi · 369
- Meeting Street Academy-Spartanburg0.8 mi · 306
- Pine St. Elementary1.0 mi · 631
- The Cleveland Academy of Leadership1.9 mi · 521
Frequently asked questions
About Mary H. Wright ElementaryWhat is the total enrollment at Mary H. Wright Elementary?
Mary H. Wright Elementary enrolls approximately 451 students in grades PK-05.
What age range does Mary H. Wright Elementary serve?
Mary H. Wright Elementary serves students from grade PK through grade 05.
How many students per teacher at Mary H. Wright Elementary?
Approximately 11.8:1 students per teacher at Mary H. Wright Elementary.
What is the racial breakdown of students at Mary H. Wright Elementary?
At Mary H. Wright Elementary, the student body is approximately 2% White, 17% Hispanic, 74% Black, 0% Asian, 7% Two or more.
Who oversees Mary H. Wright Elementary?
Mary H. Wright Elementary is overseen by Spartanburg 07 in Spartanburg County.
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