Mathews Elementary

Mathews Elementary, a middle-of-the-pack primary school in Greenwood, South Carolina, part of Greenwood 50, caters to 529 students, covering grades pre-K through 5.

Across the 13 schools in Greenwood 50 (8,477 students total), Mathews Elementary accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

For racial and ethnic makeup, Mathews Elementary records that the largest single group is Black at 48%, but no single group is in the majority; the rest comes out to 28% White, 21% Hispanic, 3% multiracial. The wider county runs roughly 31% Black, putting the school's mix visibly more Black than the area baseline.

In terms of school funding signals, Staff filings list 46 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 11.4:1 students per teacher. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 13.3:1, putting Mathews Elementary tighter than the state norm the norm.

In the surrounding community, census data for Greenwood County shows median household earnings sit near $52,830, about 25% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 10%. In all, Greenwood County runs 21 public schools (combined enrollment of about 10,771 students), of which Mathews Elementary is one.

Brewer Middle is the nearest neighboring public school, about 2.7 miles from this campus. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius.

Mathews Elementary operates from a town-center location.

Trend over the last 7 years. Mathews Elementary's enrollment has decreased 4% since 2018, when it stood at 551 (now 529). Over the same period, the Black share declined from 53% to 48%. Class-load math has tightened: from 15.0:1 in 2018 to 11.4:1 in 2025.

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