McDonald Green Elementary

McDonald Green Elementary is a modestly sized elementary-level community in Lancaster, South Carolina, overseen by Lancaster 01. The school instructs 337 students in grades pre-K through 5. That puts it 36% leaner than the typical public school in South Carolina, which averages around 526 students.

McDonald Green Elementary is one of 22 schools operated by Lancaster 01, a district that instructs 15,417 students overall.

On demographics, McDonald Green Elementary reports that the most-represented group is White (40%), with the rest of the student body spread across multiple groups. Beyond that, the school logs 37% Black, 15% Hispanic, 7% multiracial. By comparison, Lancaster County as a whole is about 69% White, so the school skews considerably less White than its surroundings.

Looking at school resources, Staff filings list 25 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 13.5:1 students per teacher. That tracks the state average closely.

In the surrounding community, community-level numbers for Lancaster County indicate the typical household earns roughly $78,869 per year, about 34% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 9%. In all, Lancaster County runs 23 public schools (combined enrollment of about 15,417 students), of which McDonald Green Elementary is one.

Brooklyn Springs Elementary is the nearest neighboring public school, about 3.3 miles from this campus. Counting just inside five miles, 6 other public schools cluster around McDonald Green Elementary.

Geographically, the school is in a town-based area.

Five-year trend. McDonald Green Elementary's enrollment has shrank 27% since 2018, when it stood at 461 (now 337). Over the same period, the Hispanic share increased from 10% to 15%. Class-load math has narrowed: from 15.9:1 in 2018 to 13.5:1 in 2025.

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