Meadowfield Elementary

Meadowfield Elementary, a medium-sized elementary school in Columbia, South Carolina, overseen by Richland 01, educates 615 students, covering grades pre-K through 5.

Richland 01 comprises 47 schools with combined enrollment of 21,814 students; Meadowfield Elementary is among them.

On demographics, Meadowfield Elementary records that Black students make up the majority at 59%. The remainder comes out to 20% White, 12% Hispanic, 8% multiracial. That is meaningfully more Black than the county at large, where the share is closer to 47%.

Looking at school resources, The school currently runs with 42 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 14.6:1. That figure is higher than the state norm's 13.3:1 average.

In the broader community, ACS estimates for Richland County put the typical household earns roughly $63,784 per year, roughly 41% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and the poverty rate sits near 12%. In all, Richland County runs 104 public schools (combined enrollment of about 60,410 students), of which Meadowfield Elementary is one.

Nearest neighbor: Annie Burnside Elementary, around 1.5 miles off. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius.

The school occupies an inner-city site.

Looking at the recent track record. Over the past 7-year window, the student count decreased 15%: 724 students in 2018 compared to 615 in 2025. The Black share of enrollment shrank from 66% to 59% over that span.

Inside the community feed, recent activity here tends to focus on open house dates, ride-share offers, and field-trip permission slips. Contributors range from current parents to recent graduates and teachers.