Merrywood Elementary

Set in Greenwood, South Carolina, Merrywood Elementary is a mid-sized K-5 school, operated by Greenwood 50. It serves 562 students across grades pre-K through 5.

Greenwood 50 runs 13 schools in total, collectively educating 8,477 students. Merrywood Elementary is one of those campuses.

Demographically, Merrywood Elementary records that 47% of students identify as White, with the remaining enrollment distributed across several groups. Other groups include 33% Black, 15% Hispanic, 4% multiracial. By comparison, Greenwood County as a whole is about 62% White, so the school skews visibly less White than its surroundings.

On the resource side, The school lists 46 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 12.3:1. The state averages around 13.3:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical.

In the broader community, community-level numbers for Greenwood County indicate median household earnings sit near $52,830, roughly 25% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and roughly 10% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Merrywood Elementary is one of 21 public schools in Greenwood County (combined enrollment of about 10,771 students).

Northside Middle is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.2 miles from this campus. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools.

The school occupies a small-town site.

Looking at the recent track record. Over the past 7-year window, the student count changed only slightly: 565 students in 2018 compared to 562 in 2025. The Black share of enrollment ticked down from 43% to 33% over that span. The student-to-teacher ratio tightened from 15.3:1 in 2018 to 12.3:1 today.

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