Mill Creek Elementary

Mill Creek Elementary, an intimate elementary campus in Columbia, South Carolina, one of the schools within Richland 01, works with 353 students, covering grades pre-K through 5. Enrollment runs roughly 33% smaller than the state mean of about 526.

Richland 01 runs 47 schools in total, collectively educating 21,814 students. Mill Creek Elementary is one of those campuses.

Looking at the student body, Mill Creek Elementary records that nearly all students (90%) are Black. Beyond that, the school shows 4% multiracial, 3% White. By comparison, Richland County as a whole is about 47% Black, so the school skews considerably more Black than its surroundings.

On the income-and-resources front, Staff filings list 23 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 15.3:1 students per teacher. The state averages around 13.3:1, so this campus is higher than the state norm typical.

In the area at large, ACS estimates for Richland County put median household earnings sit near $63,784, roughly 41% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and roughly 12% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Mill Creek Elementary is one of 104 public schools in Richland County (combined enrollment of about 60,410 students).

The closest other public school is Caughman Road Elementary, roughly 0.8 miles away. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools.

The campus sits in an outer-ring setting.

Trend over the last 7 years. Over the past 7-year window, the student count contracted 6%: 374 students in 2018 compared to 353 in 2025. Black enrollment moved from 84% to 90% across the same window. The student-to-teacher ratio grew from 12.3:1 in 2018 to 15.3:1 today.

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