New Prospect Elementary

New Prospect Elementary is an elementary-level community of cozy scale in Inman, South Carolina, overseen by Spartanburg 01, caters to 431 students in grades pre-K through 6.

Within Spartanburg 01, which oversees 10 schools and 5,364 students, New Prospect Elementary is one campus in the system.

On the student-mix side, New Prospect Elementary lists that 87% of students identify as White, making the school strongly White-majority; the rest consists of 6% Hispanic, 3% Black, 3% multiracial. The wider county runs roughly 67% White, putting the school's mix noticeably more White than the area baseline.

Looking at school resources, New Prospect Elementary records 34 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 12.9:1. The state averages about 13.3:1, putting this campus right in line with peers.

Around the school, the surrounding county (Spartanburg County) logs that the typical household earns roughly $66,234 per year, roughly 25% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 11%. Across Spartanburg County's 88 public schools (combined enrollment of about 58,477 students), New Prospect Elementary is one campus in the mix.

Rainbow Lake Middle is the nearest neighboring public school, about 4.1 miles from this campus. Counting just inside five miles, 4 other public schools cluster around New Prospect Elementary.

The school occupies a rural site.

Over the past 7-year window. Over the past 7-year window, the student count stayed largely flat: 422 students in 2018 compared to 431 in 2025. Over the same period, the White share rose from 82% to 87%.

Inside the community feed, members of the New Prospect Elementary community share and discuss open house dates, ride-share offers, and field-trip permission slips. Posting is open to anyone connected to the school.