Ninety Six Elementary School

Ninety Six Elementary School is one of the intimate elementary campuss in Ninety Six, South Carolina, part of Greenwood 52, with 299 students on its rolls from grades 3 through 5. That puts it 43% smaller than the typical public school in South Carolina, which averages around 526 students.

Across the 4 schools in Greenwood 52 (1,359 students total), Ninety Six Elementary School accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

For racial and ethnic makeup, Ninety Six Elementary School reports that the largest single group is White, at 75% of enrollment; the rest comes out to 17% Black, 5% multiracial, 3% Hispanic. The wider county runs roughly 62% White, putting the school's mix visibly more White than the area baseline.

On the resource side, Ninety Six Elementary School records 26 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 11.7:1. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 13.3:1 average.

Around the school, community-level numbers for Greenwood County indicate the typical household earns roughly $52,830 per year, about 25% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and the poverty rate sits near 10%. Across Greenwood County's 21 public schools (combined enrollment of about 10,771 students), Ninety Six Elementary School is one campus in the mix.

Nearest neighbor: Ninety Six High School, around 0.8 miles off. Counting just inside five miles, 3 other public schools cluster around Ninety Six Elementary School.

Ninety Six Elementary School operates from a small-town location.

Five-year trend. Over the past 7-year window, the student count declined 20%: 372 students in 2018 compared to 299 in 2025. Over the same period, the Black share fell from 23% to 17%. The student-to-teacher ratio fell from 17.7:1 in 2018 to 11.7:1 today.

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