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What do you wish you knew before starting at Nursery Road Elementary?
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Enrollment
471
Elementary
DISTRICT 533 · STATE 526
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·LEXINGTON 05·NCES 450282001277
Nursery Road Elementary
6706 Nursery Road, Columbia, SC 29212 · (803) 476-4300 · Lexington County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBREGULAR SCHOOL471 STUDENTS
B
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Scored higher than 56% of South Carolina public elementary schools
- BTest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- ·Beats expectations Not available for this school, so the grade uses the other parts.
- ·Three-year trend Not available for this school, so the grade uses the other parts.
Grades compare a school only with schools in the same state, because every state gives its own test. How grades work · Top-graded South Carolina public elementary schools
Student : Teacher
8.7:1
54 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 11.0:1 · STATE 13.3:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
,
Title I proxy
STATE 77%
Community
1
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other elementary schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Pre-K | 39 | 8% |
| Kindergarten | 69 | 15% |
| Grade 1 | 62 | 13% |
| Grade 2 | 72 | 15% |
| Grade 3 | 84 | 18% |
| Grade 4 | 77 | 16% |
| Grade 5 | 68 | 14% |
This year's kindergarten class (69) is about the same size as its 5th grade class (68).
Student demographics
69%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 62% · STATE 67% · US 70%
Student head counts by race/ethnicity from federal NCES enrollment data. District, state, and US figures are each group's share of all public school students in that area (US excludes territories). Very small groups may be suppressed in the source, so categories do not always sum exactly to total enrollment.
Gender split
Test scores
SC READY 2024-25 . % Meets or Exceeds ExpectationsEnglish Language Arts
62.2%
SC avg 59.7% . +4.5pp since 2023
Math
50.9%
SC avg 44.2% . -0.7pp since 2023
What this means: On the SC READY, South Carolina's statewide test, about 62 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 51 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all South Carolina schools, those numbers are about 60 and 44. Reading and writing scores are up about 5 points since 2023, while math scores have held steady.
SC READY results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 62.2% | 50.9% |
| 2023-24 | 57.7% | 51.6% |
% Meets or Exceeds Expectations, all students and all tested grades.
Source: SC READY. All students, all grades. See all years and grades →
Where Nursery Road Elementary ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In South Carolina | In Lexington County |
|---|---|---|---|
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 50.9% | #302 of 635 ▼ 31 | #17 of 33 ▼ 3 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 62.2% | #290 of 635 ▼ 46 | #17 of 33 ▼ 6 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 471 | #388 of 709 | #31 of 37 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 8.7:1 | #12 of 656 | #1 of 37 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 68.9% | #79 of 656 | #5 of 37 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +1.9% | #168 of 187 | #11 of 11 |
Ranked against other public elementary schools. Online schools are left out of every list, and test-score lists leave out schools that serve specialized populations. Each rank links to the full list. Arrows under a test-score rank show places moved since the prior test year, among schools tested both years.
4-year change
SY 2020-21 vs SY 2024-25Enrollment
471
+48 (+11%) vs 2020
-51% since 1990-91, when it was 966
Student : Teacher
8.7:1
was 8.8:1
Source: NCES Common Core of Data
Enrollment and staffing by year
| School year | Students | Teachers (FTE) | Students per teacher | Free and reduced lunch |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 471 | 54 | 8.7:1 | N/A |
| 2023-24 | 464 | 58 | 8.0:1 | 100% (464) |
| 2022-23 | 450 | 51 | 8.8:1 | 100% (450) |
| 2020-21 | 423 | 48 | 8.8:1 | 100% (423) |
| 2017-18 | 462 | 48 | 9.6:1 | 100% (462) |
| 2015-16 | 433 | 36 | 12.0:1 | 56% (241) |
| 2010-11 | 528 | 42 | 12.6:1 | 47% (249) |
| 2000-01 | 785 | 62 | 12.7:1 | 24% (192) |
| 1990-91 | 966 | 59 | 16.4:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Nursery Road Elementary.
Since 2017-18: students up 2% (462 to 471); teachers up 13% (48 to 54).
About Nursery Road Elementary
Nursery Road Elementary is a medium-sized elementary school in Columbia, South Carolina, (ZIP code 29212). The school serves 471 students in pre-K through 5 in 2024-25.
Besides Nursery Road Elementary, Lexington 05 runs 21 other schools. The district enrolls 17,053 students.
At Nursery Road Elementary, the largest share of students is Black, at 42%. The next largest groups are 34% White, 11% multiracial, 10% Hispanic, and 3% Asian. The school's Black share is 26 points above the 15% share among Lexington County residents. Pick two students at random and there is a 69% chance they belong to different racial or ethnic groups; that figure is the school's diversity index.
Its 54 full-time-equivalent teachers give the school a ratio of 8.7:1. The school has fewer students per teacher than the 13.3:1 average for elementary schools in South Carolina.
Measured against South Carolina public elementary schools, Nursery Road Elementary receives a B. The grade weighs proficiency most heavily, then how results compare with what the school's low-income share predicts, then the three-year change.
Recent Census Bureau figures for Lexington County show that the median household income is $77,408, about 34% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and the poverty rate is about 9%. Besides Nursery Road Elementary, Lexington County has 75 other public schools.
Irmo Middle is the nearest neighboring public school, about 1.0 miles away. The five-mile area around Nursery Road Elementary holds at least 8 other public schools.
Its NCES locale code is Suburb: Large: the school is in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more.
Enrollment climbed 11% from its 2020-21 level of 423.
Topics for discussion here include school events, clubs, and volunteer needs. Alumni can share how the school prepared them.
Lexington County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
304,887
Census ACS
Median income
$77,408
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
34%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
9%
Below federal line
Schools in county
76
64,555 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Lexington 05
- Dutch Fork HighHigh · 1,703 students
- Chapin HighHigh · 1,617 students
- Irmo HighHigh · 1,272 students
- Spring Hill HighHigh · 1,118 students
- Chapin MiddleMiddle · 1,007 students
- Irmo MiddleMiddle · 992 students
Other schools in Columbia
- SC Connections AcademyCombined · 6,152 students
- Spring Valley HighHigh · 2,230 students
- Carolus Online AcademyCombined · 1,786 students
- Ridge View HighHigh · 1,631 students
- Richland Northeast HighHigh · 1,340 students
- A. C. Flora HighHigh · 1,328 students
Nearby schools
- Irmo Middle1.0 mi · 992
- CrossRoads Intermediate1.1 mi · 557
- Irmo High1.1 mi · 1,272
- Irmo Elementary1.6 mi · 487
- Leaphart Elementary2.1 mi · 483
- Harbison West Elementary2.1 mi · 510
Frequently asked questions
About Nursery Road ElementaryHow many students attend Nursery Road Elementary?
Nursery Road Elementary enrolls approximately 471 students in grades PK-05.
Is Nursery Road Elementary an elementary, middle, or high school?
Nursery Road Elementary is an elementary school covering grades PK-05.
How many teachers does Nursery Road Elementary have?
Nursery Road Elementary employs 54 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 8.7:1.
What is the student diversity at Nursery Road Elementary?
Student demographics at Nursery Road Elementary are roughly 34% White, 10% Hispanic, 42% Black, 3% Asian, 11% Two or more.
Who oversees Nursery Road Elementary?
Nursery Road Elementary is overseen by Lexington 05 in Lexington County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.