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Enrollment
484
Elementary
DISTRICT 533 · STATE 526
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·LEXINGTON 05·NCES 450282001054
Oak Pointe Elementary
1 River Bottom Road, Irmo, SC 29063 · (803) 476-4100 · Richland County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY41-RURALREGULAR SCHOOL484 STUDENTS
B+
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Scored higher than 72% of South Carolina public elementary schools
- B+Test 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
11.1:1
44 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 | 20 | 4% |
| Kindergarten | 61 | 13% |
| Grade 1 | 69 | 14% |
| Grade 2 | 72 | 15% |
| Grade 3 | 79 | 16% |
| Grade 4 | 98 | 20% |
| Grade 5 | 85 | 18% |
This year's kindergarten class (61) is 28% smaller than its 5th grade class (85).
Student demographics
60%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
73.2%
SC avg 59.7% . +9.5pp since 2023
Math
58.9%
SC avg 44.2% . -0.6pp since 2023
What this means: On the SC READY, South Carolina's statewide test, about 73 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 59 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 10 points since 2023, while math scores have held steady.
SC READY results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 73.2% | 58.9% |
| 2023-24 | 63.7% | 59.5% |
% Meets or Exceeds Expectations, all students and all tested grades.
Source: SC READY. All students, all grades. See all years and grades →
Where Oak Pointe Elementary ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In South Carolina | In Richland County |
|---|---|---|---|
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 58.9% | #204 of 635 ▼ 36 | #12 of 57 ▲ 2 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 73.2% | #138 of 635 ▲ 36 | #9 of 57 ▲ 1 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 484 | #374 of 709 | #33 of 59 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 11.1:1 | #70 of 656 | #12 of 57 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 59.7% | #295 of 656 | #13 of 57 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -23.7% | #80 of 395 | #8 of 42 |
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
484
-50 (-9%) vs 2020
-31% since 2010-11, when it was 697
Student : Teacher
11.1:1
was 11.9:1
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 | 484 | 43.7 | 11.1:1 | N/A |
| 2023-24 | 489 | 47.5 | 10.3:1 | 49% (239) |
| 2022-23 | 520 | 50.5 | 10.3:1 | 48% (250) |
| 2020-21 | 534 | 45 | 11.9:1 | 32% (169) |
| 2017-18 | 634 | 51 | 12.4:1 | 28% (179) |
| 2015-16 | 658 | 41 | 16.1:1 | 23% (150) |
| 2010-11 | 697 | 1 | 697.0:1 | 21% (147) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Oak Pointe Elementary.
Since 2017-18: students down 24% (634 to 484); teachers down 14% (51 to 43.7).
About Oak Pointe Elementary
Oak Pointe Elementary serves students in Irmo, South Carolina, as a mid-sized elementary school. It enrolls 484 students in 2024-25. The grades offered are pre-K through 5.
Lexington 05 is the local district for Oak Pointe Elementary. It runs 22 schools with 17,053 students.
The share of White students at Oak Pointe Elementary is 57%, a majority. The remaining students are 24% Black, 9% Hispanic, and 8% multiracial. Census figures show Richland County is about 40% White. On a 0 to 100 scale, the school's diversity index is 60, compared with 70 nationally.
There are 43.7 full-time-equivalent teachers at Oak Pointe Elementary, giving a ratio of 11.1:1. Elementary schools in South Carolina average 13.3:1, 2.3 more students per teacher than here.
On the allk12 Grade, Oak Pointe Elementary lands at B+, ahead of 72% of South Carolina public elementary schools.
Five-year Census Bureau estimates for Richland County show that the median household earns about $63,784 a year, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 41%, and about 12% of people live in poverty. Richland County has 104 public schools with about 60,410 students, including Oak Pointe Elementary.
Straight-line distance to the nearest public school, River Springs Elementary, is about 1.0 miles. Within five miles are at least 8 other public schools.
Oak Pointe Elementary falls in the Rural: Fringe locale category, used for schools in rural territory close to an urban area.
Between 2020-21 and 2024-25, Oak Pointe Elementary had a net loss of 50 students, or 9%.
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Richland County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
422,117
Census ACS
Median income
$63,784
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
41%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
12%
Below federal line
Schools in county
104
60,410 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 Irmo
- Dutch Fork HighHigh · 1,703 students
- Dutch Fork MiddleMiddle · 876 students
- H. E. Corley ElementaryElementary · 557 students
- Ballentine ElementaryElementary · 523 students
- Irmo ElementaryElementary · 487 students
- Dutch Fork ElementaryElementary · 442 students
Nearby schools
- River Springs Elementary1.0 mi · 416
- Dutch Fork High2.0 mi · 1,703
- Dutch Fork Middle2.3 mi · 876
- Dutch Fork Elementary3.0 mi · 442
- GREEN Charter School Midlands3.1 mi · 258
- H. E. Corley Elementary3.6 mi · 557
Frequently asked questions
About Oak Pointe ElementaryHow many students attend Oak Pointe Elementary?
Oak Pointe Elementary enrolls approximately 484 students in grades PK-05.
What grades does Oak Pointe Elementary serve?
Oak Pointe Elementary serves grades PK-05.
How many students per teacher at Oak Pointe Elementary?
Approximately 11.1:1 students per teacher at Oak Pointe Elementary.
What is the student diversity at Oak Pointe Elementary?
Student demographics at Oak Pointe Elementary are roughly 57% White, 9% Hispanic, 24% Black, 1% Asian, 8% Two or more.
Is Oak Pointe Elementary public or private?
Oak Pointe Elementary is a public K-12 school, overseen by Lexington 05.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.