Oak Pointe Elementary

As a medium-sized elementary-level community in Irmo, South Carolina, Oak Pointe Elementary teaches 484 students from grades pre-K through 5, run under Lexington 05.

Oak Pointe Elementary is one of 22 schools operated by Lexington 05, a district that instructs 17,053 students overall.

On demographics, Oak Pointe Elementary reports that White students make up the majority at 57%. The remainder looks like 24% Black, 9% Hispanic, 8% multiracial. That is meaningfully more White than the county at large, where the share is closer to 40%.

Looking at school resources, The school reports having 44 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 11.1:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 13.3:1, putting Oak Pointe Elementary tighter than the state norm the norm.

In the broader community, census data for Richland County shows median household income runs about $63,784, 41% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 12%. In all, Richland County runs 104 public schools (combined enrollment of about 60,410 students), of which Oak Pointe Elementary is one.

Nearest neighbor: River Springs Elementary, around 1.0 miles off. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Oak Pointe Elementary.

Geographically, the school is in a low-density area.

Five-year trend. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Oak Pointe Elementary has shrank 24%, going from 634 students in 2018 to 484 in 2025. White enrollment moved from 66% to 57% across the same window. The student-to-teacher ratio narrowed from 12.4:1 in 2018 to 11.1:1 today.

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