Pacolet Elementary

Pacolet Elementary, a tight-knit elementary campus in Pacolet, South Carolina, operated by Spartanburg 03, educates 429 students, covering grades pre-K through 5.

Across the 5 schools in Spartanburg 03 (2,748 students total), Pacolet Elementary accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

Demographically, Pacolet Elementary logs that the largest single group is White, at 66% of enrollment. The remainder reads as 16% Black, 9% multiracial, 6% Hispanic. That mix tracks the wider county fairly closely.

On the resource side, The school reports having 27 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 15.9:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 13.3:1, putting Pacolet Elementary higher than the state norm the norm.

Across the wider county, census data for Spartanburg County shows median household earnings sit near $66,234, about 25% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 11%. Across Spartanburg County's 88 public schools (combined enrollment of about 58,477 students), Pacolet Elementary is one campus in the mix.

The closest other public school is Clifdale Middle, roughly 6.4 miles away. Within ten miles, there are 8 other public schools, a sparser pattern than typical urban areas.

The school occupies an outlying site.

Looking at the recent track record. Pacolet Elementary's enrollment has changed only slightly since 2018, when it stood at 424 (now 429). Over the same period, the White share contracted from 71% to 66%.

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