Pinecrest Elementary

As a compact elementary-level community in Greenwood, South Carolina, Pinecrest Elementary serves 379 students from grades pre-K through 5, one of the schools within Greenwood 50. That puts it 28% leaner than the typical public school in South Carolina, which averages around 526 students.

Pinecrest Elementary is one of 13 schools operated by Greenwood 50, a district that hosts 8,477 students overall.

Looking at the student body, Pinecrest Elementary reports that the most-represented group is Black (49%), with the rest of the student body spread across multiple groups; the rest consists of 28% Hispanic, 18% White, 4% multiracial. By comparison, Greenwood County as a whole is about 31% Black, so the school skews meaningfully more Black than its surroundings.

Looking at the economic backdrop, Staff filings list 40 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 9.5:1 students per teacher. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 13.3:1, putting Pinecrest Elementary tighter than the state norm the norm.

In the surrounding community, community-level numbers for Greenwood County indicate the typical household earns roughly $52,830 per year, roughly 25% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 10%. Pinecrest Elementary is one of 21 public schools in Greenwood County (combined enrollment of about 10,771 students).

The closest other public school is Greenwood High, roughly 0.2 miles away. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius.

The campus sits in a town-center setting.

Five-year trend. Over the past 7-year window, the student count decreased 22%: 489 students in 2018 compared to 379 in 2025. Over the same period, the White share contracted from 23% to 18%. Class-load math has pulled in: from 13.3:1 in 2018 to 9.5:1 in 2025.

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