Plainview Elementary

Plainview Elementary operates as a minimally staffed K-5 school in Patrick, South Carolina, one of the schools within Chesterfield 01. Current enrollment sits at 168 students spanning grades pre-K through 6. That puts it 68% below the typical public school in South Carolina, which averages around 526 students.

Chesterfield 01 runs 16 schools in total, collectively educating 6,872 students. Plainview Elementary is one of those campuses.

On the student-mix side, Plainview Elementary lists that the student body is overwhelmingly White (93%). Beyond that, the school records 4% Hispanic, 4% multiracial. That is noticeably more White than the county at large, where the share is closer to 60%.

On the income-and-resources front, Plainview Elementary logs 14 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 12.0:1. The state averages around 13.3:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical.

In the area at large, ACS estimates for Chesterfield County put median household earnings sit near $49,235, about 14% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and the poverty rate sits near 16%. Across Chesterfield County's 16 public schools (combined enrollment of about 6,872 students), Plainview Elementary is one campus in the mix.

The closest other public school is North Hartsville Elementary, roughly 8.6 miles away. 2 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a ten-mile radius, suggesting a relatively low-density school footprint.

The school occupies a small-town site.

Five-year trend. Plainview Elementary's enrollment has expanded 3% since 2018, when it stood at 163 (now 168). The student-to-teacher ratio fell from 14.8:1 in 2018 to 12.0:1 today.

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