Pontiac Elementary

Pontiac Elementary is an elementary campus of sizable scale in Elgin, South Carolina, overseen by Richland 02, educateing 880 students in grades pre-K through 5. That puts it 67% larger than the typical public school in South Carolina, which averages around 526 students.

Richland 02 runs 32 schools in total, collectively educating 28,841 students. Pontiac Elementary is one of those campuses.

For racial and ethnic makeup, Pontiac Elementary reports that 57% of the student body identifies as Black. The remainder looks like 16% White, 15% Hispanic, 8% multiracial, 4% Asian. That is visibly more Black than the county at large, where the share is closer to 47%.

On the income-and-resources front, Staff filings list 64 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 13.7:1 students per teacher. That tracks the state average closely.

Around the school, the surrounding county (Richland County) reports that the typical household earns roughly $63,784 per year, 41% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 12%. In all, Richland County runs 104 public schools (combined enrollment of about 60,410 students), of which Pontiac Elementary is one.

Nearest neighbor: Catawba Trail Elementary, around 1.4 miles off. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Pontiac Elementary.

The campus sits in a commuter-belt setting.

Five-year trend. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Pontiac Elementary has rose 23%, going from 714 students in 2018 to 880 in 2025. Over the same period, the White share contracted from 24% to 16%. The student-to-teacher ratio narrowed from 15.5:1 in 2018 to 13.7:1 today.

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