Richmond Drive Elementary

Located at 1162 Richmond Drive, in Rock Hill, South Carolina, Richmond Drive Elementary is a reasonably sized primary school that hosts 467 students (grades pre-K through 5), operated by York 03.

Across the 24 schools in York 03 (16,034 students total), Richmond Drive Elementary accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

In terms of who attends, Richmond Drive Elementary shows that the most-represented group is Black (49%), with the rest of the student body spread across multiple groups. Other groups include 31% Hispanic, 11% White, 4% multiracial, 4% Asian. The wider county runs roughly 18% Black, putting the school's mix meaningfully more Black than the area baseline.

On the resource side, Staff filings list 39 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 12.0:1 students per teacher. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 13.3:1, putting Richmond Drive Elementary tighter than the state norm the norm.

Zooming out to the county, ACS estimates for York County put the typical household earns roughly $89,095 per year, roughly 39% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and roughly 6% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Across York County's 69 public schools (combined enrollment of about 52,364 students), Richmond Drive Elementary is one campus in the mix.

The closest other public school is W. C. Sullivan Middle, roughly 1.2 miles away. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius.

The campus sits in a metropolitan setting.

Looking at the recent track record. Over the past 7-year window, the student count shrank 34%: 706 students in 2018 compared to 467 in 2025. Over the same period, the White share fell from 48% to 11%. Class-load math has narrowed: from 17.8:1 in 2018 to 12.0:1 in 2025.

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