Ridge Spring-Monetta Elementary

Ridge Spring-Monetta Elementary is a modestly sized primary school in Ridge Spring, South Carolina, operated by Aiken 01. The school works with 410 students in grades pre-K through 5. Enrollment runs roughly 22% leaner than the state mean of about 526.

Aiken 01 comprises 40 schools with combined enrollment of 22,916 students; Ridge Spring-Monetta Elementary is among them.

On the student-mix side, Ridge Spring-Monetta Elementary reports that 39% of students identify as White, with the remaining enrollment distributed across several groups. Beyond that, the school lists 30% Black, 22% Hispanic, 8% multiracial. That is meaningfully less White than the county at large, where the share is closer to 59%.

On the income-and-resources front, Ridge Spring-Monetta Elementary records 29 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 14.4:1. The state averages around 13.3:1, so this campus is higher than the state norm typical.

Around the school, community-level numbers for Saluda County indicate the typical household earns roughly $51,009 per year, about 20% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and roughly 19% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Across Saluda County's 6 public schools (combined enrollment of about 2,935 students), Ridge Spring-Monetta Elementary is one campus in the mix.

Ridge Spring-Monetta Middle/ High is the nearest neighboring public school, about 2.8 miles from this campus. 6 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a ten-mile radius, suggesting a relatively low-density school footprint.

The school occupies a rural site.

Five-year trend. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Ridge Spring-Monetta Elementary has contracted 5%, going from 430 students in 2018 to 410 in 2025. Over the same period, the White share edged down from 44% to 39%.

Within the allk12 community for this school, members of the Ridge Spring-Monetta Elementary community share and discuss open house dates, ride-share offers, and field-trip permission slips. Contributors range from current parents to recent graduates and teachers.