SC School for the Deaf Elementary/Middle

SC School for the Deaf Elementary/Middle is one of the tiny K-5 schools in Spartanburg, South Carolina, one of the schools within Deaf & Blind School, with 41 students on its rolls from grades pre-K through 8. By comparison, South Carolina's public schools average about 526 students each, so SC School for the Deaf Elementary/Middle sits 92% smaller than that benchmark.

SC School for the Deaf Elementary/Middle is one of 5 schools operated by Deaf & Blind School, a district that serves 159 students overall.

In terms of who attends, SC School for the Deaf Elementary/Middle reports that the largest single group is Black at 37%, but no single group is in the majority. Other groups include 27% White, 15% Hispanic, 12% Asian, 7% multiracial. By comparison, Spartanburg County as a whole is about 19% Black, so the school skews noticeably more Black than its surroundings.

On the income-and-resources front, Staff filings list 25 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 1.6:1 students per teacher. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 13.3:1 average.

In the broader community, the surrounding county (Spartanburg County) logs that median household income runs about $66,234, about 25% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 11%. Across Spartanburg County's 88 public schools (combined enrollment of about 58,477 students), SC School for the Deaf Elementary/Middle is one campus in the mix.

The closest other public school is Cedar Springs Academy, roughly 0.0 miles away. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius.

The campus sits in an outer-ring setting.

Over the past 7-year window. SC School for the Deaf Elementary/Middle's enrollment has ticked down 20% since 2018, when it stood at 51 (now 41). The White share of enrollment edged down from 41% to 27% over that span.

On the community side, the feed for SC School for the Deaf Elementary/Middle typically covers fundraisers, lost-and-found posts, and report-card season. Contributors range from current parents to recent graduates and teachers.