Seven Oaks Elementary

Seven Oaks Elementary, a moderately sized K-5 school in Columbia, South Carolina, part of Lexington 05, serves 522 students, covering grades pre-K through 5.

Lexington 05 runs 22 schools in total, collectively educating 17,053 students. Seven Oaks Elementary is one of those campuses.

On the student-mix side, Seven Oaks Elementary shows that 63% of the student body identifies as Black; the rest reads as 13% White, 9% Hispanic, 8% Asian, 6% multiracial. That is meaningfully more Black than the county at large, where the share is closer to 15%.

In terms of school funding signals, On paper, Seven Oaks Elementary has 56 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 9.3:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 13.3:1, putting Seven Oaks Elementary tighter than the state norm the norm.

Around the school, ACS estimates for Lexington County put the typical household earns roughly $77,408 per year, 34% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 9%. Across Lexington County's 76 public schools (combined enrollment of about 64,555 students), Seven Oaks Elementary is one campus in the mix.

The closest other public school is SC Connections Academy, roughly 0.6 miles away. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius.

Geographically, the school is in a commuter-belt area.

Five-year trend. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Seven Oaks Elementary has fell 11%, going from 585 students in 2018 to 522 in 2025. Over the same period, the White share shrank from 18% to 13%. Class-load math has tightened: from 12.0:1 in 2018 to 9.3:1 in 2025.

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