1
Enrollment
522
Elementary
DISTRICT 533 · STATE 526
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·LEXINGTON 05·NCES 450282000757
Seven Oaks Elementary
2800 Ashland Road, Columbia, SC 29210 · (803) 476-8500 · Lexington County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBREGULAR SCHOOL522 STUDENTS
C-
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 17% of South Carolina public elementary schools
- C-Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- ·Beats expectations Not available for this school, so the grade uses the other parts.
- ·Three-year trend Not available for this school, so the grade uses the other parts.
Grades compare a school only with schools in the same state, because every state gives its own test. How grades work · Top-graded South Carolina public elementary schools
Student : Teacher
9.3:1
56 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 11.0:1 · STATE 13.3:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
,
Title I proxy
STATE 77%
Community
1
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other elementary schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Pre-K | 39 | 7% |
| Kindergarten | 83 | 16% |
| Grade 1 | 81 | 16% |
| Grade 2 | 76 | 15% |
| Grade 3 | 80 | 15% |
| Grade 4 | 84 | 16% |
| Grade 5 | 79 | 15% |
This year's kindergarten class (83) is 5% larger than its 5th grade class (79).
Student demographics
57%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 62% · STATE 67% · US 70%
Student head counts by race/ethnicity from federal NCES enrollment data. District, state, and US figures are each group's share of all public school students in that area (US excludes territories). Very small groups may be suppressed in the source, so categories do not always sum exactly to total enrollment.
Gender split
Test scores
SC READY 2024-25 . % Meets or Exceeds ExpectationsEnglish Language Arts
42.4%
SC avg 59.7% . +3.8pp since 2023
Math
30.4%
SC avg 44.2% . -0.3pp since 2023
What this means: On the SC READY, South Carolina's statewide test, about 42 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 30 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all South Carolina schools, those numbers are about 60 and 44. Reading and writing scores are up about 4 points since 2023, while math scores have held steady.
SC READY results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 42.4% | 30.4% |
| 2023-24 | 38.6% | 30.7% |
% Meets or Exceeds Expectations, all students and all tested grades.
Source: SC READY. All students, all grades. See all years and grades →
Where Seven Oaks Elementary ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In South Carolina | In Lexington County |
|---|---|---|---|
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 30.4% | #531 of 635 ▼ 28 | #31 of 33 no change |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 42.4% | #550 of 635 ▼ 46 | #32 of 33 ▼ 2 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 522 | #330 of 709 | #21 of 37 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 9.3:1 | #22 of 656 | #3 of 37 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 56.8% | #356 of 656 | #27 of 37 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -10.8% | #237 of 395 | #12 of 22 |
Ranked against other public elementary schools. Online schools are left out of every list, and test-score lists leave out schools that serve specialized populations. Each rank links to the full list. Arrows under a test-score rank show places moved since the prior test year, among schools tested both years.
4-year change
SY 2020-21 vs SY 2024-25Enrollment
522
+59 (+13%) vs 2020
-18% since 1990-91, when it was 637
Student : Teacher
9.3:1
was 9.8:1
Source: NCES Common Core of Data
Enrollment and staffing by year
| School year | Students | Teachers (FTE) | Students per teacher | Free and reduced lunch |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 522 | 56 | 9.3:1 | N/A |
| 2023-24 | 502 | 55 | 9.1:1 | 100% (502) |
| 2022-23 | 520 | 58 | 9.0:1 | 100% (520) |
| 2020-21 | 463 | 47 | 9.8:1 | 100% (463) |
| 2017-18 | 585 | 48.8 | 12.0:1 | 100% (585) |
| 2015-16 | 632 | 41 | 15.4:1 | 78% (494) |
| 2010-11 | 503 | 42 | 12.0:1 | 64% (322) |
| 2000-01 | 465 | 32 | 14.5:1 | 32% (147) |
| 1990-91 | 637 | 38 | 16.8:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Seven Oaks Elementary.
Since 2017-18: students down 11% (585 to 522); teachers up 15% (48.8 to 56).
About Seven Oaks Elementary
Federal records list Seven Oaks Elementary as an elementary school in Columbia, South Carolina. It is open to students in pre-K through 5 and enrolls 522 students.
The district, Lexington 05, has 17,053 students enrolled across 22 schools.
The student body at Seven Oaks Elementary is 63% Black. It is also 13% White, 9% Hispanic, 8% Asian, and 6% multiracial. Lexington County's residents are about 15% Black, 48 points below the school's share. A diversity index of 57% means there is a 57% chance two randomly chosen students at Seven Oaks Elementary are from different groups.
Seven Oaks Elementary lists 56 full-time-equivalent teachers; that is about 9.3 students per teacher. By comparison, the average for elementary schools in South Carolina is 13.3:1.
Seven Oaks Elementary earns a C- on the allk12 Grade, which blends test scores, results against poverty-based expectations, and the three-year trend. It scored higher than 17% of South Carolina public elementary schools.
Five-year Census Bureau estimates for Lexington County show that median household income comes to about $77,408, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 34% of adults, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 9%. Lexington County counts 76 public schools with about 64,555 students.
Seven Oaks Elementary's closest public school neighbor is SC Connections Academy, about 0.6 miles away. A five-mile radius around the school includes at least 8 other public schools.
Seven Oaks Elementary is in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more, a location NCES labels Suburb: Large.
By 2024-25, enrollment had risen to 522, from 463 in 2020-21.
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Lexington County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
304,887
Census ACS
Median income
$77,408
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
34%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
9%
Below federal line
Schools in county
76
64,555 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Lexington 05
- Dutch Fork HighHigh · 1,703 students
- Chapin HighHigh · 1,617 students
- Irmo HighHigh · 1,272 students
- Spring Hill HighHigh · 1,118 students
- Chapin MiddleMiddle · 1,007 students
- Irmo MiddleMiddle · 992 students
Other schools in Columbia
- SC Connections AcademyCombined · 6,152 students
- Spring Valley HighHigh · 2,230 students
- Carolus Online AcademyCombined · 1,786 students
- Ridge View HighHigh · 1,631 students
- Richland Northeast HighHigh · 1,340 students
- A. C. Flora HighHigh · 1,328 students
Other Seven Oaks Elementary schools
5 other US public schools in 5 states are named Seven Oaks Elementary. Seven Oaks Elementary is the 3rd largest of the 6.
- SEVEN OAKS ELEMENTARY SCHOOLWESLEY CHAPEL, FL · 656 students
- SEVEN OAKS ELEMENTARYEAGLE, ID · 534 students
- Seven Oaks ElementaryOdenton, MD · 506 students
- Seven Oaks ElementaryBaltimore, MD · 454 students
- Seven Oaks ElementaryLacey, WA · 428 students
Nearby schools
- SC Connections Academy0.6 mi · 6,152
- Pine Grove Elementary1.1 mi · 501
- Carolus Online Academy1.3 mi · 1,786
- Sandel Elementary1.3 mi · 479
- River Bluff High1.8 mi · 2,117
- Leaphart Elementary1.8 mi · 483
Frequently asked questions
About Seven Oaks ElementaryHow large is Seven Oaks Elementary?
Seven Oaks Elementary enrolls approximately 522 students in grades PK-05.
What age range does Seven Oaks Elementary serve?
Seven Oaks Elementary serves students from grade PK through grade 05.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Seven Oaks Elementary?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Seven Oaks Elementary is approximately 9.3:1 (56 FTE teachers).
What is the racial breakdown of students at Seven Oaks Elementary?
At Seven Oaks Elementary, the student body is approximately 13% White, 9% Hispanic, 63% Black, 8% Asian, 6% Two or more.
Who oversees Seven Oaks Elementary?
Seven Oaks Elementary is overseen by Lexington 05 in Lexington County.
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