Shoally Creek Elementary

Shoally Creek Elementary, an average-sized elementary campus in Boiling Springs, South Carolina, operated by Spartanburg 02, enrolls 742 students, covering grades pre-K through 5. By comparison, South Carolina's public schools average about 526 students each, so Shoally Creek Elementary sits 41% larger than that benchmark.

Across the 14 schools in Spartanburg 02 (11,806 students total), Shoally Creek Elementary accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

Looking at the student body, Shoally Creek Elementary logs that 54% of students identify as White, with the remaining enrollment distributed across several groups. The remainder breaks down as 22% Black, 11% multiracial, 9% Hispanic. By comparison, Spartanburg County as a whole is about 67% White, so the school skews visibly less White than its surroundings.

On the income-and-resources front, The school employs 51 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 14.6:1. That figure is higher than the state norm's 13.3:1 average.

In the surrounding community, census data for Spartanburg County shows median household earnings sit near $66,234, 25% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 11%. Shoally Creek Elementary is one of 88 public schools in Spartanburg County (combined enrollment of about 58,477 students).

Nearest neighbor: Boiling Springs High, around 1.7 miles off. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius.

Shoally Creek Elementary operates from an outer-ring location.

Over the past 7-year window. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Shoally Creek Elementary has edged up 31%, going from 567 students in 2018 to 742 in 2025. Over the same period, the Black share climbed from 16% to 22%.

On the community side, members of the Shoally Creek Elementary community share and discuss sports schedules, lunch menu changes, and school spirit week. Contributors range from current parents to recent graduates and teachers.