Thomas E. Kerns Elementary

Thomas E. Kerns Elementary is one of the mid-sized K-5 schools in Greenville, South Carolina, run under Greenville 01, with 522 students on its rolls from grades pre-K through 5.

Thomas E. Kerns Elementary is one of 89 schools operated by Greenville 01, a district that educates 78,776 students overall.

On the student-mix side, Thomas E. Kerns Elementary logs that 47% of students identify as Hispanic, with the remaining enrollment distributed across several groups. Other groups include 40% Black, 8% White, 4% multiracial. That is considerably more Hispanic than the county at large, where the share is closer to 12%.

On the income-and-resources front, The school employs 35 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 14.8:1. The state averages around 13.3:1, so this campus is higher than the state norm typical.

In the area at large, census data for Greenville County shows median household earnings sit near $76,932, roughly 41% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and roughly 8% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Thomas E. Kerns Elementary is one of 109 public schools in Greenville County (combined enrollment of about 89,863 students).

Nearest neighbor: Southside High, around 0.3 miles off. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools.

Geographically, the school is in an outer-ring area.

Trend over the last 7 years. Over the past 7-year window, the student count contracted 20%: 653 students in 2018 compared to 522 in 2025. The Hispanic share of enrollment expanded from 23% to 47% over that span. The student-to-teacher ratio widened from 13.5:1 in 2018 to 14.8:1 today.

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