Wallace Gregg Elementary

Set in Florence, South Carolina, Wallace Gregg Elementary is a cozy elementary school, part of Florence 01. It instructs 283 students across grades K through 5. Enrollment runs roughly 46% smaller than the state mean of about 526.

Florence 01 comprises 23 schools with combined enrollment of 15,861 students; Wallace Gregg Elementary is among them.

Demographically, Wallace Gregg Elementary shows that 57% of the student body identifies as Black. Beyond that, the school reports 27% White, 10% multiracial, 5% Hispanic. By comparison, Florence County as a whole is about 43% Black, so the school skews considerably more Black than its surroundings.

Looking at school resources, Wallace Gregg Elementary records 27 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 10.5:1. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 13.3:1 average.

In the broader community, Florence County reports that median household income runs about $58,305, about 24% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 13%. Wallace Gregg Elementary is one of 39 public schools in Florence County (combined enrollment of about 21,641 students).

The closest other public school is Theodore Lester Elementary, roughly 2.4 miles away. 5 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius.

Wallace Gregg Elementary operates from a small-town location.

Trend over the last 7 years. Wallace Gregg Elementary's enrollment has edged down 31% since 2018, when it stood at 409 (now 283). White enrollment moved from 36% to 27% across the same window. Class-load math has pulled in: from 13.6:1 in 2018 to 10.5:1 in 2025.

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