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What's the vibe like in the hallways at Welcome Elementary right now?
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Enrollment
642
Elementary
DISTRICT 723 · STATE 526
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·GREENVILLE 01·NCES 450231000536
Welcome Elementary
36 East Welcome Road, Greenville, SC 29611 · (864) 355-3900 · Greenville County
GRADES KG–05ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBREGULAR SCHOOL642 STUDENTS
C
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Scored higher than 34% of South Carolina public elementary schools
- CTest 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
12.6:1
51 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 15.0:1 · STATE 13.3:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
,
Title I proxy
DISTRICT 48% · 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Kindergarten | 90 | 14% |
| Grade 1 | 113 | 18% |
| Grade 2 | 113 | 18% |
| Grade 3 | 110 | 17% |
| Grade 4 | 108 | 17% |
| Grade 5 | 108 | 17% |
This year's kindergarten class (90) is 17% smaller than its 5th grade class (108).
Student demographics
59%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 67% · 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
54.6%
SC avg 59.7% . +9.6pp since 2023
Math
42.9%
SC avg 44.2% . +3.3pp since 2023
What this means: On the SC READY, South Carolina's statewide test, about 55 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 43 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 10 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 3 points.
SC READY results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 54.6% | 42.9% |
| 2023-24 | 45.0% | 39.6% |
% Meets or Exceeds Expectations, all students and all tested grades.
Source: SC READY. All students, all grades. See all years and grades →
Where Welcome Elementary ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In South Carolina | In Greenville County |
|---|---|---|---|
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 42.9% | #401 of 635 no change | #48 of 54 ▼ 2 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 54.6% | #396 of 635 ▲ 18 | #43 of 54 no change |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 642 | #199 of 709 | #31 of 58 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 12.6:1 | #205 of 656 | #9 of 57 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 58.8% | #317 of 656 | #34 of 57 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -10.8% | #235 of 395 | #12 of 34 |
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
642
-13 (-2%) vs 2020
+35% since 1990-91, when it was 476
Student : Teacher
12.6:1
was 16.4:1
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 | 642 | 51 | 12.6:1 | N/A |
| 2023-24 | 621 | 49.4 | 12.6:1 | 100% (621) |
| 2022-23 | 652 | 48.9 | 13.3:1 | 100% (652) |
| 2020-21 | 655 | 40 | 16.4:1 | 100% (655) |
| 2017-18 | 720 | 54.6 | 13.2:1 | 100% (720) |
| 2015-16 | 744 | 51 | 14.6:1 | 100% (744) |
| 2010-11 | 655 | 42 | 15.6:1 | 91% (597) |
| 2000-01 | 618 | 42 | 14.7:1 | 68% (418) |
| 1990-91 | 476 | 25 | 19.0:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Welcome Elementary.
Since 2017-18: students down 11% (720 to 642); teachers down 7% (54.6 to 51).
About Welcome Elementary
Welcome Elementary is an elementary school with a street address in Greenville, South Carolina. It had 642 students in 2024-25, spanning kindergarten through 5. Elementary schools in South Carolina average about 526 students, which makes this school 22% larger than average.
Welcome Elementary falls under Greenville 01, which has 89 schools enrolling 78,776 students.
At Welcome Elementary, 57% of students are Hispanic. It is also 26% Black, 12% White, and 5% multiracial. For comparison, the population of Greenville County is roughly 12% Hispanic. On the diversity index, which measures the chance that two random students are from different groups, Welcome Elementary scores 59%.
On staff are 51 full-time-equivalent teachers; the student-to-teacher ratio is 12.6:1. Statewide, elementary schools in South Carolina average 13.3:1.
On the allk12 Grade, Welcome Elementary lands at C, ahead of 34% of South Carolina public elementary schools.
The county, Greenville County, is where the school is located. Median household income comes to about $76,932, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 41% of adults, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 8%. The county's public schools total 109, with about 89,863 students.
Welcome Elementary's nearest public school is Carolina Academy (High) (about 0.7 miles). The count of other public schools within five miles is at least 8.
The National Center for Education Statistics classifies the school's location as Suburb: Large, meaning it is in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more.
Enrollment at Welcome Elementary was 655 in 2020-21 and 642 in 2024-25, a change of less than 3%. The number of students per teacher dropped from 16.4 to 12.6 over 4 years.
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Greenville County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
548,166
Census ACS
Median income
$76,932
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
41%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
8%
Below federal line
Schools in county
109
89,863 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Greenville 01
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- J. L. Mann High AcademyHigh · 2,013 students
- Wade Hampton HighHigh · 1,790 students
- Greenville Senior High AcademyHigh · 1,730 students
- Legacy Early CollegeCombined · 1,592 students
- Heron Virtual Academy of South CarolinaHigh · 1,439 students
Other Welcome Elementary schools
One other US public school is named Welcome Elementary. Welcome Elementary is the largest of the 2.
- Welcome ElementaryLexington, NC · 638 students
Nearby schools
- Carolina Academy (High)0.7 mi · 976
- Hollis Academy1.1 mi · 566
- Tanglewood Middle1.4 mi · 652
- Greenview Child Development Center1.5 mi · 444
- Greenville Senior High Academy2.4 mi · 1,730
- Alexander Elementary2.5 mi · 494
Frequently asked questions
About Welcome ElementaryHow many students attend Welcome Elementary?
Welcome Elementary enrolls approximately 642 students in grades KG-05.
What age range does Welcome Elementary serve?
Welcome Elementary serves students from grade KG through grade 05.
How many students per teacher at Welcome Elementary?
Approximately 12.6:1 students per teacher at Welcome Elementary.
How diverse is Welcome Elementary?
Welcome Elementary reports a student body of 12% White, 57% Hispanic, 26% Black, 5% Two or more.
What district is Welcome Elementary in?
Welcome Elementary is part of Greenville 01.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.