West End Elementary

Set in Easley, South Carolina, West End Elementary is a reasonably sized elementary campus, part of Pickens 01. It instructs 643 students across grades pre-K through 5. By comparison, South Carolina's public schools average about 526 students each, so West End Elementary sits 22% larger than that benchmark.

Pickens 01 runs 23 schools in total, collectively educating 16,313 students. West End Elementary is one of those campuses.

For racial and ethnic makeup, West End Elementary logs that 58% of the student body identifies as White; the rest reads as 19% Hispanic, 11% multiracial, 11% Black. The wider county runs roughly 84% White, putting the school's mix meaningfully less White than the area baseline.

On the resource side, West End Elementary records 52 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 12.4:1. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 13.3:1 average.

In the area at large, Pickens County reports that median household earnings sit near $61,064, roughly 29% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 9%. Across Pickens County's 27 public schools (combined enrollment of about 16,866 students), West End Elementary is one campus in the mix.

Richard H. Gettys Middle is the nearest neighboring public school, about 1.3 miles from this campus. Within five miles, there are 7 other public schools.

The campus sits in a commuter-belt setting.

Over the past 7-year window. Over the past 7-year window, the student count decreased 3%: 664 students in 2018 compared to 643 in 2025. White enrollment moved from 71% to 58% across the same window. The student-to-teacher ratio fell from 15.3:1 in 2018 to 12.4:1 today.

On the community side, members of the West End Elementary community share and discuss science fair prep, picture-day reminders, and bus-route questions. Posting is open to anyone connected to the school.