Westwood Elementary

Westwood Elementary is an elementary school of compact scale in Abbeville, South Carolina, part of Abbeville 60, enrolling 296 students in grades 3 through 5. Enrollment runs roughly 44% smaller than the state mean of about 526.

Within Abbeville 60, which oversees 8 schools and 2,746 students, Westwood Elementary is one campus in the system.

For racial and ethnic makeup, Westwood Elementary logs that 55% of students identify as Black, with the remaining enrollment distributed across several groups. The remainder comes out to 40% White, 2% Hispanic, 2% multiracial. By comparison, Abbeville County as a whole is about 25% Black, so the school skews noticeably more Black than its surroundings.

Looking at school resources, Staff filings list 23 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 12.9:1 students per teacher. That tracks the state average closely.

Zooming out to the county, Abbeville County reports that median household earnings sit near $52,935, 20% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and roughly 12% of residents live below the federal poverty line. In all, Abbeville County runs 10 public schools (combined enrollment of about 2,905 students), of which Westwood Elementary is one.

Wright Middle is the nearest neighboring public school, about 2.0 miles from this campus. Within five miles, there are 3 other public schools.

The campus sits in a countryside setting.

Trend over the last 7 years. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Westwood Elementary has ticked down 18%, going from 360 students in 2018 to 296 in 2025. The White share of enrollment declined from 48% to 40% over that span.

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