Willow Drive Elementary

Located at 26 Willow Drive, in Sumter, South Carolina, Willow Drive Elementary is a middle-of-the-pack elementary campus that caters to 504 students (grades pre-K through 5), operated by Sumter 01.

Sumter 01 runs 24 schools in total, collectively educating 13,871 students. Willow Drive Elementary is one of those campuses.

On demographics, Willow Drive Elementary reports that 77% of the student body identifies as Black; the rest comes out to 12% White, 7% Hispanic. The wider county runs roughly 46% Black, putting the school's mix visibly more Black than the area baseline.

On the resource side, Willow Drive Elementary shows 32 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 15.7:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 13.3:1, putting Willow Drive Elementary higher than the state norm the norm.

In the broader community, the surrounding county (Sumter County) reports that median household earnings sit near $56,693, roughly 24% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and roughly 13% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Willow Drive Elementary is one of 27 public schools in Sumter County (combined enrollment of about 14,608 students).

The closest other public school is Alice Drive Middle, roughly 1.0 miles away. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools.

The school occupies a high-density site.

Five-year trend. Over the past 7-year window, the student count declined 23%: 657 students in 2018 compared to 504 in 2025. Hispanic enrollment moved from 3% to 7% across the same window.

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