Great Falls Elementary

Set in Great Falls, South Carolina, Great Falls Elementary is a compact elementary campus, overseen by Chester 01. It hosts 335 students across grades pre-K through 5. Enrollment runs roughly 36% below the state mean of about 526.

Chester 01 runs 11 schools in total, collectively educating 4,523 students. Great Falls Elementary is one of those campuses.

On demographics, Great Falls Elementary records that the most-represented group is White (41%), with the rest of the student body spread across multiple groups. The remainder looks like 38% Black, 13% Hispanic, 8% multiracial. By comparison, Chester County as a whole is about 58% White, so the school skews meaningfully less White than its surroundings.

On the income-and-resources front, On paper, Great Falls Elementary has 26 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 13.1:1. The state averages about 13.3:1, putting this campus right in line with peers.

In the surrounding community, ACS estimates for Chester County put the typical household earns roughly $52,458 per year, roughly 14% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and the poverty rate sits near 16%. In all, Chester County runs 12 public schools (combined enrollment of about 4,523 students), of which Great Falls Elementary is one.

The closest other public school is Great Falls High, roughly 1.2 miles away. Within ten miles, there are 2 other public schools, a sparser pattern than typical urban areas.

Geographically, the school is in a small-town area.

Trend over the last 7 years. Over the past 7-year window, the student count fell 22%: 428 students in 2018 compared to 335 in 2025. White enrollment moved from 54% to 41% across the same window. Class-load math has tightened: from 15.8:1 in 2018 to 13.1:1 in 2025.

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