Elementary · South Carolina
Carolina School for Inquiry
CharterFree meals for allCarolina School for Inquiry, a public elementary school in Columbia, South Carolina: grades pre-k–6, 114 students, 9.5 students per teacher (2024–25 school year). Part of Richland 01.
Size and class size
Compared with elementary schools of the same state and the whole country. Students per teacher counts every full-time-equivalent teacher, not the size of each class.
- Students
- 114
- Teachers (FTE)
- 12.0
- Students per teacher
- 9.5
- Grades
- Pre-K–6
- Elementary
Fewer students per teacher than 94% of elementary schools in South Carolina
Median 13.4 · 691 schools compared
Fewer students per teacher than 94% of elementary schools in the US
Median 14.6 · 50,575 schools compared
Smaller than 98% of elementary schools in South Carolina
Median 505 · 691 schools compared
Smaller than 95% of elementary schools in the US
Median 415 · 51,933 schools compared
State test results
Share of students scoring proficient or above on South Carolina's tests, grades 3–8, 2024–25 school year.
Reading and writing
South Carolina: 60%Not published: too few students tested.
New test or proficiency bar this year: not comparable with the year before.
SC Ready; proficient means Levels 3-4
Math
South Carolina: 44%Not published: too few students tested.
SC Ready; proficient means Levels 3-4
Each state sets its own test and its own bar for “proficient”, so results compare only within a state. Results also follow family income closely: a school's share reflects its students' circumstances as much as its teaching.
Data sourced from the Education Data Center (www.eddatacenter.org), a partner project of the National Center for Civic Innovation, Inc. State Assessment Data Repository version 3.1. More information about these assessments over time, including participation and test changes, is available from the Education Data Center.
What it offers
- Grades
- Elementary · Grades Pre-K–6
- Type
- Charter school · Regular
- Instruction
- Some virtual classes
- Meals
- Free breakfast and lunch for every student
- Area
- Large suburb
- Run by
- Richland 01
Which school a home is assigned to is decided by the district's attendance zones; check with Richland 01.
Location
- Address
- 7405-A Fairfield Road, Columbia, SC 29203
- Phone
- (803)691-1250
- County
- Richland County
Nearby elementary schools
The closest public elementary schools by straight-line distance. Attendance zones are set by each district.
| School | Grades | Students | Students / teacher | Reading | Math |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Forest Heights ElementaryFree meals for all | Pre-K–5 | 435 | 12.1 | 46% | 32% |
J. P. Thomas ElementaryFree meals for all | Pre-K–5 | 346 | 12.4 | 44% | 32% |
A. J. Lewis Greenview ElementaryFree meals for all | Pre-K–5 | 358 | 15.2 | 48% | 25% |
Arden ElementaryFree meals for all | Pre-K–5 | 216 | 11.4 | 45% | 37% |
Burton Pack ElementaryFree meals for all | Pre-K–5 | 255 | 9.8 | 35% | 19% |
Hyatt Park ElementaryFree meals for all | Pre-K–5 | 317 | 11.7 | 39% | 25% |
Reading and Math: share of tested students proficient or above on the state's own tests (grades 3–8, 2024–25 school year). Compare only within a state.
Data sourced from the Education Data Center (www.eddatacenter.org), a partner project of the National Center for Civic Innovation, Inc. State Assessment Data Repository version 3.1. More information about these assessments over time, including participation and test changes, is available from the Education Data Center.
Sources
- Public schools and school districts (National Center for Education Statistics · U.S. Census Bureau), 2024–25 school year. NCES Common Core of Data and EDGE public school geocodes; U.S. Census Bureau, Annual Survey of School System Finances and cartographic boundary files (places).
- State Assessment Data Repository (Education Data Center), 2024–25 school year. Data sourced from the Education Data Center (www.eddatacenter.org), a partner project of the National Center for Civic Innovation, Inc. State Assessment Data Repository v3.1.
Analisa does not rate schools. Figures are what a school has (students, teachers, programs), placed among schools of the same level; state test results are compared only within a state.
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