Elementary · South Carolina

East Aiken School of the Arts

Free meals for all

East Aiken School of the Arts, a public elementary school in Aiken, South Carolina: grades pre-k–5, 534 students, 13.7 students per teacher (2024–25 school year). Part of Aiken 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
534
Teachers (FTE)
39.0
Students per teacher
13.7
Grades
Pre-K–5
Elementary

More students per teacher than 55% of elementary schools in South Carolina

Median 13.4 · 691 schools compared

Fewer students per teacher than 60% of elementary schools in the US

Median 14.6 · 50,575 schools compared

Larger than 55% of elementary schools in South Carolina

Median 505 · 691 schools compared

Larger than 72% 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%

73%proficient

New test or proficiency bar this year: not comparable with the year before.

A higher share proficient than 77% of elementary schools in South Carolina

Median 60% · 637 elementary schools compared

258 students tested, grades 3, 4, 5 · SC Ready; proficient means Levels 3-4

Math

South Carolina: 44%

64%proficient

+12.2 points from 2023–24 school year

A higher share proficient than 76% of elementary schools in South Carolina

Median 49% · 637 elementary schools compared

258 students tested, grades 3, 4, 5 · 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–5
Type
District school · Regular
Instruction
Some virtual classes
Meals
Free breakfast and lunch for every student
Area
Large suburb
Run by
Aiken 01

Which school a home is assigned to is decided by the district's attendance zones; check with Aiken 01.

Location

Address
223 Old Wagener Road, Aiken, SC 29801
Phone
(803)641-2450

Nearby elementary schools

The closest public elementary schools by straight-line distance. Attendance zones are set by each district.

SchoolGradesStudentsStudents / teacherReadingMath
North Aiken ElementaryFree meals for all
Pre-K–544012.650%40%
Pre-K–566414.072%62%
Pre-K–557814.270%57%
Aiken ElementaryFree meals for all
Pre-K–550814.170%55%
Oakwood-Windsor ElementaryFree meals for all
Pre-K–542712.953%43%
J. D. Lever ElementaryFree meals for all
Pre-K–545212.649%37%

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

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.

NCES 450072000023