Elementary · South Carolina
J. P. Thomas Elementary
Free meals for allJ. P. Thomas Elementary, a public elementary school in Columbia, South Carolina: grades pre-k–5, 346 students, 12.4 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
- 346
- Teachers (FTE)
- 28.0
- Students per teacher
- 12.4
- Grades
- Pre-K–5
- Elementary
Fewer students per teacher than 69% of elementary schools in South Carolina
Median 13.4 · 691 schools compared
Fewer students per teacher than 74% of elementary schools in the US
Median 14.6 · 50,575 schools compared
Smaller than 79% of elementary schools in South Carolina
Median 505 · 691 schools compared
Smaller than 64% of elementary schools in the US
Median 415 · 51,933 schools compared
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
- Richland 01
Which school a home is assigned to is decided by the district's attendance zones; check with Richland 01.
Location
- Address
- 6001 Weston Avenue, Columbia, SC 29203
- Phone
- (803)735-3430
- 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
Arden ElementaryFree meals for all | Pre-K–5 | 216 | 11.4 |
Burton Pack ElementaryFree meals for all | Pre-K–5 | 255 | 9.8 |
A. J. Lewis Greenview ElementaryFree meals for all | Pre-K–5 | 358 | 15.2 |
Hyatt Park ElementaryFree meals for all | Pre-K–5 | 317 | 11.7 |
Carolina School for InquiryCharterFree meals for all | Pre-K–6 | 114 | 9.5 |
Watkins-Nance ElementaryFree meals for all | Pre-K–5 | 499 | 16.6 |
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).
Analisa does not rate schools. Figures are what a school has (students, teachers, programs), placed among schools of the same level.
NCES 450336000933