Elementary · South Carolina

North Elementary

Free meals for all

North Elementary, a public elementary school in Lancaster, South Carolina: grades pre-k–5, 645 students, 15.0 students per teacher (2024–25 school year). Part of Lancaster 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
645
Teachers (FTE)
43.0
Students per teacher
15.0
Grades
Pre-K–5
Elementary

More students per teacher than 76% of elementary schools in South Carolina

Median 13.4 · 691 schools compared

More students per teacher than 55% of elementary schools in the US

Median 14.6 · 50,575 schools compared

Larger than 72% of elementary schools in South Carolina

Median 505 · 691 schools compared

Larger than 85% 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%

52%proficient

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

A lower share proficient than 69% of elementary schools in South Carolina

Median 60% · 637 elementary schools compared

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

Math

South Carolina: 44%

47%proficient

+1.0 points from 2023–24 school year

A lower share proficient than 54% of elementary schools in South Carolina

Median 49% · 637 elementary schools compared

301 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
Distant town

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

Location

Address
1100 Roddey Drive, Lancaster, SC 29720
Phone
(803)283-9918
City or town
Lancaster

Nearby elementary schools

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

SchoolGradesStudentsStudents / teacherReadingMath
Clinton ElementaryFree meals for all
Pre-K–541212.035%36%
K–514615.1——
Brooklyn Springs ElementaryFree meals for all
Pre-K–539813.435%30%
Erwin ElementaryFree meals for all
Pre-K–541813.132%36%
McDonald Green ElementaryFree meals for all
Pre-K–533713.554%55%
Pre-K–482014.976%77%

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 450258001262