Elementary · South Carolina

Olanta Elementary

Free meals for all

Olanta Elementary, a public elementary school in Olanta, South Carolina: grades pre-k–6, 198 students, 11.6 students per teacher (2024–25 school year). Part of Florence 03.

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
198
Teachers (FTE)
17.0
Students per teacher
11.6
Grades
Pre-K–6
Elementary

Fewer students per teacher than 79% of elementary schools in South Carolina

Median 13.4 · 691 schools compared

Fewer students per teacher than 82% of elementary schools in the US

Median 14.6 · 50,575 schools compared

Smaller than 94% of elementary schools in South Carolina

Median 505 · 691 schools compared

Smaller than 88% 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%

50%proficient

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

A lower share proficient than 71% of elementary schools in South Carolina

Median 60% · 637 elementary schools compared

102 students tested, grades 3, 4, 5, 6 · SC Ready; proficient means Levels 3-4

Math

South Carolina: 44%

35%proficient

+3.3 points from 2023–24 school year

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

Median 49% · 637 elementary schools compared

102 students tested, grades 3, 4, 5, 6 · 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
District school · Regular
Instruction
Some virtual classes
Meals
Free breakfast and lunch for every student
Area
Distant rural area

Which school a home is assigned to is decided by the district's attendance zones; check with Florence 03.

Location

Address
312 North Jones Road, Olanta, SC 29114
Phone
(843)396-4457
City or town
Olanta

Nearby elementary schools

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

SchoolGradesStudentsStudents / teacherReadingMath
Pre-K–235715.3——
J. C. Lynch ElementaryFree meals for all
Pre-K–635312.756%47%
Scranton ElementaryFree meals for all
Pre-K–638913.960%37%
Walker-Gamble ElementaryFree meals for all
Pre-K–554716.171%64%
Main Street ElementaryFree meals for all
3–631819.345%24%
Pre-K–532911.843%40%

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 450219000454