Elementary · South Carolina

The Palmetto School

Charter

The Palmetto School, a public elementary school in Rock Hill, South Carolina: grades pre-k–8, 63 students, 8.4 students per teacher (2024–25 school year). Part of York 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: 63
Teachers (FTE): 7.5
Students per teacher: 8.4
Grades: Pre-K–8; Elementary

Fewer students per teacher than 97% of elementary schools in South Carolina

Median 13.4 · 691 schools compared

Fewer students per teacher than 97% of elementary schools in the US

Median 14.6 · 50,575 schools compared

Smaller than 100% of elementary schools in South Carolina

Median 505 · 691 schools compared

Smaller than 97% 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–8
Type: Charter school · Regular
Instruction: Some virtual classes
Area: Small city
Run by: York 03

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

Location

Address: 386 East Black Street, Rock Hill, SC 29730
Phone: (803)328-6555
City or town: Rock Hill
County: York County

Quality of life in Rock Hill Schools in Rock Hill

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
Ebenezer Avenue Elementary: Traditional Montessori Inquiry	Pre-K–5	453	12.2	64%	49%	0.8 mi
Northside ElementaryFree meals for all	Pre-K–5	462	11.8	50%	41%	1.0 mi
Sunset Park Center for Accelerated StudiesFree meals for all	Pre-K–5	431	13.5	64%	41%	1.4 mi
Richmond Drive ElementaryFree meals for all	Pre-K–5	467	12.0	36%	25%	2.1 mi
Cherry Park Elementary School of Language Immersion	K–5	806	17.3	87%	71%	2.8 mi
Independence ElementaryFree meals for all	Pre-K–5	583	13.9	58%	48%	2.9 mi

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.

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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