Elementary · South Carolina

Waterloo Elementary

Free meals for all

Waterloo Elementary, a public elementary school in Waterloo, South Carolina: grades pre-k–5, 254 students, 8.5 students per teacher (2024–25 school year). Part of Laurens 55.

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
254
Teachers (FTE)
29.8
Students per teacher
8.5
Grades
Pre-K–5
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 89% of elementary schools in South Carolina

Median 505 · 691 schools compared

Smaller than 81% 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 78% of elementary schools in South Carolina

Median 60% · 637 elementary schools compared

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

Math

South Carolina: 44%

63%proficient

+8.9 points from 2023–24 school year

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

Median 49% · 637 elementary schools compared

90 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 rural area

Which school a home is assigned to is decided by the district's attendance zones; check with Laurens 55.

Location

Address
10457 Highway 221 South, Waterloo, SC 29384
Phone
(864)677-5610
City or town
Waterloo

Nearby elementary schools

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

SchoolGradesStudentsStudents / teacherReadingMath
E. B. Morse ElementaryFree meals for all
Pre-K–544712.150%39%
Laurens ElementaryFree meals for all
Pre-K–546510.447%30%
Ware Shoals PrimaryFree meals for all
Pre-K–438513.360%42%
Ford ElementaryFree meals for all
Pre-K–542310.134%27%
Clinton ElementaryFree meals for all
K–542214.648%30%
Eleanor S. Rice ElementaryFree meals for all
Pre-K–553512.968%55%

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 450261000558