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West Pelzer Elementary School

Serves grades PK - 5

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Raw data sources:
  • Test Scores: Edfacts (U.S. Department of Education), State departments of education.
  • Expenditures: National Center for Education Statistics.
  • Educational Environment: American Community Survey (U.S. Census Bureau).
Date(s) & Update Frequency:
  • Test data: Reflects 2023 – 2024 school year.
  • Expenditures: 2022
  • Educational Environment: 2023 (latest available). Updated annually.
  • All data updated June 2025

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School Overview

Address
110 West Stewart Street
West Pelzer, SC 29669
Phone
(864) 947-6424
District
Anderson 01
County
ANDERSON COUNTY
Type of School
Regular elementary or secondary
Magnet School
No
Charter School
No
Students Enrolled
382
Classroom Teachers
33

School Quality Ratings

School Quality Compared to South Carolina

10

(10 is best)

Better than 93.1% of all SC schools.

School Quality Compared to U.S.

10

(10 is best)

West Pelzer Elementary School Test Scores (No Child Left Behind Tests)

Grade 3

100 80 60 40 20 0
84%
54%
79%
54%
89%
54%
    Proficiency in Reading and Math
    Proficiency in Reading
    Proficiency in Math
School
State

Grade 4

80 60 40 20 0
64%
54%
70%
57%
58%
51%
    Proficiency in Reading and Math
    Proficiency in Reading
    Proficiency in Math
School
State

Grade 5

80 60 40 20 0
72%
50%
69%
55%
74%
45%
    Proficiency in Reading and Math
    Proficiency in Reading
    Proficiency in Math
School
State

Class Size (number of students per classroom teacher)

17.5 15 12.5 10 7.5 5 2.5 0
12
16
14
16
    AVG FOR THIS SCHOOL
    AVG FOR DISTRICT
    AVG FOR STATE
    AVG FOR NATION
SCHOOL ENROLLMENT BY GRADE NUMBER OF STUDENTS PERCENTAGE
Grade pk 39 10.2%
Kindergarten 53 13.9%
Grade 1 56 14.7%
Grade 2 62 16.2%
Grade 3 56 14.7%
Grade 4 57 14.9%
Grade 5 59 15.4%
Total 382 100%

School enrollment by group

Ethnic/Racial Groups This School This District This State
White (non-hispanic) 82.5% 78.4% 50.3%
Black 4.4% 8.0% 33.1%
Hispanic 12.5% 11.9% 14.2%
Asian Or Pacific Islander 0.3% 1.6% 2.0%
American Indian Or Native Of Alaska 0.3% 0.2% 0.4%
Economic Groups This School This District This State
Economically disadvantaged 80.1% 53.1% 69.6%
Free lunch eligible 74.1% 47.9% 67.0%
Reduced lunch eligible 6.0% 5.2% 2.6%
POPULATION DISTRICT FOR THIS SCHOOL STATE
POPULATION 60,693 5,373,555
POPULATION DENSITY (per sq. mile) 388.8 177
POPULATION DISTRIBUTION BY AGE DISTRICT FOR THIS SCHOOL STATE
4 YEARS OLD AND BELOW 5.7% 5.5%
5-19 YEARS OLD 20.4% 18.9%
20-44 YEARS OLD 31.8% 31.7%
45-64 YEARS OLD 26.4% 25.5%
65 OR OLDER 15.7% 18.5%
HOUSEHOLD CHARACTERISTICS DISTRICT FOR THIS SCHOOL STATE
Number Of Households 22,720 2,070,390
Single Parent Households With Children 7.4% 8.5%
Adults With At Least A High School Diploma 87.0% 89.6%
Adults With At Least A Bachelor's Degree 28.5% 31.5%
HOUSEHOLD INCOME DISTRIBUTION DISTRICT FOR THIS SCHOOL STATE
$150,000 or more 15.0% 15.7%
$100,000 - $149,999 21.7% 16.1%
$75,000 - $99,999 14.9% 12.9%
$50,000 - $74,999 16.3% 17.2%
$30,000 - $49,999 16.6% 16.4%
$15,000 - $29,999 8.9% 11.7%
$15,000 or less 6.7% 9.9%

Education Expenditures

For this District Per Student Total % of Total
Instructional Expenditures $6,128 $67,418,000 45.1%
Support Expenditures
Student $935 $10,288,583 6.9%
Staff $368 $4,043,000 2.7%
General Administration $75 $823,000 0.6%
School Administration $602 $6,623,000 4.4%
Operation $816 $8,981,000 6.0%
Transportation $293 $3,219,417 2.2%
Other $247 $2,714,000 1.8%
Total Support $3,335 $36,692,000 24.5%
Non-instructional Expenditures $4,133 $45,468,000 30.4%
Total Expenditures $13,597 $149,578,000 100.0%
For the State Per Student Total % of Total
Instructional Expenditures $7,367 $5,848,387,000 46.7%
Support Expenditures
Student $995 $789,839,477 6.3%
Staff $764 $606,664,000 4.8%
General Administration $111 $87,785,000 0.7%
School Administration $820 $650,716,000 5.2%
Operation $1,215 $964,420,000 7.7%
Transportation $438 $347,940,523 2.8%
Other $587 $466,129,000 3.7%
Total Support $4,930 $3,913,494,000 31.2%
Non-instructional Expenditures $3,491 $2,771,207,000 22.1%
Total Expenditures $15,788 $12,533,088,000 100.0%
For the Nation Per Student Total % of Total
Instructional Expenditures $9,169 $453,314,948,000 49.6%
Support Expenditures
Student $1,031 $50,976,033,477 5.6%
Staff $799 $39,519,417,000 4.3%
General Administration $308 $15,224,255,000 1.7%
School Administration $850 $42,029,112,000 4.6%
Operation $1,430 $70,704,769,000 7.7%
Transportation $613 $30,295,759,523 3.3%
Other $623 $30,798,344,000 3.4%
Total Support $5,654 $279,547,690,000 30.6%
Non-instructional Expenditures $3,675 $181,697,172,000 19.9%
Total Expenditures $18,499 $914,559,810,000 100.0%

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