📍 2050 Pine Log Road, Aiken, Aiken County, 29803
Aiken Elementary is a State/Public serving elementary age pupils, located in Aiken, Aiken County. The school has 524 pupils enrolled. It is part of the Aiken 01 school district. It serves grades Pre-K–5 in a suburban setting. The school employs 39 full-time-equivalent teachers, a student-teacher ratio of 13.4:1. 40% of students are proficient in reading. 34% are proficient in maths. Technology infrastructure includes fiber internet, campus-wide Wi-Fi, devices for students.
Aiken Elementary enrolls 524 students across grades Pre-K–5. The student body is 56% male and 44% female. A teaching staff of 39 full-time-equivalent teachers supports the school, giving a student-teacher ratio of 13.4:1.
By race and ethnicity, the student body is 47% Black or African American, 39% White and 8.2% Two or more races.
| Race / ethnicity | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Black or African American | 248 | 47% |
| White | 203 | 39% |
| Two or more races | 43 | 8.2% |
| Hispanic or Latino | 25 | 4.8% |
| Asian | 5 | <1% |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data.
524 of the school's 524 students (100%) qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. Of these, 524 qualify for free lunch and 0 for a reduced price. Free and reduced-price lunch eligibility is a widely used indicator of the share of students from lower-income households.
Aiken Elementary is located in a suburban setting (NCES locale: Suburb, Large). Virtual instruction: Supplemental Virtual. The school runs a schoolwide Title I program, which provides federal funding to support students from low-income families. For civic and policy purposes, the school sits in congressional district SC-20, state senate district 24, state house district 81.
Aiken Elementary is one of 40 schools in Aiken 01, based in Aiken, South Carolina. The district serves 22,916 students district-wide and employs 1,569 full-time-equivalent teachers. With 524 students, Aiken Elementary is close to the district average of about 573 students per school.
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Proficiency based on state assessments.
Setting: Suburb - Large