📍 401 Overbrook Drive, Gaffney, Cherokee County, 29341
B. D. Lee Elementary is a State/Public serving elementary age pupils, located in Gaffney, Cherokee County. The school has 607 pupils enrolled. It is part of the Cherokee 01 school district. It serves grades Pre-K–5 in a small-town setting. The school employs 41.8 full-time-equivalent teachers, a student-teacher ratio of 14.5:1. 17% of students are proficient in reading. 17% are proficient in maths. Technology infrastructure includes fiber internet, campus-wide Wi-Fi, devices for students.
B. D. Lee Elementary enrolls 607 students across grades Pre-K–5. The student body is 50% male and 50% female. A teaching staff of 41.8 full-time-equivalent teachers supports the school, giving a student-teacher ratio of 14.5:1.
By race and ethnicity, the student body is 67% Black or African American, 18% White and 8.2% Two or more races.
| Race / ethnicity | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Black or African American | 404 | 67% |
| White | 109 | 18% |
| Two or more races | 50 | 8.2% |
| Hispanic or Latino | 35 | 5.8% |
| Asian | 9 | 1.5% |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data.
607 of the school's 607 students (100%) qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. Of these, 607 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.
B. D. Lee Elementary is located in a small-town setting (NCES locale: Town, Distant). 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-50, state senate district 14, state house district 29.
B. D. Lee Elementary is one of 15 schools in Cherokee 01, based in Gaffney, South Carolina. The district serves 7,525 students district-wide and employs 563 full-time-equivalent teachers. With 607 students, B. D. Lee Elementary is larger than the district average of about 502 students per school.
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Proficiency based on state assessments.
Setting: Town - Distant
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