📍 1146 Boiling Springs Highway, Gaffney, Cherokee County, 29341
Grassy Pond Elementary is a State/Public serving elementary age pupils, located in Gaffney, Cherokee County. The school has 503 pupils enrolled. It is part of the Cherokee 01 school district. It serves grades Pre-K–5 in a rural setting. The school employs 30.4 full-time-equivalent teachers, a student-teacher ratio of 16.6:1. 45% of students are proficient in reading. 51% are proficient in maths. Technology infrastructure includes fiber internet, campus-wide Wi-Fi, devices for students.
Grassy Pond Elementary enrolls 503 students across grades Pre-K–5. The student body is 53% male and 47% female. A teaching staff of 30.4 full-time-equivalent teachers supports the school, giving a student-teacher ratio of 16.6:1.
By race and ethnicity, the student body is 61% White, 22% Black or African American and 13% Hispanic or Latino.
| Race / ethnicity | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| White | 306 | 61% |
| Black or African American | 113 | 22% |
| Hispanic or Latino | 65 | 13% |
| Two or more races | 16 | 3.2% |
| American Indian or Alaska Native | 2 | <1% |
| Asian | 1 | <1% |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data.
339 of the school's 503 students (67%) qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. Of these, 337 qualify for free lunch and 2 for a reduced price. The school participates in the National School Lunch Program. Free and reduced-price lunch eligibility is a widely used indicator of the share of students from lower-income households.
Grassy Pond Elementary is located in a rural setting (NCES locale: Rural, Fringe). 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 30.
Grassy Pond 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 503 students, Grassy Pond Elementary is close to the district average of about 502 students per school.
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Proficiency based on state assessments.
Setting: Rural - Fringe
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