📍 835-B Lancaster Highway, Chester, Chester County, 29706
Chester Park Elementary School of Literacy and Technology is a State/Public serving elementary age pupils, located in Chester, Chester County. The school has 323 pupils enrolled. It is part of the Chester 01 school district. It serves grades Pre-K–5 in a rural setting. The school employs 26 full-time-equivalent teachers, a student-teacher ratio of 12.4:1. 17% of students are proficient in reading. 17% are proficient in maths. Technology infrastructure includes fiber internet, campus-wide Wi-Fi, devices for students.
Chester Park Elementary School of Literacy and Technology enrolls 323 students across grades Pre-K–5. The student body is 57% male and 43% female. A teaching staff of 26 full-time-equivalent teachers supports the school, giving a student-teacher ratio of 12.4:1.
By race and ethnicity, the student body is 66% Black or African American, 22% White and 6.5% Hispanic or Latino.
| Race / ethnicity | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Black or African American | 212 | 66% |
| White | 72 | 22% |
| Hispanic or Latino | 21 | 6.5% |
| Two or more races | 17 | 5.3% |
| Asian | 1 | <1% |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data.
273 of the school's 323 students (85%) qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. Of these, 273 qualify for free lunch and 0 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.
Chester Park Elementary School of Literacy and Technology 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 17, state house district 43.
Chester Park Elementary School of Literacy and Technology is one of 12 schools in Chester 01, based in Chester, South Carolina. The district serves 4,523 students district-wide and employs 374 full-time-equivalent teachers. With 323 students, Chester Park Elementary School of Literacy and Technology is close to the district average of about 377 students per school.
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Proficiency based on state assessments.
Setting: Rural - Fringe
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