📍 120 Piney Grove Road, Columbia, Lexington County, 29210
Leaphart Elementary is a State/Public serving elementary age pupils, located in Columbia, Lexington County. The school has 492 pupils enrolled. It is part of the Lexington 05 school district. It serves grades Pre-K–5 in a suburban setting. The school employs 43 full-time-equivalent teachers, a student-teacher ratio of 11.4:1. 30% of students are proficient in reading. 31% are proficient in maths. Technology infrastructure includes fiber internet, campus-wide Wi-Fi, devices for students.
Leaphart Elementary enrolls 492 students across grades Pre-K–5. The student body is 51% male and 49% female. A teaching staff of 43 full-time-equivalent teachers supports the school, giving a student-teacher ratio of 11.4:1.
By race and ethnicity, the student body is 52% Black or African American, 27% White and 8.7% Two or more races.
| Race / ethnicity | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Black or African American | 258 | 52% |
| White | 132 | 27% |
| Two or more races | 43 | 8.7% |
| Hispanic or Latino | 38 | 7.7% |
| Asian | 12 | 2.4% |
| Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander | 9 | 1.8% |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data.
492 of the school's 492 students (100%) qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. Of these, 492 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.
Leaphart 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 20, state house district 85.
Leaphart Elementary is one of 23 schools in Lexington 05, based in Irmo, South Carolina. The district serves 17,053 students district-wide and employs 1,505 full-time-equivalent teachers. With 492 students, Leaphart Elementary is smaller than the district average of about 741 students per school.
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Proficiency based on state assessments.
Setting: Suburb - Large
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