📍 7051 Keowee School Road, Seneca, Oconee County, 29672
Keowee Elementary is a State/Public serving elementary age pupils, located in Seneca, Oconee County. The school has 374 pupils enrolled. It is part of the Oconee 01 school district. It serves grades Pre-K–5 in a rural setting. The school employs 30.5 full-time-equivalent teachers, a student-teacher ratio of 12.3:1. 57% of students are proficient in reading. 52% are proficient in maths. Technology infrastructure includes fiber internet, campus-wide Wi-Fi.
Keowee Elementary enrolls 374 students across grades Pre-K–5. The student body is 53% male and 47% female. A teaching staff of 30.5 full-time-equivalent teachers supports the school, giving a student-teacher ratio of 12.3:1.
By race and ethnicity, the student body is 87% White, 5.9% Hispanic or Latino and 4.5% Two or more races.
| Race / ethnicity | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| White | 326 | 87% |
| Hispanic or Latino | 22 | 5.9% |
| Two or more races | 17 | 4.5% |
| Black or African American | 8 | 2.1% |
| Asian | 1 | <1% |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data.
246 of the school's 374 students (66%) qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. Of these, 226 qualify for free lunch and 20 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.
Keowee 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-30, state senate district 1, state house district 1.
Keowee Elementary is one of 17 schools in Oconee 01, based in Walhalla, South Carolina. The district serves 9,978 students district-wide and employs 791 full-time-equivalent teachers. With 374 students, Keowee Elementary is smaller than the district average of about 587 students per school.
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Proficiency based on state assessments.
Setting: Rural - Fringe