📍 150 Ravenel School Road, Seneca, Oconee County, 29678
Ravenel Elementary is a State/Public serving elementary age pupils, located in Seneca, Oconee County. The school has 502 pupils enrolled. It is part of the Oconee 01 school district. It serves grades Pre-K–5 in a small-town setting. The school employs 42 full-time-equivalent teachers, a student-teacher ratio of 11.9:1. 47% of students are proficient in reading. 42% are proficient in maths. Technology infrastructure includes fiber internet, campus-wide Wi-Fi.
Ravenel Elementary enrolls 502 students across grades Pre-K–5. The student body is 53% male and 47% female. A teaching staff of 42 full-time-equivalent teachers supports the school, giving a student-teacher ratio of 11.9:1.
By race and ethnicity, the student body is 61% White, 23% Black or African American and 8.2% Hispanic or Latino.
| Race / ethnicity | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| White | 308 | 61% |
| Black or African American | 116 | 23% |
| Hispanic or Latino | 41 | 8.2% |
| Two or more races | 30 | 6% |
| Asian | 4 | <1% |
| Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander | 3 | <1% |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data.
415 of the school's 502 students (83%) qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. Of these, 373 qualify for free lunch and 42 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.
Ravenel Elementary is located in a small-town setting (NCES locale: Town, 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 2.
Ravenel 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 502 students, Ravenel Elementary is close to the district average of about 587 students per school.
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Proficiency based on state assessments.
Setting: Town - Fringe