📍 2500 Blue Ridge Terrace, Columbia, Richland County, 29203
Forest Heights Elementary is a State/Public serving elementary age pupils, located in Columbia, Richland County. The school has 441 pupils enrolled. It is part of the Richland 01 school district. It serves grades Pre-K–5 in a rural setting. The school employs 33 full-time-equivalent teachers, a student-teacher ratio of 13.4:1. 12% of students are proficient in reading. 12% are proficient in maths. Technology infrastructure includes fiber internet, campus-wide Wi-Fi.
Forest Heights Elementary enrolls 441 students across grades Pre-K–5. The student body is 49% male and 51% female. A teaching staff of 33 full-time-equivalent teachers supports the school, giving a student-teacher ratio of 13.4:1.
By race and ethnicity, the student body is 73% Black or African American, 16% Hispanic or Latino and 5% White.
| Race / ethnicity | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Black or African American | 324 | 73% |
| Hispanic or Latino | 70 | 16% |
| White | 22 | 5% |
| Two or more races | 21 | 4.8% |
| Asian | 4 | <1% |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data.
441 of the school's 441 students (100%) qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. Of these, 441 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.
Forest Heights 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-60, state senate district 19, state house district 77.
Forest Heights Elementary is one of 48 schools in Richland 01, based in Columbia, South Carolina. The district serves 21,814 students district-wide and employs 1,755 full-time-equivalent teachers. With 441 students, Forest Heights Elementary is close to the district average of about 454 students per school.
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Proficiency based on state assessments.
Setting: Rural - Fringe
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