📍 2700 Seminole Road, Columbia, Richland County, 29210
Sandel Elementary is a State/Public serving elementary age pupils, located in Columbia, Richland County. The school has 477 pupils enrolled. It is part of the Richland 01 school district. It serves grades Pre-K–5 in a suburban setting. The school employs 35 full-time-equivalent teachers, a student-teacher ratio of 13.6:1. 17% of students are proficient in reading. 12% are proficient in maths. Technology infrastructure includes fiber internet, campus-wide Wi-Fi.
Sandel Elementary enrolls 477 students across grades Pre-K–5. The student body is 53% male and 47% female. A teaching staff of 35 full-time-equivalent teachers supports the school, giving a student-teacher ratio of 13.6:1.
By race and ethnicity, the student body is 87% Black or African American, 5.5% Two or more races and 4% Hispanic or Latino.
| Race / ethnicity | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Black or African American | 413 | 87% |
| Two or more races | 26 | 5.5% |
| Hispanic or Latino | 19 | 4% |
| White | 14 | 2.9% |
| Asian | 5 | 1% |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data.
477 of the school's 477 students (100%) qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. Of these, 477 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.
Sandel 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-60, state senate district 19, state house district 72.
Sandel 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 477 students, Sandel 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: Suburb - Large