📍 500 Spears Creek Church Road, Elgin, Richland County, 29045
Pontiac Elementary is a State/Public serving elementary age pupils, located in Elgin, Richland County. The school has 724 pupils enrolled. It is part of the Richland 02 school district. It serves grades Pre-K–5 in a suburban setting. The school employs 54 full-time-equivalent teachers, a student-teacher ratio of 13.4:1. 35% of students are proficient in reading. 39% are proficient in maths. Technology infrastructure includes fiber internet, campus-wide Wi-Fi, devices for students.
Pontiac Elementary enrolls 724 students across grades Pre-K–5. The student body is 48% male and 52% female. A teaching staff of 54 full-time-equivalent teachers supports the school, giving a student-teacher ratio of 13.4:1.
By race and ethnicity, the student body is 55% Black or African American, 20% White and 15% Hispanic or Latino.
| Race / ethnicity | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Black or African American | 396 | 55% |
| White | 145 | 20% |
| Hispanic or Latino | 107 | 15% |
| Two or more races | 53 | 7.3% |
| Asian | 18 | 2.5% |
| American Indian or Alaska Native | 3 | <1% |
| Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander | 2 | <1% |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data.
489 of the school's 724 students (68%) qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. Of these, 489 qualify for free lunch and 0 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.
Pontiac 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 35, state house district 78.
Pontiac Elementary is one of 32 schools in Richland 02, based in Columbia, South Carolina. The district serves 28,841 students district-wide and employs 1,987 full-time-equivalent teachers. With 724 students, Pontiac Elementary is smaller than the district average of about 901 students per school.
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Proficiency based on state assessments.
Setting: Suburb - Large