Elementary Schools in Lexington 01

Summary:

The Lexington 01 school district in South Carolina is home to 17 diverse elementary schools, serving students from prekindergarten through 5th grade. The district is known for its strong academic performance, with several standout schools ranking among the top in the state.

The top-performing elementary schools in the district include Lake Murray Elementary, New Providence Elementary, and Midway Elementary, all of which have earned 5 out of 5 stars from SchoolDigger and rank in the top 70 elementary schools in the state. These schools boast exceptional test scores, with over 80% proficiency in English Language Arts and Mathematics.

While the district as a whole performs well above the state average, there is some variation in academic achievement across the schools. Factors such as student socioeconomic status, as measured by free and reduced-price lunch rates, appear to play a role in school performance. Additionally, the district-wide chronic absenteeism rate of 22.5% is an area of concern that may be contributing to the disparities in student outcomes. The district's leadership is likely focused on addressing these challenges and ensuring all students in Lexington 01 have access to a high-quality education.

District Detail

100 Tarrar Springs Road
Lexington, SC 29072

(803) 821-1003

SchoolDigger Rank:
18^th of 75 South Carolina districts

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Grades served: PK, KG-12
Students: 27,074

Primary Schools: 18
Middle Schools: 8
High Schools: 6
Alternative Schools: 0

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School													Students/Teachers											Ranking (2025)				Ranking (2024)				SC READY English Language Arts (2025)			SC READY Mathematics (2025)			SC READY Science (2025)	Per Pupil Expenditures (2025)
Name	Type	Grades	Address	City	Zip	County	District	Is Charter	Is Magnet	Is Virtual	Is Title I	Phone	Enrollment	Full-time Teachers	Student/ Teacher Ratio	Free/Discounted Lunch Recipients	White	Black	Hispanic	Asian	American Indian	Pacific Islander	Two or More Races	Average Standard Score (2025)	Statewide Rank (2025)	State Percentile (2025)	SchoolDigger Rating (2025)	Average Standard Score (2024)	Statewide Rank (2024)	State Percentile (2024)	Rank Change from Previous Year	SC READY English Language Arts 3rd Grade	SC READY English Language Arts 4th Grade	SC READY English Language Arts 5th Grade	SC READY Mathematics 3rd Grade	SC READY Mathematics 4th Grade	SC READY Mathematics 5th Grade	SC READY Science 4th Grade	Per Pupil Expenditures: Total	Personnel Spending from Federal Funds	Non-Personnel Spending from Federal Funds	Sub-total from Federal Funds	Personnel Spending from State and Local Funds	Non-Personnel from State and Local Funds	Sub-total Spending from State and Local Funds
Saxe Gotha Elementary	Public	PK, KG-5	100 Bill Williamson Court	Lexington	29073	Lexington County	Lexington 01	No	No	No	Yes	(803) 821-4800	499	44	11.2		256 (51.3%)	81 (16.2%)	101 (20.2%)	1 (0.2%)	3 (0.6%)	0 (0.0%)	57 (11.4%)	52.5	293^rd of 640 public elementary schools	54.2%		42	370^th of 638 public elementary schools	42.0%	77	41.8	69.0	59.4	45.6	72.4	45.8	72.4	$18,479	$1,418	$709	$2,126	$14,628	$1,725	$16,353
Midway Elementary	Public	PK, KG-5	180 Midway Road	Lexington	29072	Lexington County	Lexington 01	No	No	No	No	(803) 821-0300	856	63	13.6		652 (76.2%)	38 (4.4%)	57 (6.7%)	61 (7.1%)	2 (0.2%)	4 (0.5%)	42 (4.9%)	89.1	53^rd of 640 public elementary schools	91.7%		91.3	40^th of 638 public elementary schools	93.7%	13	84.2	79.6	83.6	80.5	77.6	73.6	56.5	$13,235	$785	$335	$1,120	$10,826	$1,289	$12,114
Lake Murray Elementary	Public	PK, KG-5	205 Wise Ferry Road	Lexington	29072	Lexington County	Lexington 01	No	No	No	No	(803) 821-3100	813	60	13.5		611 (75.2%)	64 (7.9%)	37 (4.6%)	55 (6.8%)	3 (0.4%)	1 (0.1%)	42 (5.2%)	93.6	29^th of 640 public elementary schools	95.5%		95.1	23^rd of 638 public elementary schools	96.4%	6	90.0	81.3	81.3	90.8	78.3	77.0	70.5	$14,296	$1,010	$368	$1,378	$11,640	$1,278	$12,918
Gilbert Elementary	Public	PK, KG-5	320 Main Street	Gilbert	29054	Lexington County	Lexington 01	No	No	No	Yes	(803) 821-1600	823	66	12.5		541 (65.7%)	64 (7.8%)	173 (21.0%)	2 (0.2%)	2 (0.2%)	3 (0.4%)	38 (4.6%)	39.2	386^th of 640 public elementary schools	39.7%		30.4	442^nd of 638 public elementary schools	30.7%	56	58.8	66.4	50.4	46.6	50.5	26.0	42.5	$16,409	$1,300	$690	$1,990	$12,938	$1,481	$14,418
Lexington Elementary	Public	PK, KG-5	116 Azalea Drive	Lexington	29072	Lexington County	Lexington 01	No	No	No	No	(803) 821-4000	607	53	11.4		308 (50.7%)	150 (24.7%)	80 (13.2%)	19 (3.1%)	1 (0.2%)	1 (0.2%)	48 (7.9%)	46.2	333^rd of 640 public elementary schools	48.0%		40.7	378^th of 638 public elementary schools	40.8%	45	59.4	61.9	62.0	44.6	48.9	41.8	46.8	$16,029	$1,087	$541	$1,628	$12,888	$1,513	$14,401
Pelion Elementary	Public	PK, KG-5	1202 Pine Street	Pelion	29123	Lexington County	Lexington 01	No	No	No	Yes	(803) 821-2000	642	50	12.8		422 (65.7%)	43 (6.7%)	131 (20.4%)	2 (0.3%)	4 (0.6%)	0 (0.0%)	40 (6.2%)	23.2	504^th of 640 public elementary schools	21.3%		21.2	509^th of 638 public elementary schools	20.2%	5	47.3	52.2	53.3	45.2	27.2	32.2	25.0	$17,679	$1,620	$688	$2,308	$13,696	$1,675	$15,371
Oak Grove Elementary	Public	PK, KG-5	479 Oak Drive	Lexington	29073	Lexington County	Lexington 01	No	No	No	Yes	(803) 821-0100	691	56	12.2		363 (52.5%)	118 (17.1%)	133 (19.2%)	17 (2.5%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	60 (8.7%)	51.5	301^st of 640 public elementary schools	53.0%		49	326^th of 638 public elementary schools	48.9%	25	63.9	68.6	63.8	47.2	52.6	36.2	46.7	$15,478	$1,008	$573	$1,580	$12,323	$1,575	$13,898
Pleasant Hill Elementary	Public	PK, KG-5	664 Rawl Road	Lexington	29072	Lexington County	Lexington 01	No	No	No	No	(803) 821-2800	846	64	13.3		588 (69.5%)	92 (10.9%)	82 (9.7%)	37 (4.4%)	2 (0.2%)	0 (0.0%)	45 (5.3%)	80	115^th of 640 public elementary schools	82.0%		78	136^th of 638 public elementary schools	78.7%	21	86.3	82.6	81.8	64.0	63.8	56.6	52.8	$13,386	$854	$417	$1,271	$10,775	$1,339	$12,114
Red Bank Elementary	Public	PK, KG-5	246 Community Drive	Lexington	29073	Lexington County	Lexington 01	No	No	No	Yes	(803) 821-4600	556	49	11.4		301 (54.1%)	113 (20.3%)	81 (14.6%)	4 (0.7%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.2%)	56 (10.1%)	51.7	300^th of 640 public elementary schools	53.1%		58.3	261^st of 638 public elementary schools	59.1%	39	59.5	68.7	70.9	41.7	43.4	53.2	44.6	$18,059	$1,841	$642	$2,484	$13,740	$1,835	$15,575
White Knoll Elementary	Public	PK, KG-5	132 White Knoll Way	West Columbia	29170	Lexington County	Lexington 01	No	No	No	Yes	(803) 821-4500	615	49	12.5		326 (53.0%)	141 (22.9%)	95 (15.4%)	6 (1.0%)	2 (0.3%)	0 (0.0%)	45 (7.3%)	38.7	390^th of 640 public elementary schools	39.1%		42.2	369^th of 638 public elementary schools	42.2%	21	58.1	56.0	62.6	46.5	44.1	36.8	34.5	$18,359	$1,381	$620	$2,001	$14,703	$1,654	$16,357
Carolina Springs Elementary	Public	PK, KG-5	6340 Platt Springs Road	Lexington	29073	Lexington County	Lexington 01	No	No	No	No	(803) 821-5100	438	39	11.3		238 (54.3%)	119 (27.2%)	38 (8.7%)	1 (0.2%)	2 (0.5%)	0 (0.0%)	40 (9.1%)	67.8	209^th of 640 public elementary schools	67.3%		53.8	294^th of 638 public elementary schools	53.9%	85	64.0	73.9	61.6	60.0	72.4	51.5	60.9	$14,004	$1,001	$616	$1,617	$10,748	$1,640	$12,388
Forts Pond Elementary	Public	PK, KG-5	7350 Fish Hatchery Road	Pelion	29123	Lexington County	Lexington 01	No	No	No	Yes	(803) 821-2500	478	43	11.1		287 (60.0%)	40 (8.4%)	114 (23.8%)	1 (0.2%)	2 (0.4%)	0 (0.0%)	34 (7.1%)	21.9	513^th of 640 public elementary schools	19.8%		20.7	516^th of 638 public elementary schools	19.1%	3	47.6	45.4	57.5	34.4	34.9	34.9	25.6	$17,826	$1,594	$774	$2,368	$13,970	$1,489	$15,459
New Providence Elementary	Public	PK, KG-5	1118 Old Cherokee Road	Lexington	29072	Lexington County	Lexington 01	No	No	No	No	(803) 821-3300	810	55	14.7		571 (70.5%)	72 (8.9%)	54 (6.7%)	77 (9.5%)	1 (0.1%)	0 (0.0%)	35 (4.3%)	92	37^th of 640 public elementary schools	94.2%		93.1	30^th of 638 public elementary schools	95.3%	7	81.5	82.6	84.2	82.1	73.0	76.1	71.5	$13,907	$657	$455	$1,112	$11,526	$1,269	$12,795
Rocky Creek Elementary	Public	PK, KG-5	430 Calks Ferry Road	Lexington	29072	Lexington County	Lexington 01	No	No	No	No	(803) 821-4200	805	57	14.0		627 (77.9%)	56 (7.0%)	44 (5.5%)	26 (3.2%)	3 (0.4%)	3 (0.4%)	46 (5.7%)	87	70^th of 640 public elementary schools	89.1%		85.8	80^th of 638 public elementary schools	87.5%	10	81.8	77.9	82.9	75.3	72.9	64.9	59.8	$13,404	$687	$370	$1,057	$10,764	$1,583	$12,347
Meadow Glen Elementary	Public	PK, KG-5	510 Ginny Lane	Lexington	29072	Lexington County	Lexington 01	No	No	No	No	(803) 821-0400	775	61	12.8		439 (56.6%)	58 (7.5%)	80 (10.3%)	153 (19.7%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	45 (5.8%)	82.1	102^nd of 640 public elementary schools	84.1%		87.1	76^th of 638 public elementary schools	88.1%	26	68.5	74.3	82.2	68.7	66.4	66.2	65.7	$14,334	$691	$379	$1,070	$11,979	$1,286	$13,264
Deerfield Elementary	Public	PK, KG-5	638 Longs Pond Road	Lexington	29073	Lexington County	Lexington 01	No	No	No	No	(803) 821-5500	753	61	12.2		403 (53.5%)	155 (20.6%)	111 (14.7%)	23 (3.1%)	2 (0.3%)	1 (0.1%)	58 (7.7%)	58.6	265^th of 640 public elementary schools	58.6%		56.9	272^nd of 638 public elementary schools	57.4%	7	65.3	69.4	71.2	45.2	53.0	55.7	46.3	$14,838	$938	$588	$1,526	$11,735	$1,577	$13,312
Centerville Elementary	Public	PK, KG-5	4147 Augusta Highway	Gilbert	29054	Lexington County	Lexington 01	No	No	No	Yes	(803) 821-1610	812	63	12.8		577 (71.1%)	67 (8.3%)	115 (14.2%)	1 (0.1%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	52 (6.4%)	58.9	262^nd of 640 public elementary schools	59.1%		48.7	329^th of 638 public elementary schools	48.4%	67	60.3	68.4	61.0	66.1	56.4	50.0	43.6	$14,944	$856	$572	$1,428	$12,164	$1,352	$13,516
South Lake Elementary	Public	PK, KG-5	274 Bluefield Road	Lexington	29073	Lexington County	Lexington 01	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(803) 821-1400	466	37	12.5		199 (42.7%)	163 (35.0%)	53 (11.4%)	12 (2.6%)	2 (0.4%)	0 (0.0%)	37 (7.9%)								(n/a)

Districts nearby

District	Distance	# of Schools	Statewide Rank
Charter Institute at Erskine	4.77 mi	31	40^th
Lexington 02	4.81 mi	13	56^th
School Public Charter School District	6.12 mi	59	30^th
Lexington 04	8.29 mi	7	70^th
Lexington 05	10.14 mi	23	13^th

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SchoolDigger data sources: National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Department of Education, the U.S. Census Bureau and the South Carolina Department of Education.

IMPORTANT DISCLAIMERS: Not all boundaries are included. We make every effort to ensure that boundaries are up-to-date. But it's important to note that these are approximations and are for general informational purposes only. To verify legal descriptions of boundaries or school locations, contact your local tax assessor's office and/or school district.