Elementary Schools in Sumter 01

Summary:

The Sumter 01 school district in South Carolina is home to 15 elementary schools serving grades PK-8, with student enrollment ranging from 137 to 666 students. While the district as a whole is ranked 67 out of 75 in the state and rated 1 star out of 5 by SchoolDigger, a few schools stand out as potential bright spots.

Alice Drive Elementary ranks 133 out of 640 elementary schools in the state and is rated 4 out of 5 stars, with strong test scores where 68-75% of students are proficient or better in ELA and Math. Wilder Elementary also has above-average test scores, with 41-56% proficiency in ELA and Math, ranking 452 out of 640 schools. Additionally, Shaw Heights Elementary previously ranked 304 out of 638 schools and had 3 out of 5 stars from SchoolDigger.

However, the district faces significant challenges, with most schools performing well below state averages in key metrics. All schools have high chronic absenteeism rates of 22.5%, and 100% of students receive free or reduced-price lunch, indicating high levels of economic disadvantage. While per-student spending ranges from $10,569 to $16,837, with an average of $12,715, the student-teacher ratio varies from 11.4 to 18.3, suggesting potential inequities in resource allocation. Addressing these disparities and supporting the needs of economically disadvantaged students will be crucial for improving outcomes across the district.

District Detail

1345 Wilson Hall Road
Sumter, SC 29150

(803) 469-6900

SchoolDigger Rank:
67^th of 75 South Carolina districts

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Grades served: PK, KG-12
Students: 13,871

Primary Schools: 15
Middle Schools: 6
High Schools: 4
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 English Language Arts 6th Grade	SC READY English Language Arts 7th Grade	SC READY English Language Arts 8th Grade	SC READY Mathematics 3rd Grade	SC READY Mathematics 4th Grade	SC READY Mathematics 5th Grade	SC READY Mathematics 6th Grade	SC READY Mathematics 7th Grade	SC READY Mathematics 8th Grade	SC READY Science 4th Grade	SC READY Science 6th 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
Alice Drive Elementary	Public	PK, KG-5	251 Alice Drive	Sumter	29150	Sumter County	Sumter 01	No	No	No	Yes	(803) 775-0857	530	36	14.6		226 (42.6%)	232 (43.8%)	36 (6.8%)	20 (3.8%)	1 (0.2%)	1 (0.2%)	14 (2.6%)	78	133^rd of 640 public elementary schools	79.2%		76.3	145^th of 638 public elementary schools	77.3%	12	68.3	70.3	73.5				68.3	75.7	54.0				73.0		$14,710	$1,941	$1,061	$3,002	$10,738	$969	$11,707
Crosswell Drive Elementary	Public	PK, KG-5	301 Crosswell Drive	Sumter	29150	Sumter County	Sumter 01	No	No	No	Yes	(803) 775-0679	481	29	16.4		11 (2.3%)	417 (86.7%)	41 (8.5%)	2 (0.4%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	10 (2.1%)	7.2	623^rd of 640 public elementary schools	2.7%		12.6	571^st of 638 public elementary schools	10.5%	52	32.3	33.9	34.2				28.8	32.1	19.5				16.1		$15,963	$2,373	$1,949	$4,322	$10,590	$1,051	$11,641
Lemira Elementary	Public	PK, KG-5	952 Fulton Street	Sumter	29150	Sumter County	Sumter 01	No	No	No	Yes	(803) 775-0658	342	28	12.2		9 (2.6%)	287 (83.9%)	31 (9.1%)	3 (0.9%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	12 (3.5%)	11.2	594^th of 640 public elementary schools	7.2%		10.2	598^th of 638 public elementary schools	6.3%	4	33.4	36.4	22.8				39.2	34.5	10.5				33.3		$17,779	$2,027	$2,216	$4,243	$12,111	$1,425	$13,536
Millwood Elementary	Public	PK, KG-5	24 Pinewood Road	Sumter	29150	Sumter County	Sumter 01	No	No	No	Yes	(803) 775-0648	602	41	14.6		209 (34.7%)	318 (52.8%)	35 (5.8%)	14 (2.3%)	3 (0.5%)	1 (0.2%)	22 (3.7%)	45.2	339^th of 640 public elementary schools	47.0%		49.8	321^st of 638 public elementary schools	49.7%	18	57.0	65.0	52.3				61.2	48.2	33.1				45.8		$13,098	$1,465	$1,235	$2,700	$9,054	$1,344	$10,398
Wilder Elementary	Public	PK, KG-5	975 South Main Street	Sumter	29150	Sumter County	Sumter 01	No	No	No	Yes	(803) 773-5723	299	25	11.9		63 (21.1%)	211 (70.6%)	12 (4.0%)	1 (0.3%)	1 (0.3%)	1 (0.3%)	10 (3.3%)	29.8	452^nd of 640 public elementary schools	29.4%		35.9	405^th of 638 public elementary schools	36.5%	47	51.2	41.3	49.0				48.7	34.7	51.0				32.6		$17,935	$2,472	$1,132	$3,604	$12,661	$1,670	$14,331
Willow Drive Elementary	Public	PK, KG-5	26 Willow Drive	Sumter	29150	Sumter County	Sumter 01	No	No	No	Yes	(803) 773-5796	504	32	15.6		60 (11.9%)	388 (77.0%)	37 (7.3%)	9 (1.8%)	1 (0.2%)	1 (0.2%)	8 (1.6%)	14.6	567^th of 640 public elementary schools	11.4%		10.9	588^th of 638 public elementary schools	7.8%	21	41.7	46.3	26.7				31.9	20.9	23.3				41.2		$15,286	$1,802	$1,513	$3,315	$10,481	$1,490	$11,971
Cherryvale Elementary	Public	PK, KG-5	1420 Furman Drive	Sumter	29154	Sumter County	Sumter 01	No	No	No	Yes	(803) 494-8200	477	31	15.2		88 (18.4%)	339 (71.1%)	35 (7.3%)	6 (1.3%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	9 (1.9%)	9.3	606^th of 640 public elementary schools	5.3%		4.9	631^st of 638 public elementary schools	1.1%	25	34.6	30.2	28.7				38.4	34.0	19.2				20.8		$16,391	$2,410	$1,427	$3,838	$10,497	$2,056	$12,553
R. E. Davis College Preparatory Academy	Public	PK, KG-8	345 Eastern School Road	Sumter	29153	Sumter County	Sumter 01	No	No	No	Yes	(803) 495-3247	391	31	12.8		40 (10.2%)	325 (83.1%)	22 (5.6%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	4 (1.0%)	7.9	617^th of 640 public elementary schools	3.6%		9.6	607^th of 638 public elementary schools	4.9%	10	29.4	28.9	20.9	33.3	36.9	23.4	17.3	15.8	14.6	14.2	4.4	14.9	15.8	40.4	$18,431	$2,343	$2,294	$4,637	$12,231	$1,563	$13,794
Manchester Elementary	Public	PK, KG-5	200 East Clark Street	Pinewood	29125	Sumter County	Sumter 01	No	No	No	Yes	(803) 452-5454	378	25	14.8		148 (39.2%)	172 (45.5%)	20 (5.3%)	2 (0.5%)	2 (0.5%)	2 (0.5%)	32 (8.5%)	19.1	535^th of 640 public elementary schools	16.4%		14.8	557^th of 638 public elementary schools	12.7%	22	46.9	50.0	49.4				28.1	33.3	26.7				32.7		$16,529	$2,194	$1,501	$3,695	$11,733	$1,102	$12,834
Oakland Primary	Public	PK, KG-1	5415 Oakland Drive	Sumter	29154	Sumter County	Sumter 01	No	No	No	Yes	(803) 499-3366	520	33	15.9		138 (26.5%)	283 (54.4%)	58 (11.2%)	9 (1.7%)	2 (0.4%)	3 (0.6%)	27 (5.2%)								(n/a)															$19,352	$2,323	$1,481	$3,803	$14,336	$1,212	$15,548
Rafting Creek Elementary	Public	PK, KG-5	4100 Highway 261 North	Rembert	29128	Sumter County	Sumter 01	No	No	No	Yes	(803) 432-2994	125	10	12.2		6 (4.8%)	104 (83.2%)	12 (9.6%)	0 (0.0%)	3 (2.4%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	3.3	638^th of 640 public elementary schools	0.3%		8.5	612^th of 638 public elementary schools	4.1%	26		15.0	23.8					20.0	9.5				20.0		$20,108	$1,716	$2,541	$4,257	$13,866	$1,985	$15,851
Shaw Heights Elementary	Public	2-3	1495 Frierson Road	Shaw AFB	29152	Sumter County	Sumter 01	No	No	No	Yes	(803) 666-2335	404	30	13.4		113 (28.0%)	223 (55.2%)	39 (9.7%)	3 (0.7%)	1 (0.2%)	2 (0.5%)	23 (5.7%)								(n/a)	60.5						55.6								$13,052	$1,933	$1,391	$3,325	$8,498	$1,229	$9,727
High Hills Elementary	Public	4-5	4971 Frierson Road	Shaw Afb	29152	Sumter County	Sumter 01	No	No	No	Yes	(803) 499-3327	435	25	17.4		116 (26.7%)	246 (56.6%)	39 (9.0%)	6 (1.4%)	3 (0.7%)	1 (0.2%)	24 (5.5%)	29.8	453^rd of 640 public elementary schools	29.2%		22.8	497^th of 638 public elementary schools	22.1%	44		56.4	46.9					36.1	32.0				44.6		$11,449	$1,397	$1,419	$2,816	$7,444	$1,189	$8,634
Pocalla Springs Elementary	Public	PK, KG-5	2060 Bethel Church Road	Sumter	29154	Sumter County	Sumter 01	No	No	No	Yes	(803) 481-5800	609	39	15.8		214 (35.1%)	320 (52.5%)	35 (5.7%)	3 (0.5%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	37 (6.1%)	21.6	517^th of 640 public elementary schools	19.2%		19.3	529^th of 638 public elementary schools	17.1%	12	45.7	50.0	43.1				45.7	32.0	22.6				40.3		$15,138	$1,924	$1,512	$3,436	$10,040	$1,663	$11,702
Kingsbury Elementary	Public	PK, KG-5	825 Kingsbury Road	Sumter	29154	Sumter County	Sumter 01	No	No	No	Yes	(803) 775-6244	514	38	13.5		133 (25.9%)	336 (65.4%)	17 (3.3%)	5 (1.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	23 (4.5%)	25.3	489^th of 640 public elementary schools	23.6%		15.8	548^th of 638 public elementary schools	14.1%	59	52.4	43.6	43.3				42.9	43.6	24.7				46.0		$15,547	$2,073	$1,197	$3,270	$10,947	$1,330	$12,277

Districts nearby

District	Distance	# of Schools	Statewide Rank
School Public Charter School District	4.18 mi	59	30^th
Lee 01	8.97 mi	5	74^th
Dept Of Correction N04	14.25 mi	12
Clarendon 03	17.59 mi	2
Clarendon 04	17.63 mi	6

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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.

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