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Erwin Elementary

Public Grades PK, KG-5

612^th

SchoolDigger Rank ?

of 661 South Carolina Elementary Schools

Better than 7% of South Carolina elementary schools

Summary

Erwin Elementary is a PK-5 public school in Lancaster, SC, serving 418 students as part of the Lancaster 01 district, which is rated 4 stars overall—yet Erwin itself ranks in the bottom 8% of South Carolina elementary schools (600th out of 649) and has earned 0 stars for the 2025-2026 school year.

The most striking pattern at Erwin is a dramatic drop in test scores between 3rd and 4th grade. In 2025-2026, 3rd-grade ELA proficiency was 52.6%, but 4th-grade ELA fell to 26.5%—a 26-point cliff. Math tells a similar story: 3rd grade at 47.4% drops to 16.2% in 4th grade. This transition issue doesn't appear at nearby McDonald Green Elementary, where 4th-grade scores often exceed 3rd-grade scores. Meanwhile, Erwin's overall proficiency lags 20-50 points behind district averages across all subjects. For example, 4th-grade math proficiency is 16.2% versus a 68.1% district average, and 4th-grade science is 22.1% versus 59.6%. The gap is even starker when compared to Buford Elementary (11 miles away), where 4th-grade math proficiency hits 88.3%—a 72-point difference. Erwin also spends more per student ($16,705) than Buford ($12,139) or Van Wyck Elementary ($12,373), both of which rank in the top 70 statewide, raising questions about how funds are being used.

There are some positive signs. Erwin's 3rd-grade ELA proficiency has climbed from 14.7% (2023-2024) to 52.6% (2025-2026), and 3rd-grade math improved from 22.1% to 47.4% over the same period, suggesting early-grade interventions may be working. However, chronic absenteeism remains a concern at 21-25%, and the school's performance is comparable to schools in the lower-rated Chester 01 district, despite being part of a high-performing district. For parents, the key takeaway is that Erwin is working to improve early grades, but the 4th-grade transition and attendance issues need urgent attention.

418

Students ?

13.1

Student/teacher ratio ?

$16,705

Per pupil spending ?

100%

Free/discounted lunch ?

1477 Locustwood Avenue
Lancaster, SC 29720

(803) 285-8484

District: Lancaster 01

Students who attend Erwin Elementary usually attend:

Middle:	South Middle
High:	Lancaster High

Racial breakdown:

African American:

39.5%

White:

31.1%

Hispanic:

21.1%

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At a glance

▼ Ranking trend: Declining — 16th percentile in 2016 → 7th in 2026

Worth a look

!Test scores below the South Carolina average (31% vs 58% meeting standards)

!In the lower quartile statewide (7th percentile)

!Ranking has slipped — down 9 percentile points since 2016

Students meeting standards (2025-2026) ?

This school31%

District avg69%

South Carolina avg58%

612^th of 661

South Carolina public elementary schools ?

Bottom 7%▼ down 9 pts since 2016

From bottom 16% (2016) to bottom 7% (2026)

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SchoolDigger rating ?

11^th of 11Elementary Schools in the Lancaster 01

23^rd of 75Lancaster 01 among South Carolina districts

Statewide rank percentile over time (100 = the top-ranked school in the state; click a legend item to add a student group)

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All Students

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	South Carolina percentile	Rating
2026	11.8	612 of 661	7.4%	☆☆☆☆☆
2025	13.7	570 of 639	10.8%	★☆☆☆☆
2024	7.3	626 of 643	2.6%	☆☆☆☆☆
2023	15.9	555 of 644	13.8%	★☆☆☆☆
2022	15.2	532 of 625	14.9%	★☆☆☆☆
2021	13.3	545 of 622	12.4%	★☆☆☆☆
2019	33.5	433 of 643	32.7%	★★☆☆☆
2018	41.3	360 of 624	42.3%	★★☆☆☆
2017	25.5	486 of 639	23.9%	★☆☆☆☆
2016	21.1	517 of 619	16.5%	★☆☆☆☆
2015	22.8	546 of 638	14.4%	★☆☆☆☆
2014	28.9	493 of 630	21.7%	★☆☆☆☆
2013	43.2	372 of 599	37.9%	★★☆☆☆
2012	45.2	367 of 594	38.2%	★★☆☆☆
2011	46.1	365 of 597	38.9%	★★☆☆☆
2010	41.6	376 of 589	36.2%	★★☆☆☆
2009	30.6	445 of 580	23.3%	★☆☆☆☆
2008	53.5	291 of 577	49.6%	★★☆☆☆
2007	53.7	283 of 566	50.0%	★★★☆☆
2006	38.5	389 of 559	30.4%	★★☆☆☆
2005	30.7	432 of 557	22.4%	★☆☆☆☆
2004	20.5	481 of 550	12.5%	★☆☆☆☆
2003	33.7	393 of 542	27.5%	★☆☆☆☆

African American

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	South Carolina percentile	Rating
2026	7.0	379 of 384	1.3%	☆☆☆☆☆
2025	10.8	373 of 380	1.8%	☆☆☆☆☆
2024	8.3	366 of 369	0.8%	☆☆☆☆☆
2023	31.8	288 of 394	26.9%	★☆☆☆☆
2022	26.1	321 of 393	18.3%	★☆☆☆☆
2021	26.3	284 of 350	18.9%	★☆☆☆☆
2019	46.0	235 of 421	44.2%	★★☆☆☆
2018	59.2	138 of 412	66.5%	★★★☆☆

Female

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	South Carolina percentile	Rating
2026	7.6	581 of 599	3.0%	☆☆☆☆☆
2025	12.8	531 of 580	8.4%	☆☆☆☆☆
2024	8.1	549 of 568	3.3%	☆☆☆☆☆
2023	20.8	477 of 580	17.8%	★☆☆☆☆
2022	17.4	477 of 573	16.8%	★☆☆☆☆
2021	11.7	506 of 554	8.7%	☆☆☆☆☆
2019	39.5	377 of 588	35.9%	★★☆☆☆
2018	44.6	324 of 570	43.2%	★★☆☆☆

Low Socio Economic Status

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	South Carolina percentile	Rating
2026	12.1	607 of 634	4.3%	☆☆☆☆☆
2025	20.1	524 of 612	14.4%	★☆☆☆☆
2024	8.2	588 of 602	2.3%	☆☆☆☆☆
2023	22.0	499 of 608	17.9%	★☆☆☆☆
2022	21.7	492 of 600	18.0%	★☆☆☆☆
2021	17.9	493 of 580	15.0%	★☆☆☆☆
2019	42.3	365 of 600	39.2%	★★☆☆☆
2018	49.9	283 of 588	51.9%	★★★☆☆

Male

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	South Carolina percentile	Rating
2026	16.5	517 of 591	12.5%	★☆☆☆☆
2025	14.5	514 of 585	12.1%	★☆☆☆☆
2024	6.2	558 of 571	2.3%	☆☆☆☆☆
2023	11.2	532 of 582	8.6%	☆☆☆☆☆
2022	12.3	519 of 579	10.4%	★☆☆☆☆
2021	13.5	496 of 561	11.6%	★☆☆☆☆
2019	25.4	453 of 590	23.2%	★☆☆☆☆
2018	34.9	380 of 571	33.5%	★★☆☆☆

White

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	South Carolina percentile	Rating
2026	2.4	459 of 463	0.9%	☆☆☆☆☆
2025	23.2	374 of 459	18.5%	★☆☆☆☆
2024	8.6	423 of 446	5.2%	☆☆☆☆☆
2023	3.9	454 of 463	1.9%	☆☆☆☆☆
2022	14.4	414 of 455	9.0%	☆☆☆☆☆
2019	25.0	382 of 472	19.1%	★☆☆☆☆
2018	29.8	335 of 457	26.7%	★☆☆☆☆

How student groups rank statewide ? (each group's percentile vs the same group at other schools — higher is better; the +/- beside each compares the group with this school's overall percentile)

Male (2026)13th percentile+5 vs school

Low Socio Economic Status (2026)4th percentile-3 vs school

Female (2026)3rd percentile-4 vs school

African American (2026)1st percentile-6 vs school

White (2026)1st percentile-7 vs school

By subject vs South Carolina (2025-2026) ?

English Language Arts39%-25 vs state

Mathematics27%-27 vs state

Science22%-29 vs state

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School													Students/Teachers											Ranking (2026)				Ranking (2025)				SC READY English Language Arts (2026)			SC READY Mathematics (2026)			SC READY Science (2026)	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 (2024)	White	Black	Hispanic	Asian	American Indian	Pacific Islander	Two or More Races	Average Standard Score (2026)	Statewide Rank (2026)	State Percentile (2026)	SchoolDigger Rating (2026)	Average Standard Score (2025)	Statewide Rank (2025)	State Percentile (2025)	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
Erwin Elementary	Public	PK, KG-5	1477 Locustwood Avenue	Lancaster	29720	Lancaster County	Lancaster 01	No	No	No	Yes	(803) 285-8484	418	32	13.1	100.0%	130 (31.1%)	165 (39.5%)	88 (21.1%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.2%)	0 (0.0%)	34 (8.1%)	11.8	612^th of 661 public elementary schools	7.4%		13.7	570^th of 639 public elementary schools	10.8%	42	52.6	26.5	41.5	47.4	16.2	20.0	22.1	$16,705	$1,417	$656	$2,072	$12,178	$2,455	$14,633
Brooklyn Springs Elementary	Public	PK, KG-5	1637 Billings Drive	Lancaster	29720	Lancaster County	Lancaster 01	No	No	No	Yes	(803) 283-8471	398	30	13.3	100.0%	93 (23.4%)	178 (44.7%)	107 (26.9%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.3%)	0 (0.0%)	19 (4.8%)	19.4	542^nd of 661 public elementary schools	18.0%		11.6	585^th of 639 public elementary schools	8.5%	43	51.7	48.1	45.7	43.1	27.0	35.1	28.9	$16,109	$1,541	$294	$1,835	$11,982	$2,292	$14,274
Discovery Charter of Lancaster	Public, Charter	K-5	302 West Dunlap Street	Lancaster	29720	Lancaster County	Lancaster 01	Yes	No	No	No	(803) 285-8430	146	10	15.0	73.1%	64 (43.8%)	47 (32.2%)	29 (19.9%)	1 (0.7%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	5 (3.4%)								(n/a)								$13,257	$221	$236	$458	$10,385	$2,415	$12,800
North Elementary	Public	PK, KG-5	1100 Roddey Drive	Lancaster	29720	Lancaster County	Lancaster 01	No	No	No	Yes	(803) 283-9918	645	43	15.0	100.0%	191 (29.6%)	278 (43.1%)	121 (18.8%)	5 (0.8%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	49 (7.6%)	43.4	372^nd of 661 public elementary schools	43.7%		38.5	391^st of 639 public elementary schools	38.8%	19	53.3	62.8	53.0	55.5	60.3	42.2	43.6	$13,468	$799	$247	$1,046	$10,513	$1,909	$12,422
Clinton Elementary	Public	PK, KG-5	110 Clinton School Road	Lancaster	29720	Lancaster County	Lancaster 01	No	No	No	Yes	(803) 285-5395	412	34	12.0	100.0%	80 (19.4%)	238 (57.8%)	70 (17.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	24 (5.8%)	27.2	481^st of 661 public elementary schools	27.2%		13.5	574^th of 639 public elementary schools	10.2%	93	50.0	45.8	39.2	64.0	39.6	27.4	41.7	$17,848	$2,085	$575	$2,660	$12,212	$2,976	$15,188
McDonald Green Elementary	Public	PK, KG-5	2763 Lynwood Drive	Lancaster	29720	Lancaster County	Lancaster 01	No	No	No	Yes	(803) 285-7416	337	25	13.4	100.0%	135 (40.1%)	125 (37.1%)	51 (15.1%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.3%)	0 (0.0%)	25 (7.4%)	42.4	382^nd of 661 public elementary schools	42.2%		49.1	313^th of 639 public elementary schools	51.0%	69	45.1	50.8	62.1	54.9	52.4	59.1	36.5	$17,243	$1,194	$260	$1,454	$13,142	$2,648	$15,789
Cogito Academy	Public, Charter	PK, KG-5	133 South Potter Rd.	Lancaster	29721	Lancaster County	Charter Institute at Erskine	Yes	(n/a)	(n/a)	(n/a)	(803) 402-4700	0				0 ()	0 ()	0 ()	0 ()	0 ()	0 ()	0 ()	21.3	528^th of 661 public elementary schools	20.1%					(n/a)	41.2	39.1	54.2	41.2	30.4	43.8	30.4
Heath Springs Elementary	Public	PK, KG-5	158 Solar Road	Heath Springs	29058	Lancaster County	Lancaster 01	No	No	No	Yes	(803) 273-3176	297	23	13.2	76.6%	191 (64.3%)	67 (22.6%)	10 (3.4%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	29 (9.8%)	53.2	290^th of 661 public elementary schools	56.1%		36.8	401^st of 639 public elementary schools	37.2%	111	62.2	61.9	50.1	73.3	59.6	41.6	54.8	$16,355	$732	$398	$1,130	$12,722	$2,503	$15,224
Great Falls Elementary	Public	PK, KG-5	301 Dearborn Street	Great Falls	29055	Chester County	Chester 01	No	No	No	Yes	(803) 482-2214	335	26	13.1	100.0%	136 (40.6%)	126 (37.6%)	44 (13.1%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.3%)	1 (0.3%)	27 (8.1%)	33	438^th of 661 public elementary schools	33.7%		36	407^th of 639 public elementary schools	36.3%	31	50.9	60.4	63.5	47.1	44.8	26.9	36.2	$14,957	$1,682	$983	$2,664	$9,779	$2,514	$12,293
Van Wyck Elementary	Public	PK, KG-4	4945 Charlotte Highway	Lancaster	29720	Lancaster County	Lancaster 01	No	No	No	No	(803) 313-6650	820	55	14.9	28.3%	488 (59.5%)	102 (12.4%)	126 (15.4%)	45 (5.5%)	4 (0.5%)	0 (0.0%)	55 (6.7%)	88.2	66^th of 661 public elementary schools	90.0%		85.8	79^th of 639 public elementary schools	87.6%	13	87.9	79.2		88.0	72.3		63.5	$12,373	$279	$234	$513	$10,141	$1,719	$11,859

Frequently Asked Questions about Erwin Elementary

What schools do graduates of Erwin Elementary attend?

Students who attend Erwin Elementary usually go on to attend:

Middle : South Middle
High : Lancaster High

What district is Erwin Elementary in?

Lancaster 01

How many students attend Erwin Elementary?

In the 2024-25 school year, 418 students attended Erwin Elementary.

What is the racial makeup of Erwin Elementary?

Students at Erwin Elementary are 39% African American, 31% White, 21% Hispanic, 8% Two or more races.

Is Erwin Elementary a good school?

Erwin Elementary ranks in the bottom 7.4% of South Carolina elementary schools.

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