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Jesse Boyd Elementary

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Jesse Boyd Elementary ranks 203 rd of 640 South Carolina elementary schools. SchoolDigger rates this school 3 stars out of 5.

Public, Magnet Grades PK, KG-5

203^rd

SchoolDigger Rank ?

of 640 South Carolina Elementary Schools

Better than 68% of South Carolina elementary schools

Summary

Jesse Boyd Elementary is a public magnet elementary school in Spartanburg, South Carolina, serving 550 students from pre-kindergarten to 5th grade. The school is part of the Spartanburg 07 school district, which is ranked 35 out of 75 districts in the state and has a 3-star rating from SchoolDigger.

Jesse Boyd Elementary consistently outperforms the Spartanburg 07 district and the state of South Carolina in academic assessments. In the 2024-2025 school year, the school had higher proficiency rates in English Language Arts (ELA) and Mathematics across all grade levels compared to the district and state averages. The school also maintains a low student-teacher ratio, ranging from 11.5 to 12.3 students per teacher over the past few years, which could be a factor in its strong academic performance. When compared to other nearby schools, such as E. P. Todd School and Cannons Elementary, Jesse Boyd Elementary consistently outperforms its peers in academic assessments, particularly in ELA and Mathematics.

While Jesse Boyd Elementary has experienced fluctuations in its chronic absenteeism rate over the past few years, the school's most recent rate of 22.5% in 2023-2024 is still lower than the 29% rate seen in the previous year. The school's combination of academic excellence, equity, and resource allocation (spending per student and student-teacher ratio) make it a standout in the Spartanburg area. However, the school's lower ranking for its gifted and talented student population (58th out of 82 South Carolina elementary schools in 2023-2024) suggests there may be room for improvement in supporting the needs of high-achieving students.

549

Students ?

11.3

Student/teacher ratio ?

$14,307

Per pupil spending ?

50.5%

Free/discounted lunch ?

1505 Fernwood Glendale Road
Spartanburg, SC 29307

(864) 594-4430

District: Spartanburg 07

Students who attend Jesse Boyd Elementary usually attend:

Middle:	McCracken Middle
High:	Spartanburg High

Racial breakdown:

White:

61.4%

African American:

23.3%

Two or more races:

7.1%

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At a glance

▼ Ranking trend: Declining — 76th percentile in 2015 → 68th in 2025

Strengths

✓Test scores above the South Carolina average (63% vs 56% meeting standards)

✓Above the South Carolina median (68th percentile)

✓Small classes — about 11 students per teacher

Worth a look

!Ranking has slipped — down 8 percentile points since 2015

!Some student groups rank well below the school's overall statewide standing

Students meeting standards (2024-2025) ?

This school63%

District avg53%

South Carolina avg56%

203^rd of 640

South Carolina public elementary schools ?

Top 32%▼ down 8 pts since 2015

From top 24% (2015) to top 32% (2025)

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★★★★★

SchoolDigger rating ?

2^nd of 6Elementary Schools in the Spartanburg 07

35^th of 75Spartanburg 07 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
2025	68.8	203 of 640	68.3%	★★★☆☆
2024	72.3	170 of 638	73.4%	★★★★☆
2023	74.9	155 of 644	75.9%	★★★★☆
2022	85.5	87 of 625	86.1%	★★★★☆
2021	77.0	132 of 622	78.8%	★★★★☆
2019	63.7	223 of 643	65.3%	★★★☆☆
2018	68.4	177 of 624	71.6%	★★★★☆
2017	47.3	333 of 639	47.9%	★★☆☆☆
2016	62.9	227 of 619	63.3%	★★★☆☆
2015	67.0	154 of 638	75.9%	★★★★☆
2014	71.3	163 of 630	74.1%	★★★★☆
2013	66.3	193 of 599	67.8%	★★★☆☆
2012	58.9	265 of 594	55.4%	★★★☆☆
2011	61.1	237 of 597	60.3%	★★★☆☆
2010	72.5	136 of 589	76.9%	★★★★☆
2009	75.7	121 of 580	79.1%	★★★★☆
2008	75.5	111 of 577	80.8%	★★★★☆
2007	78.6	98 of 566	82.7%	★★★★☆
2006	56.1	270 of 559	51.7%	★★★☆☆
2005	56.8	265 of 557	52.4%	★★★☆☆
2004	48.1	328 of 550	40.4%	★★☆☆☆
2003	57.4	248 of 542	54.2%	★★★☆☆

African American

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	South Carolina percentile	Rating
2025	72.9	79 of 381	79.3%	★★★★☆
2019	69.6	99 of 421	76.5%	★★★★☆
2018	53.2	176 of 412	57.3%	★★★☆☆

Female

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	South Carolina percentile	Rating
2025	71.0	170 of 581	70.7%	★★★★☆
2024	72.3	150 of 565	73.5%	★★★★☆
2023	76.6	126 of 580	78.3%	★★★★☆
2022	88.9	57 of 573	90.1%	★★★★★
2021	75.2	122 of 554	78.0%	★★★★☆
2019	53.8	279 of 588	52.6%	★★★☆☆
2018	57.8	241 of 570	57.7%	★★★☆☆

Gifted and Talented

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	South Carolina percentile	Rating
2024	49.2	58 of 82	29.3%	★★☆☆☆
2021	32.4	124 of 147	15.6%	★☆☆☆☆

Low Socio Economic Status

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	South Carolina percentile	Rating
2025	57.1	245 of 613	60.0%	★★★☆☆
2024	61.4	223 of 599	62.8%	★★★☆☆
2023	66.1	185 of 608	69.6%	★★★☆☆
2022	82.9	73 of 600	87.8%	★★★★☆
2021	57.1	236 of 580	59.3%	★★★☆☆
2019	57.1	266 of 600	55.7%	★★★☆☆
2018	54.9	254 of 588	56.8%	★★★☆☆

Male

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	South Carolina percentile	Rating
2025	60.2	233 of 586	60.2%	★★★☆☆
2024	67.6	180 of 568	68.3%	★★★☆☆
2023	67.7	177 of 582	69.6%	★★★☆☆
2022	78.8	118 of 579	79.6%	★★★★☆
2021	75.0	125 of 561	77.7%	★★★★☆
2019	69.4	170 of 590	71.2%	★★★★☆
2018	73.9	130 of 571	77.2%	★★★★☆

White

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	South Carolina percentile	Rating
2025	58.6	198 of 460	57.0%	★★★☆☆
2024	61.0	184 of 441	58.3%	★★★☆☆
2023	62.1	172 of 463	62.9%	★★★☆☆
2022	82.5	65 of 455	85.7%	★★★★☆
2021	74.5	103 of 439	76.5%	★★★★☆
2019	52.3	240 of 472	49.2%	★★☆☆☆
2018	64.6	163 of 457	64.3%	★★★☆☆

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)

African American (2025)79th percentile+11 vs school

Female (2025)71st percentile~ school

Male (2025)60th percentile-8 vs school

Low Socio Economic Status (2025)60th percentile-8 vs school

White (2025)57th percentile-11 vs school

Gifted and Talented (2024)29th percentile-44 vs school

By subject vs South Carolina (2024-2025) ?

English Language Arts71%+8 vs state

Science57%+8 vs state

Mathematics57%+4 vs state

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by a parent
Saturday, February 12, 2011

My daughter has attended JBE for 3 years now. They have excellent facilities, faculty, and a very active parent base. They have received an Excellent rating from the state and have also been award the Red Carpet award for elementary schools in the state. They have recently received their I.B. certification.

They hold their children to extremely high standards in the classroom. Children who fall behind the grade average receive one on one attention in smaller groups by additional teachers on a daily basis. Children choose foreign language and study french, spanish, or chinese beginning in the first grade.

I would hold up the staff and programs at JBE to any private school in the area. I also think there are several other District 7 Elementary schools such as Pine Street Elementary and EB Todd that are excellent schools as well. Close Quote

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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
Jesse Boyd Elementary	Public, Magnet	PK, KG-5	1505 Fernwood Glendale Road	Spartanburg	29307	Spartanburg County	Spartanburg 07	No	Yes	No	No	(864) 594-4430	549	48	11.3		337 (61.4%)	128 (23.3%)	35 (6.4%)	7 (1.3%)	0 (0.0%)	3 (0.5%)	39 (7.1%)	68.8	203^rd of 640 public elementary schools	68.3%		72.3	170^th of 638 public elementary schools	73.4%	33	68.4	72.9	70.7				57.9	51.8	59.8				56.8		$14,307	$778	$1,314	$2,092	$10,969	$1,246	$12,215
Drayton Mills Elementary	Public	PK, KG-5	1500 Skylyn Drive	Spartanburg	29307	Spartanburg County	Spartanburg 07	No	No	No	Yes	(864) 586-7979	810	58	13.9		207 (25.6%)	338 (41.7%)	180 (22.2%)	19 (2.3%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	66 (8.1%)	36.6	404^th of 640 public elementary schools	36.9%		37.8	396^th of 638 public elementary schools	37.9%	8	59.7	57.3	47.5				65.8	46.8	24.5				33.0		$14,682	$1,045	$1,736	$2,781	$10,662	$1,239	$11,902
Pine St. Elementary	Public, Magnet	PK, KG-5	500 South Pine Street	Spartanburg	29302	Spartanburg County	Spartanburg 07	No	Yes	No	No	(864) 594-4470	631	51	12.3		453 (71.8%)	85 (13.5%)	47 (7.4%)	7 (1.1%)	0 (0.0%)	2 (0.3%)	37 (5.9%)	87	67^th of 640 public elementary schools	89.5%		91.9	38^th of 638 public elementary schools	94.0%	29	82.2	82.1	80.9				64.3	70.8	68.6				73.0		$15,117	$705	$927	$1,632	$12,211	$1,273	$13,484
Meeting Street Academy-Spartanburg	Public, Charter	PK, KG-5	201 East Broad Street Suite 11	Spartanburg	29306	Spartanburg County	School Public Charter School District	Yes	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(864) 253-1800	306	30	10.2		9 (2.9%)	266 (86.9%)	14 (4.6%)	2 (0.7%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	15 (4.9%)								(n/a)
Mary H. Wright Elementary	Public	PK, KG-5	457 South Church Street	Spartanburg	29306	Spartanburg County	Spartanburg 07	No	No	No	Yes	(864) 594-4477	451	38	11.7		9 (2.0%)	332 (73.6%)	75 (16.6%)	2 (0.4%)	1 (0.2%)	0 (0.0%)	32 (7.1%)	15.3	562^nd of 640 public elementary schools	12.2%		12.1	575^th of 638 public elementary schools	9.9%	13	46.1	48.6	30.4				30.8	31.9	30.3				26.4		$16,051	$2,551	$2,090	$4,642	$10,432	$978	$11,410
Spartanburg Preparatory School	Public, Charter	PK, KG-8	385 South Spring Street	Spartanburg	29306	Spartanburg County	School Public Charter School District	Yes	No	No	Yes	(864) 621-3882	454	40	11.3		79 (17.4%)	284 (62.6%)	51 (11.2%)	2 (0.4%)	0 (0.0%)	7 (1.5%)	31 (6.8%)	35.6	412^th of 640 public elementary schools	35.6%		22.7	501^st of 638 public elementary schools	21.5%	89	43.7	57.2	47.1	64.3	52.8	50.0	25.1	40.8	43.2	33.4	16.6	11.1	36.7	50.0	$13,164	$991	$173	$1,164	$8,806	$3,194	$12,000
School School for the Deaf Elementary/Middle	Public	PK, KG-8	355 Cedar Springs Road	Spartanburg	29302	Spartanburg County	Deaf & Blind School	No	No	No	No	(864) 577-7743	41	25	1.6		11 (26.8%)	15 (36.6%)	6 (14.6%)	5 (12.2%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (2.4%)	3 (7.3%)								(n/a)
School School for the Blind Elementary/Middle	Public	PK, KG-8	355 Cedar Springs Road	Spartanburg	29302	Spartanburg County	Deaf & Blind School	No	No	No	No	(864) 577-7600	22	33	.6		10 (45.5%)	6 (27.3%)	6 (27.3%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)								(n/a)
E. P. Todd School	Public, Magnet	PK, KG-5	150 Old Canaan Road	Spartanburg	29302	Spartanburg County	Spartanburg 07	No	Yes	No	No	(864) 594-4475	559	49	11.4		135 (24.2%)	240 (42.9%)	89 (15.9%)	19 (3.4%)	0 (0.0%)	2 (0.4%)	74 (13.2%)	24.5	495^th of 640 public elementary schools	22.7%		21	513^th of 638 public elementary schools	19.6%	18	45.0	68.5	41.6				43.4	34.2	16.7				32.9		$15,492	$1,130	$1,307	$2,436	$11,580	$1,476	$13,056
Cannons Elementary	Public	PK, KG-5	1315 Old Converse Road	Spartanburg	29307	Spartanburg County	Spartanburg 03	No	No	No	Yes	(864) 279-6100	389	32	12.1		223 (57.3%)	83 (21.3%)	56 (14.4%)	2 (0.5%)	1 (0.3%)	0 (0.0%)	24 (6.2%)	71.7	188^th of 640 public elementary schools	70.6%		75.2	150^th of 638 public elementary schools	76.5%	38	67.8	62.9	75.5				76.3	66.1	71.7				41.9		$18,776	$2,657	$1,509	$4,167	$11,408	$3,201	$14,610

Frequently Asked Questions about Jesse Boyd Elementary

Is Jesse Boyd Elementary a good school?

Jesse Boyd Elementary ranks 203^rd of 640 South Carolina elementary schools. SchoolDigger rates this school 3 stars out of 5.

What district is Jesse Boyd Elementary in?

Spartanburg 07

What is the racial makeup of Jesse Boyd Elementary?

Students at Jesse Boyd Elementary are 61% White, 23% African American, 7% Two or more races, 6% Hispanic, 1% Asian.

How many students attend Jesse Boyd Elementary?

In the 2024-25 school year, 549 students attended Jesse Boyd Elementary.

What schools do graduates of Jesse Boyd Elementary attend?

Students who attend Jesse Boyd Elementary usually go on to attend:

Middle : McCracken Middle
High : Spartanburg High

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