Summary:
Zip code 29075 is home to a single public school, Little Mountain Elementary, which serves grades PK through 5 with a total enrollment of 367 students in the Newberry 01 district.
Little Mountain Elementary is a clear academic leader within its district, outperforming Newberry 01 in every subject and grade level for both the 2024-2025 and 2025-2026 school years. For example, in 5th-grade math, the school's proficiency rate of 51.8% is nearly 10 points higher than the district's 42.1%. However, the school's performance against the state average is more mixed. In the most recent year, it beats the state in 3rd-grade ELA (64.8% vs. 64.1%), 3rd-grade math (62.2% vs. 59.2%), 5th-grade math (51.8% vs. 49.1%), and 4th-grade science (55.8% vs. 51.6%), but falls behind in 4th-grade ELA (57.7% vs. 65.4%) and 5th-grade ELA (62.5% vs. 63.6%). The school's state ranking has declined significantly, dropping from the 70th percentile (4 stars) in 2024-2025 to the 59th percentile (3 stars) in 2025-2026.
The most striking finding is the substantial year-over-year decline in test scores. Between 2024-2025 and 2025-2026, proficiency rates dropped in nearly every subject, with the most dramatic declines in 4th-grade ELA (from 72.2% to 57.7%) and 4th-grade math (from 63.5% to 52.0%). Despite this, the school shows a consistent strength in early grades, with 3rd-graders performing at or above state averages in both ELA and math. The school also boasts an exceptionally low chronic absenteeism rate of 10.5%, compared to 18.5% for the district and 22.3% for the state. With a favorable student-teacher ratio of 12.6 and per-student spending of $13,595, the school has strong resources, making the recent test score decline particularly noteworthy for parents to investigate.
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