Summary:
The 29385 zip code is home to a single elementary public magnet school, Wellford Academy of Science and Technology, which serves grades PK-4 with a total enrollment of 496 students. While the school is part of the higher-performing Spartanburg 05 district, its academic performance metrics suggest room for improvement.
Wellford Academy has consistently received a 2-star rating from SchoolDigger and has been ranked in the bottom third of South Carolina elementary schools over the past three years. The school's proficiency rates in SC READY English Language Arts, Mathematics, and 4th-grade Science are below the district and state averages. Additionally, the school faces challenges with a high chronic absenteeism rate of 22.5%, which could be a contributing factor to its academic struggles.
Despite these challenges, Wellford Academy's status as a magnet school and its affiliation with the higher-performing Spartanburg 05 district suggest potential for improvement. The school's low student-teacher ratio of 11:1 and its high percentage of free and reduced-price lunch recipients (83.06%) indicate that targeted interventions and support programs could help address the school's academic and socioeconomic factors and drive student success.
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