Summary:
Zip code 29644 is home to one elementary school, Fountain Inn Elementary, a large PK-5 school serving 1,055 students in the Fountain Inn area of South Carolina, operating within the highly-rated Greenville 01 district.
For parents, Fountain Inn Elementary presents a mixed picture of strong academics with a notable area of concern. The school’s greatest strength is English Language Arts, where all grade levels consistently outperform both district and state averages, with 5th grade showing the most significant year-over-year improvement. Science performance is also solid, sitting nearly 14 points above the state average. However, mathematics tells a different story, particularly in 4th grade, where proficiency plummeted by 16.1 percentage points to 49.5%—now below both the district and state averages. This dramatic decline is the single biggest red flag in the data and suggests a potential issue with the 3rd-to-4th grade math transition or a cohort-specific challenge. While 3rd and 5th grade math remain above state averages, the overall trend shows math proficiency weakening as students advance through the grades.
On operational metrics, the school fares well: chronic absenteeism at 19.2% is better than both the district and state, and the student-to-teacher ratio of 17.8:1 is reasonable for a school of this size. Per-student spending of $11,012 supports these resources. The school’s state ranking has slipped slightly from the 75th to 70th percentile, likely dragged down by the 4th grade math scores despite strong ELA and science results. Parents should feel confident in the school’s literacy instruction and overall engagement, but should ask administrators about targeted math interventions and how they plan to address the 4th grade decline before it impacts future cohorts.
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