Summary:
Zip code 29692 is home to just one elementary school, Ware Shoals Primary, which serves grades PK through 4 and enrolls 385 students in the Greenwood 51 district.
For parents considering this area, Ware Shoals Primary offers a mixed picture. The school’s strongest subject is English Language Arts, where 3rd and 4th grade proficiency rates in 2025-2026 (57.7% and 61.9%) came within 3.5 to 6.4 points of the state average. Mathematics is the biggest concern—3rd grade math proficiency sits at just 40.9% versus 59.2% statewide, an 18.3-point gap, while 4th grade math (44.4%) trails by 7.9 points. Science showed dramatic improvement, jumping from 26.4% to 42.9% in 4th grade over one year, though it remains 8.7 points below the state. The school has consistently earned 2 stars and ranked in the bottom half of South Carolina elementary schools, with a percentile ranking that fluctuated from 39th to 33rd to 35th over three years.
One notable pattern is that the school’s test scores exactly match the district’s scores in every subject and grade, suggesting it may be the only school in Greenwood 51 serving these grades. Chronic absenteeism affects 23.3% of students—roughly 1 in 4—slightly above the state average of 22.3%. On the positive side, the school benefits from a favorable 13.2:1 student-teacher ratio and per-student spending of $13,425, indicating small class sizes and reasonable resources. The uneven trajectory—improvement in 4th grade across subjects but a decline in 3rd grade math—suggests targeted intervention in foundational math skills should be a priority, while the science gains demonstrate that focused instructional changes can produce results.
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