Lake Carolina Elementary School
1151 Kelley Mill Road, Blythewood, SC, 29016 - Map Map

School Overview:
Definition of Terms
Lake Carolina Elementary School
School Level Primary school
Grades Offered Grades Pr - 5
County Richland County, SC
Awards Honored for National Blue Ribbon Award Blue Ribbon School – Selected in 2008  
Students & Faculty
Total Students 761 students
% Male / % Female 61%  /  39%
Total Classroom Teachers 63 teachers
Students by Grade
Pre-K - 6 students
Kind - 151 students
Grade 1 - 158 students
Grade 2 - 157 students
Grade 3 - 156 students
Grade 4 - 148 students
Grade 5 - 142 students
This School
(SC) School Average
Teacher : Student Ratio 1:15 1:15
Students by Ethnicity
This School
(SC) School Average
% American Indian n/a n/a
% Asian 3% 1%
% Hispanic 3% 5%
% Black 49% 44%
% White 41% 49%
% Unknown 4 % 2%
Additional Student Information
This School
(SC) School Average
% Eligible for Free Lunch 16% 47%
% Eligible for Reduced Lunch 7% 8%
% Migrant Students Enrolled n/a n/a
School Performance:
(SC) Statewide Testing Performance
School Statewide Performance View Education Department Test Scores
School District:
School District Name Richland County 02 School District
This School's Agency
(SC) District Average
Number of Schools Managed 26 9
Number of Students Managed 21,455 students 4,098 students
District Total Revenue $188,147,000 $40,303,000
District Expenditure $200,979,000 $42,483,000
District Revenue / Student $8,769 $9,835
District Expenditure / Student $9,367 $10,367
In the News:
  • Autopsies: 2 sisters found dead in lake drowned (The State)
    posted on February 23, 2009 at 03:53:47 pm
    Autopsies determined this morning the two young sisters whose bodies were recovered from Lake Carolina on Sunday drowned. The girls died Saturday of fresh-water drowning, Richland County coroner Gary Watts said Monday afternoon. Those findings in the deaths of Jevonn Lawson, 14, and her sister, Chantel Lawson, who lived on Bassett Loop in the lake community, make it likely that the pair drowned ...
  • Sisters found dead in lake (The State)
    posted on February 23, 2009 at 05:44:08 am
    Richland County officials recovered the bodies of two missing teenage sisters from the cold waters of Lake Carolina Sunday afternoon. County Coroner Gary Watts identified the girls as sisters Jevonn Lawson, 14, and Chantel Lawson, 16, both of 276 Bassett Loop, in the Lake Carolina community southeast of Blythewood. Richland County Sheriff’s Department spokesman Lt. Chris Cowan said the girls ...
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School Notes:
 
School Zip Code:
About This Zip Code (29016)
School Zip (29016)
(SC) State Average
Population (Approximate) 10,225 people 3,830,158 people
% (age 25+) w/College Degree 38% 21%
Population Average Age 37 years old 35 years old
Average Household size 2.8 persons 2.4 persons
Median Household Income $54,988 $37,505
Avg. # of Rooms in Household 6.4 rooms 5.4 rooms
Median Age of Housing Structure 23 years old 32 years old
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Median Value of Housing Unit
Zipcode (29016)


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Zillow Median Value of Housing Unit
% Owning / % Renting 90% / 10% 69% / 31%
School Map:
1. Kelly Mill Middle School - 988 students - 0.1 mi. away - view location
2. Rice Creek Elementary School - 976 students - 2.5 mi. away - view location
3. Summit Parkway Middle School - 1165 students - 3.4 mi. away - view location
4. North Springs Elementary School - 797 students - 3.6 mi. away - view location
5. Bookman Road Elementary School - 686 students - 3.7 mi. away - view location
View all schools in: Blythewood, Richland County, Zip 29016 
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Note: Data has been gathered from several government and commercial data sources. School data reflects 2006 statistics (most recent year available).

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