Sara Collins Elementary

Summary:

Sara Collins Elementary is a public elementary school in Greenville, South Carolina, serving 861 students in grades K-5 and part of the highly-ranked Greenville 01 School District.

Sara Collins Elementary consistently outperforms the district and state averages in academic assessments, with higher percentages of students proficient or better in English Language Arts and Mathematics across all grade levels. The school has a more racially diverse student population compared to nearby schools, with a higher percentage of African American and Hispanic students. Additionally, Sara Collins has a higher percentage of students from low-income families, as indicated by the 54.94% of students receiving free or reduced-price lunch in the 2022-2023 school year. Despite these challenges, the school maintains a relatively low student-teacher ratio of 14.5 students per teacher.

While Sara Collins Elementary is a high-performing school, there are notable achievement gaps between different racial subgroups. The school's ranking for African American students and students from low socioeconomic backgrounds is significantly lower than its ranking for White students and students with disabilities. This suggests the need for continued investment in resources and support to address these disparities. Compared to nearby schools like Hollis Academy, Thomas E. Kerns Elementary, and LEAD Academy, which have lower academic performance and higher percentages of students from disadvantaged backgrounds, Sara Collins Elementary stands out as a valuable asset to the Greenville community.


Detail:

Public K-5

 1200 Parkins Mill Road
       Greenville, SC  29607


(864) 355-3200

District: Greenville 01

SchoolDigger Rank:
130th of 638 South Carolina Elementary Schools

Per Pupil Expenditures:  $11,682 Help


Students who attend Sara Collins Elementary usually attend:

Middle:    Beck International Academy
High:    J. L. Mann High Academy

Student/teacher ratio:  14.5 Help
Number of students:  861

Racial breakdown:

White:
55.9%
African American:
26.7%
Hispanic:
11.8%
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Free/discounted lunch recipients:  54.9% Help


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Performance Trends
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Compare Details Sara Collins Elementary ranks better than 79.6% of elementary schools in South Carolina. It also ranks 22nd among 51 ranked elementary schools in the Greenville 01 School District. (See more...)
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Compare Details In 2024 the calculated Average Standard Score was 78.88. (See more...)
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Chronic absenteeism in a school refers to a situation where students repeatedly miss school, with the threshold often defined as missing 10% or more of school days for any reason, excused or unexcused.
Student Body
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Compare Details Sara Collins Elementary has the largest elementary school student body size in the Greenville 01 School District.  (See more...)
Finance
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Compare Details The average total spent per student at Sara Collins Elementary is $11,682, which is the 24th highest among 51 elementary schools in the Greenville 01 School District.
Schooldigger 2024 Rankings:

Sara Collins Elementary:

SchoolDigger ranks Sara Collins Elementary 130th of 638 South Carolina public elementary schools. (See Sara Collins Elementary in the ranking list.)

Elementary School Test Score Ratings by Student Subgroup:


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Greenville 01:

SchoolDigger ranks Greenville 01 14th of 75 South Carolina school districts. (See district ranking list.)


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Rank History for Sara Collins Elementary

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Rank History for all students at Sara Collins Elementary

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Elementary Schools SC State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2003 52.17 282nd 542 48.0%
2004 50.30 307th 550 44.2%
2005 56.01 270th 557 51.5%
2006 48.33 322nd 559 42.4%
2007 52.41 292nd 566 48.4%
2008 59.25 247th 577 57.2%
2009 50.26 312th 580 46.2%
2010 57.18 265th 589 55.0%
2011 60.41 245th 597 59.0%
2012 62.17 237th 594 60.1%
2013 59.76 261st 599 56.4%
2014 68.33 186th 630 70.5%
2015 79.28 89th 638 86.1%
2016 78.62 110th 619 82.2%
2017 81.89 98th 639 84.7%
2018 82.71 97th 624 84.5%
2019 74.95 145th 643 77.4%
2021 76.63 136th 622 78.1%
2022 75.63 151st 625 75.8%
2023 81.02 108th 644 83.2%
2024 78.88 130th 638 79.6%
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Rank History for Low Socio Economic Status students at Sara Collins Elementary

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Elementary Schools SC State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 47.57 303rd 588 48.5%
2019 54.62 283rd 600 52.8%
2021 49.80 286th 580 50.7%
2022 40.57 362nd 600 39.7%
2023 47.51 311th 608 48.8%
2024 48.37 313th 599 47.7%
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Rank History for Female students at Sara Collins Elementary

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Elementary Schools SC State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 83.02 84th 570 85.3%
2019 72.48 151st 588 74.3%
2021 69.55 155th 554 72.0%
2022 67.81 170th 573 70.3%
2023 76.36 128th 580 77.9%
2024 70.74 159th 565 71.9%
See the entire list of Best South Carolina Elementary Schools for Female Students!

Rank History for Disabled students at Sara Collins Elementary

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Elementary Schools SC State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 52.88 66th 161 59.0%
2019 53.76 74th 189 60.8%
2021 64.27 33rd 122 73.0%
2022 68.68 40th 151 73.5%
2023 70.52 35th 174 79.9%
2024 80.79 21st 143 85.3%
See the entire list of Best South Carolina Elementary Schools for Disabled Students!

Rank History for Gifted and Talented students at Sara Collins Elementary

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Elementary Schools SC State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2021 70.99 40th 147 72.8%
2023 67.11 42nd 105 60.0%
2024 70.98 16th 82 80.5%
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Rank History for Male students at Sara Collins Elementary

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Elementary Schools SC State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 79.56 106th 571 81.4%
2019 72.87 147th 590 75.1%
2021 79.15 102nd 561 81.8%
2022 80.06 107th 579 81.5%
2023 82.12 91st 582 84.4%
2024 82.99 86th 568 84.9%
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Rank History for African American students at Sara Collins Elementary

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Elementary Schools SC State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 53.57 171st 412 58.5%
2019 53.18 188th 421 55.3%
2021 59.48 111th 350 68.3%
2022 38.55 240th 393 38.9%
2023 56.11 151st 394 61.7%
2024 44.49 201st 369 45.5%
See the entire list of Best South Carolina Elementary Schools for African American Students!

Rank History for White students at Sara Collins Elementary

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Elementary Schools SC State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 88.20 39th 457 91.5%
2019 77.79 81st 472 82.8%
2021 86.33 45th 439 89.7%
2022 91.91 22nd 455 95.2%
2023 90.85 17th 463 96.3%
2024 87.81 30th 441 93.2%
See the entire list of Best South Carolina Elementary Schools for White Students!

Data source: test scores: South Carolina Department of Education, rankings: SchoolDigger.com

As you review the school rankings data, please be aware that some of the information from certain demographics is missing. The reason for this omission is that the data has been redacted from the source data itself due to low population samples in these specific demographic groups.

Redacting data from low population samples is a necessary step to ensure the reliability and accuracy of the results, as small sample sizes may not be representative of the broader population. Additionally, this measure helps protect the privacy of individuals belonging to these demographic groups.

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Data source: South Carolina Department of Education

Review counts

All ratings (Avg rating: 2.3)
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Reviews:
by a student
Tuesday, March 16, 2021

Open Quote I Loved this school, So Many Nice Teachers And Students, I Think that if you live around it, it is a VERY Good choice! For you and your child! Close Quote


by a parent
Tuesday, February 2, 2021

Open Quote Because we're migrants, my K5 son was treated differently.
The school management wouldn't hesitate to give my son 5 days bus suspension because he stood up in the bus and we've no other transportation to and from school, this was addressed several time to the school management and to dive other discipline than bus suspension as bus suspension will mean school suspension.... they never really cared..
While in other day, another kid cursed my son, spited at him and told him the F word twice, my son complained to the bus driver and i wrote an email to the vice principles but NOTHING HAPPENED.
They Just want certain category of people in this school. Close Quote



Enrollment information for Sara Collins Elementary

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Year White African American Asian Hispanic American Indian Pacific Islander Two or More Races Not Specified Total
1988 520 243 6 2 0 n/a n/a 0 771
1989 549 250 4 1 0 n/a n/a 0 804
1990 525 245 7 1 0 n/a n/a 0 778
1991 544 254 9 2 0 n/a n/a 0 809
1992 550 284 5 0 0 n/a n/a 0 839
1993 547 288 6 3 1 n/a n/a 0 845
1994 555 295 7 5 0 n/a n/a 0 862
1995 459 280 8 16 0 n/a n/a 0 763
1996 459 280 8 16 0 n/a n/a 0 763
1997 480 265 13 10 0 n/a n/a 0 768
1998 449 300 11 15 0 n/a n/a 0 775
1999 394 326 10 10 0 n/a n/a 0 740
2000 353 348 11 12 0 n/a n/a 0 724
2001 330 365 7 29 0 n/a n/a 0 731
2002 327 300 19 28 1 n/a n/a 1 676
2003 327 300 19 28 1 n/a n/a 1 676
2004 296 256 19 24 1 n/a n/a 4 600
2005 361 306 22 54 2 n/a n/a 10 755
2006 359 322 15 45 1 n/a n/a 5 747
2007 377 310 15 48 1 n/a n/a 0 751
2008 412 297 28 55 1 n/a n/a 5 798
2009 450 282 26 41 1 n/a n/a 5 805
2010 455 239 25 42 2 n/a n/a 4 767
2011 449 236 32 55 0 0 22 0 794
2012 474 240 32 52 0 0 26 0 824
2013 466 244 21 64 0 1 28 0 824
2014 492 254 18 60 1 4 25 0 854
2015 509 228 12 49 2 6 22 0 828
2016 513 231 12 53 0 4 21 0 834
2017 527 243 13 40 0 8 33 0 864
2018 511 247 20 48 2 3 46 0 877
2019 541 252 22 56 0 3 44 0 918
2020 534 262 15 55 3 3 34 0 906
2021 449 233 12 64 4 2 37 0 801
2022 465 248 10 83 2 1 41 0 850
2023 481 230 8 102 0 1 39 0 861

Data source: National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Dept of Education.

About Enrollment/Ethnicity

For more information about how the Department of Education defines ethnicity, see Defining Race and Ethnicity Data, National Center for Education Statistics

Students eligible for free or discounted lunch at Sara Collins Elementary

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Year # Students Full-time Teachers Student/Teacher ratio % Free/Discounted Lunch
1988 771 50.1 15.3 n/a
1989 804 52.0 15.4 n/a
1990 778 46.7 16.6 n/a
1991 809 49.7 16.2 17.6
1992 839 51.3 16.3 21
1993 845 53.5 15.8 22.5
1994 862 55.0 15.7 26.3
1995 763 49.0 15.6 25.7
1996 763 49.0 15.6 25.7
1997 768 46.0 16.7 26
1998 775 46.0 16.8 34.5
1999 740 47.0 15.7 40
2000 724 50.2 14.4 39.8
2001 731 51.2 14.3 46.2
2002 676 43.5 15.5 35.7
2003 676 43.5 15.5 35.7
2004 600 41.1 14.6 37.9
2005 755 45.1 16.7 42.8
2006 747 50.4 14.8 46.2
2007 751 86.7 8.7 37.2
2008 798 53.2 15.0 39.1
2009 805 51.4 15.7 38
2010 767 49.8 15.4 37.9
2011 794 48.3 16.4 38.2
2012 824 46.0 17.9 38.2
2013 824 49.2 16.7 39.8
2014 854 51.5 16.5 39.8
2015 828 54.0 15.3 37.6
2016 834 50.0 16.6 36.5
2017 864 52.6 16.4 36
2018 877 57.0 15.3 36.8
2019 918 53.1 17.2 36.1
2020 906 59.6 15.2 36.8
2021 801 45.4 17.6 46.2
2022 850 56.2 15.1 42
2023 861 59.3 14.5 54.9

Data source: National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Dept of Education.

About Students eligible for discounted/free lunch:

The National School Lunch Program (NSLP) provides low-cost or free meals to students in U.S. public and nonprofit private schools based on household income. Those with incomes below 130% of the poverty line receive free lunch, while those between 130% and 185% qualify for reduced-price lunch. The percentage of students receiving free or reduced-price lunch serves as a marker for poverty, as it reflects the socioeconomic status of families in a given school or district. A higher FRPL rate typically indicates a higher concentration of low-income families, suggesting that the school or district may face additional challenges in providing adequate resources and support for student success.

Student/Teacher Ratio Sara Collins Elementary

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Year # Students Full-time Teachers Student/Teacher ratio % Free/Discounted Lunch
1988 771 50.1 15.3 n/a
1989 804 52.0 15.4 n/a
1990 778 46.7 16.6 n/a
1991 809 49.7 16.2 17.6
1992 839 51.3 16.3 21
1993 845 53.5 15.8 22.5
1994 862 55.0 15.7 26.3
1995 763 49.0 15.6 25.7
1996 763 49.0 15.6 25.7
1997 768 46.0 16.7 26
1998 775 46.0 16.8 34.5
1999 740 47.0 15.7 40
2000 724 50.2 14.4 39.8
2001 731 51.2 14.3 46.2
2002 676 43.5 15.5 35.7
2003 676 43.5 15.5 35.7
2004 600 41.1 14.6 37.9
2005 755 45.1 16.7 42.8
2006 747 50.4 14.8 46.2
2007 751 86.7 8.7 37.2
2008 798 53.2 15.0 39.1
2009 805 51.4 15.7 38
2010 767 49.8 15.4 37.9
2011 794 48.3 16.4 38.2
2012 824 46.0 17.9 38.2
2013 824 49.2 16.7 39.8
2014 854 51.5 16.5 39.8
2015 828 54.0 15.3 37.6
2016 834 50.0 16.6 36.5
2017 864 52.6 16.4 36
2018 877 57.0 15.3 36.8
2019 918 53.1 17.2 36.1
2020 906 59.6 15.2 36.8
2021 801 45.4 17.6 46.2
2022 850 56.2 15.1 42
2023 861 59.3 14.5 54.9

Data source: National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Dept of Education.

About Student-Teacher Ratio

Student/teacher ratio is calculated by dividing the total number of students by the total number of full-time equivalent teachers. Please note that a smaller student/teacher ratio does not necessarily translate to smaller class size. In some instances, schools hire teachers part time, and some teachers are hired for specialized instruction with very small class sizes. These and other factors contribute to the student/teacher ratio. Note: For private schools, Student/teacher ratio may not include Pre-Kindergarten.
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Per Pupil Expenditures for Sara Collins Elementary

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YearPersonnel Expenditures from Federal FundsNon-Personnel Expenditures from Federal FundsTotal Expenditures from Federal FundsPersonnel Expenditures from State and Local FundsNon-Personnel Expenditures from State and Local FundsTotal Expenditures from State and Local FundsTotal Expenditures Per Pupil (All Funds)
2019 $301 (3.0%) $38 (0.4%) $339 (3.4%) $8,684 (86.9%) $971 (9.7%) $9,655 (96.6%) $9,994
2020 $463 (4.9%) $297 (3.1%) $761 (8.0%) $7,998 (84.0%) $768 (8.1%) $8,766 (92.0%) $9,527
2021 $651 (6.5%) $282 (2.8%) $933 (9.2%) $8,611 (85.3%) $546 (5.4%) $9,157 (90.8%) $10,090
2022 $1,295 (11.6%) $350 (3.1%) $1,645 (14.7%) $8,964 (80.2%) $569 (5.1%) $9,533 (85.3%) $11,178
2023 $993 (8.5%) $892 (7.6%) $1,885 (16.1%) $9,132 (78.2%) $665 (5.7%) $9,797 (83.9%) $11,682

Data source: South Carolina Department of Education
Pre and Post Pandemic Data

Impact of COVID-19 on Sara Collins Elementary

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Rankings

Rank
Pre-pandemic (2018-2019)
Rank
Post pandemic (2022-2023)
Change (%)
Ranks 145th of 643 Elementary schoolsRanks 108th of 644 Elementary schools
 5.8%

Test Scores

% proficient
Pre-pandemic (2018-2019)
% proficient
Post pandemic (2022-2023)
Change (%)
3rd Grade English Language Arts (Sara Collins Elementary)56.362.5
 6.2%
   3rd Grade English Language Arts (Greenville 01)60.262
 1.8%
   3rd Grade English Language Arts (South Carolina)49.753.5
 3.8%
3rd Grade Mathematics (Sara Collins Elementary)5560.4
 5.4%
   3rd Grade Mathematics (Greenville 01)68.564.1
 4.4%
   3rd Grade Mathematics (South Carolina)57.753.6
 4.1%
4th Grade Science (Sara Collins Elementary)73.873.3
 0.5%
   4th Grade Science (Greenville 01)63.960.2
 3.7%
   4th Grade Science (South Carolina)5246.6
 5.4%
4th Grade English Language Arts (Sara Collins Elementary)73.978.7
 4.8%
   4th Grade English Language Arts (Greenville 01)62.666.2
 3.6%
   4th Grade English Language Arts (South Carolina)51.357.2
 5.9%
4th Grade Mathematics (Sara Collins Elementary)70.273.2
 3%
   4th Grade Mathematics (Greenville 01)63.557.9
 5.6%
   4th Grade Mathematics (South Carolina)50.547
 3.5%
5th Grade English Language Arts (Sara Collins Elementary)46.861.8
 15%
   5th Grade English Language Arts (Greenville 01)52.764.4
 11.7%
   5th Grade English Language Arts (South Carolina)4155.2
 14.2%
5th Grade Mathematics (Sara Collins Elementary)53.257.6
 4.4%
   5th Grade Mathematics (Greenville 01)57.257.6
 0.4%
   5th Grade Mathematics (South Carolina)45.444.6
 0.8%

Student Body

Number of students
Pre-pandemic (2018-2019)
Number of students
Post pandemic (2022-2023)
Change (%)
Total Students918861
 6.2%
African American252230
 8.7%
American Indian00
Asian228
 63.6%
Hispanic56102
 82.1%
Pacific Islander31
 66.7%
White541481
 11.1%
Two or More Races4439
 11.4%
% Free/Discounted Lunch Recipients36.1%54.9%
 18.9%


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Frequently Asked Questions about Sara Collins Elementary

In the 2022-23 school year, 861 students attended Sara Collins Elementary.

Students who attend Sara Collins Elementary usually go on to attend:

Middle : Beck International Academy
High : J. L. Mann High Academy

Students at Sara Collins Elementary are 56% White, 27% African American, 12% Hispanic, 5% Two or more races.

Sara Collins Elementary ranks 130th of 638 South Carolina elementary schools. SchoolDigger rates this school 4 stars out of 5.


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