Seven Oaks Elementary

Summary:

Seven Oaks Elementary is a public elementary school in Columbia, South Carolina, serving 520 students in grades PK-5. The school is part of the Lexington 05 school district, which is ranked 13 out of 75 districts in the state and has a 4-star rating.

Despite the district's strong performance, Seven Oaks Elementary consistently ranks in the bottom half of South Carolina elementary schools, with proficiency rates on state assessments that are 30-50 percentage points below the district and state averages. The school's academic struggles are particularly pronounced for its African American and low-income student populations, which make up the majority of the student body. In contrast, nearby schools like Harbison West Elementary and Nursery Road Elementary in the Lexington 05 district outperform Seven Oaks by 20-30 percentage points on state assessments and have higher statewide rankings.

While Seven Oaks Elementary has a relatively low student-teacher ratio and higher spending per student compared to nearby schools, these factors have not translated into improved academic outcomes. The school's high percentage of students from low socioeconomic backgrounds (100% qualify for free or reduced-price lunch) may be a significant contributing factor to its struggles, suggesting a need for targeted interventions and support to address the disparities and improve student learning.


Detail:

Public, Magnet PK, KG-5

 2800 Ashland Road
       Columbia, SC  29210


(803) 476-8500

District: Lexington 05

SchoolDigger Rank:
512th of 638 South Carolina Elementary Schools

Per Pupil Expenditures:  $15,766 Help


Students who attend Seven Oaks Elementary usually attend:

Middle:    CrossRoads Intermediate
    Irmo Middle
High:    Irmo High

Student/teacher ratio:  9.1 Help
Number of students:  502

Racial breakdown:

African American:
66.3%
White:
11.2%
Hispanic:
7.6%
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Free/discounted lunch recipients:  100% Help


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Performance Trends
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Compare Details Seven Oaks Elementary ranks worse than 80.3% of elementary schools in South Carolina. It also ranks last among 13 ranked elementary schools in the Lexington 05 School District. (See more...)
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Compare Details In 2024 the calculated Average Standard Score was 21.09. (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 Racial makeup is: African American (66.3%), White (11.2%), Hispanic (7.6%). (See more...)
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Compare Details 100% of students are receiving a free or discounted lunch. (See more...)
Teachers
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Compare Details The student/teacher ratio at Seven Oaks Elementary is 9.1, which is the 4th best among 13 elementary schools in the Lexington 05 School District. (See more...)
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Compare Details The average total spent per student at Seven Oaks Elementary is $15,766, which is the 4th highest among 13 elementary schools in the Lexington 05 School District.
Schooldigger 2024 Rankings:

Seven Oaks Elementary:

SchoolDigger ranks Seven Oaks Elementary 512th of 638 South Carolina public elementary schools. (See Seven Oaks Elementary in the ranking list.)

Elementary School Test Score Ratings by Student Subgroup:


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Lexington 05:

SchoolDigger ranks Lexington 05 13th of 75 South Carolina school districts. (See district ranking list.)

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Rank History for Seven Oaks Elementary

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Rank History for all students at Seven Oaks Elementary

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Elementary Schools SC State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2003 75.20 123rd 542 77.3%
2004 79.74 87th 550 84.2%
2005 83.31 63rd 557 88.7%
2006 75.38 116th 559 79.2%
2007 68.65 166th 566 70.7%
2008 67.41 182nd 577 68.5%
2009 60.34 239th 580 58.8%
2010 65.19 194th 589 67.1%
2011 71.27 159th 597 73.4%
2012 66.90 191st 594 67.8%
2013 69.30 171st 599 71.5%
2014 57.64 283rd 630 55.1%
2015 56.25 254th 638 60.2%
2016 42.64 359th 619 42.0%
2017 41.23 377th 639 41.0%
2018 35.94 401st 624 35.7%
2019 42.84 379th 643 41.1%
2021 26.54 450th 622 27.7%
2022 18.77 509th 625 18.6%
2023 23.83 498th 644 22.7%
2024 21.09 512th 638 19.7%
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Rank History for Low Socio Economic Status students at Seven Oaks Elementary

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Elementary Schools SC State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 45.07 324th 588 44.9%
2019 53.92 291st 600 51.5%
2021 39.81 363rd 580 37.4%
2022 25.57 466th 600 22.3%
2023 31.91 441st 608 27.5%
2024 27.51 454th 599 24.2%
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Rank History for Female students at Seven Oaks Elementary

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Elementary Schools SC State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 28.27 426th 570 25.3%
2019 36.34 396th 588 32.7%
2021 24.68 422nd 554 23.8%
2022 22.18 446th 573 22.2%
2023 25.01 449th 580 22.6%
2024 19.98 470th 565 16.8%
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Rank History for Disabled students at Seven Oaks Elementary

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Elementary Schools SC State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2022 32.39 108th 151 28.5%
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Rank History for Male students at Seven Oaks Elementary

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Elementary Schools SC State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 42.20 331st 571 42.0%
2019 45.79 334th 590 43.4%
2021 25.14 423rd 561 24.6%
2022 15.19 501st 579 13.5%
2023 21.53 469th 582 19.4%
2024 22.12 450th 568 20.8%
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Rank History for African American students at Seven Oaks Elementary

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Elementary Schools SC State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 56.84 154th 412 62.6%
2019 64.57 126th 421 70.1%
2021 45.97 181st 350 48.3%
2022 38.34 242nd 393 38.4%
2023 53.26 169th 394 57.1%
2024 41.63 221st 369 40.1%
See the entire list of Best South Carolina Elementary Schools for African American 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

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Reviews:
by a parent
Friday, November 4, 2011

Open Quote I am a parent of 2 young children that go to this school. This is school has some GREAT teachers who care for the well being for the children they have in their classroom, but then you got some teachers there that don't. Some teachers have shown disrespect to some of their students by talking down to them and not lifting them up, you are suppose to encourage them not talk down to the students that are in your classroom. I find that very rude on the fact that they have chosen a career to be a GREAT role model to these kids and teach them. When my children first started going to this school I thought it was the best school for my kids to attend for their first years of school. A couple of accidents that has happened to my kids in this school has definitely made me change my mind, it makes me think on how they are really being treated in class when I am not there. There was nothing done to the other kids who have hurt them, they took it as they were young kids and that was it. If you don't have consequences for the kids and their actions when they are young what do they expect when they get older. They will have no grounds to stand on to be responsible students and Great out-comers. This school has really disappointed me on the outcome of how they really are. I just think that if you have certain rules you want the students to go by I think it is best that the teachers and the principals should go by them also, to be great role models for the kids that they are teaching. I just don't see that here at this school. So as all this being said we are currently trying to find another school for my kids to attend because my kids mean the world to me and as their mother I want the best for my kids and as of this school it just isn't it. Close Quote



Enrollment information for Seven Oaks Elementary

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Year White African American Asian Hispanic American Indian Pacific Islander Two or More Races Not Specified Total
1988 519 53 19 0 0 n/a n/a 0 591
1989 512 55 22 6 0 n/a n/a 0 595
1990 550 75 22 4 0 n/a n/a 0 651
1991 531 79 19 6 2 n/a n/a 0 637
1992 499 86 22 3 2 n/a n/a 0 612
1993 397 75 20 0 0 n/a n/a 0 492
1994 355 82 22 0 2 n/a n/a 0 461
1995 380 137 27 7 0 n/a n/a 0 551
1996 380 137 27 7 0 n/a n/a 0 551
1997 335 142 28 7 0 n/a n/a 0 512
1998 294 132 23 9 0 n/a n/a 0 458
1999 299 123 31 9 0 n/a n/a 0 462
2000 255 154 28 11 0 n/a n/a 0 448
2001 233 187 29 16 0 n/a n/a 0 465
2002 228 241 32 28 1 n/a n/a 3 533
2003 228 241 32 28 1 n/a n/a 3 533
2004 241 247 32 31 2 n/a n/a 9 562
2005 198 280 33 28 1 n/a n/a 0 540
2006 210 299 27 31 0 n/a n/a 7 574
2007 193 323 29 31 0 n/a n/a 0 576
2008 170 293 43 27 0 n/a n/a 13 546
2009 172 281 46 26 0 n/a n/a 14 539
2010 155 284 38 24 0 n/a n/a 9 510
2011 130 279 33 38 0 2 21 0 503
2012 122 275 35 26 6 3 21 0 488
2013 107 262 28 20 4 2 26 0 449
2014 108 319 40 27 7 1 28 0 530
2015 110 355 37 31 5 1 28 0 567
2016 118 394 41 29 5 7 38 0 632
2017 118 407 42 27 2 2 29 0 627
2018 105 372 39 35 1 0 33 0 585
2019 88 360 31 38 0 1 39 0 557
2020 78 353 23 50 0 1 41 0 546
2021 59 297 17 45 0 1 44 0 463
2022 57 334 23 39 0 0 49 0 502
2023 57 334 40 39 0 10 40 0 520
2024 56 333 36 38 2 3 34 0 502

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 Seven Oaks Elementary

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Year # Students Full-time Teachers Student/Teacher ratio % Free/Discounted Lunch
1988 591 35.2 16.7 n/a
1989 595 33.7 17.6 n/a
1990 651 36.0 18.0 n/a
1991 637 38.7 16.4 7.2
1992 612 36.6 16.7 8.5
1993 492 29.0 17.0 10
1994 461 26.0 17.7 11.3
1995 551 32.5 17.0 10.9
1996 551 32.5 17.0 10.9
1997 512 32.9 15.6 12.1
1998 458 32.0 14.3 15.7
1999 462 34.0 13.6 23.6
2000 448 34.0 13.2 26.3
2001 465 32.0 14.5 31.6
2002 533 38.0 14.0 35.3
2003 533 38.0 14.0 35.3
2004 562 38.5 14.6 40.3
2005 540 38.0 14.2 44.3
2006 574 37.0 15.5 48.3
2007 576 65.6 8.8 49.8
2008 546 45.6 12.0 54
2009 539 42.6 12.7 57
2010 510 42.0 12.1 57.1
2011 503 42.6 11.8 64
2012 488 40.0 12.2 68.6
2013 449 42.0 10.6 73.1
2014 530 43.0 12.3 74.9
2015 567 40.0 14.1 69.1
2016 632 41.0 15.4 78.2
2017 627 46.0 13.6 100
2018 585 48.8 11.9 100
2019 557 48.8 11.4 100
2020 546 47.8 11.4 100
2021 463 47.8 9.6 100
2022 502 41.0 12.2 100
2023 520 58.0 8.9 100
2024 502 55.0 9.1 100

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 Seven Oaks Elementary

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Year # Students Full-time Teachers Student/Teacher ratio % Free/Discounted Lunch
1988 591 35.2 16.7 n/a
1989 595 33.7 17.6 n/a
1990 651 36.0 18.0 n/a
1991 637 38.7 16.4 7.2
1992 612 36.6 16.7 8.5
1993 492 29.0 17.0 10
1994 461 26.0 17.7 11.3
1995 551 32.5 17.0 10.9
1996 551 32.5 17.0 10.9
1997 512 32.9 15.6 12.1
1998 458 32.0 14.3 15.7
1999 462 34.0 13.6 23.6
2000 448 34.0 13.2 26.3
2001 465 32.0 14.5 31.6
2002 533 38.0 14.0 35.3
2003 533 38.0 14.0 35.3
2004 562 38.5 14.6 40.3
2005 540 38.0 14.2 44.3
2006 574 37.0 15.5 48.3
2007 576 65.6 8.8 49.8
2008 546 45.6 12.0 54
2009 539 42.6 12.7 57
2010 510 42.0 12.1 57.1
2011 503 42.6 11.8 64
2012 488 40.0 12.2 68.6
2013 449 42.0 10.6 73.1
2014 530 43.0 12.3 74.9
2015 567 40.0 14.1 69.1
2016 632 41.0 15.4 78.2
2017 627 46.0 13.6 100
2018 585 48.8 11.9 100
2019 557 48.8 11.4 100
2020 546 47.8 11.4 100
2021 463 47.8 9.6 100
2022 502 41.0 12.2 100
2023 520 58.0 8.9 100
2024 502 55.0 9.1 100

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 Seven Oaks 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 $343 (3.0%) $482 (4.2%) $825 (7.2%) $9,179 (79.6%) $1,522 (13.2%) $10,701 (92.8%) $11,526
2020 $1,222 (9.2%) $532 (4.0%) $1,753 (13.1%) $9,969 (74.8%) $1,611 (12.1%) $11,579 (86.8%) $13,333
2021 $1,358 (9.5%) $575 (4.0%) $1,933 (13.5%) $11,126 (77.8%) $1,243 (8.7%) $12,369 (86.5%) $14,303
2022 $1,617 (10.0%) $726 (4.5%) $2,342 (14.5%) $12,532 (77.5%) $1,294 (8.0%) $13,826 (85.5%) $16,169
2023 $1,222 (7.8%) $854 (5.4%) $2,076 (13.2%) $12,114 (76.8%) $1,576 (10.0%) $13,690 (86.8%) $15,766

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

Impact of COVID-19 on Seven Oaks Elementary

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Rankings

Rank
Pre-pandemic (2018-2019)
Rank
Post pandemic (2022-2023)
Change (%)
Ranks 379th of 643 Elementary schoolsRanks 498th of 644 Elementary schools
 18.4%

Test Scores

% proficient
Pre-pandemic (2018-2019)
% proficient
Post pandemic (2022-2023)
Change (%)
3rd Grade English Language Arts (Seven Oaks Elementary)46.445.6
 0.8%
   3rd Grade English Language Arts (Lexington 05)60.262.4
 2.2%
   3rd Grade English Language Arts (South Carolina)49.753.5
 3.8%
3rd Grade Mathematics (Seven Oaks Elementary)53.751.3
 2.4%
   3rd Grade Mathematics (Lexington 05)63.959.7
 4.2%
   3rd Grade Mathematics (South Carolina)57.753.6
 4.1%
4th Grade Science (Seven Oaks Elementary)48.821.5
 27.3%
   4th Grade Science (Lexington 05)59.653.4
 6.2%
   4th Grade Science (South Carolina)5246.6
 5.4%
4th Grade English Language Arts (Seven Oaks Elementary)48.141.8
 6.3%
   4th Grade English Language Arts (Lexington 05)63.663.9
 0.3%
   4th Grade English Language Arts (South Carolina)51.357.2
 5.9%
4th Grade Mathematics (Seven Oaks Elementary)37.822.8
 15%
   4th Grade Mathematics (Lexington 05)57.655
 2.6%
   4th Grade Mathematics (South Carolina)50.547
 3.5%
5th Grade English Language Arts (Seven Oaks Elementary)28.838.1
 9.3%
   5th Grade English Language Arts (Lexington 05)52.260
 7.8%
   5th Grade English Language Arts (South Carolina)4155.2
 14.2%
5th Grade Mathematics (Seven Oaks Elementary)3014.1
 15.9%
   5th Grade Mathematics (Lexington 05)51.547.3
 4.2%
   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 Students557520
 6.6%
African American360334
 7.2%
American Indian00
Asian3140
 29%
Hispanic3839
 2.6%
Pacific Islander110
 900%
White8857
 35.2%
Two or More Races3940
 2.6%
% Free/Discounted Lunch Recipients100%100%


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Frequently Asked Questions about Seven Oaks Elementary

Seven Oaks Elementary ranks in the bottom 19.7% of South Carolina elementary schools.

Students at Seven Oaks Elementary are 66% African American, 11% White, 8% Hispanic, 7% Asian, 7% Two or more races.

Students who attend Seven Oaks Elementary usually go on to attend:

Middle : CrossRoads Intermediate
Middle : Irmo Middle
High : Irmo High

In the 2023-24 school year, 502 students attended Seven Oaks Elementary.


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