NCES CCD 2024-25 8 schools SC

Best-Resourced Schools in Piedmont, SC

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8 public K-12 schools in Piedmont from NCES Common Core of Data: enrollment, grade span, demographics, and Civil Rights Data Collection statistics for every active campus.

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8
Schools
7,833
Students
40.8/100
Avg Resource Index
16.5:1
Avg Student-Teacher Ratio

National city placement

Middle-of-corpus city profile

According to NCES CCD 2024-25, Piedmont has more public-school enrollment than 73% of the 4,487 US cities in this directory. Piedmont sits in the broad middle of the national city distribution rather than at a single obvious extreme. Its scale, average Resource Investment Index, and staffing position need to be read together: a middle placement on one measure does not cancel a stronger or weaker result on another. The percentile panel makes those dimensions explicit, and the school table shows where the city aggregate breaks into materially different campus profiles.

A full K–12 ladder sits inside the city boundary

Piedmont's list includes 2 elementary, 2 middle, and 2 high-school campuses, plus 2 combined-grade records. The city average spans every major grade stage, so the ranked table is more informative when read within level than as one interchangeable queue.

Campus spread matters more than the city mean

The 20-point gap between Wren Middle and Sue Cleveland Elementary shows the range hidden by Piedmont's average Resource Investment Index. The city figure is useful for national placement, but families ultimately choose among campuses with different grade spans, enrollment, district affiliations, and reported support fields. Start with schools serving the relevant grade level, then compare the index components rather than assuming the city average describes any one classroom.

City enrollment
Top 27%
School count
Top 54%
Resource Index average
49th percentile
Teacher staffing
38th percentile

Woodmont High accounts for 27.5% of all Piedmont public-school enrollment

That dominant concentration means Piedmont-wide averages can mask substantial variation outside the largest entity. Grade level: High. The share measures enrollment concentration only; it does not establish how districts allocate programs, capital, or staff. Enrollment-weighted aggregates give this entity more weight than any smaller peer, while an unweighted entity average treats every record equally.

Source: NCES Common Core of Data

Piedmont school enrollment varies 4.0× across entities

Piedmont school enrollment ranges from 544 students (lowest) to 2,151 students (highest), a spread of 1,607 students. That relatively narrow ratio reflects an unusually homogeneous school portfolio for a city this size. Per-school staffing and program breadth can differ sharply at opposite ends of that enrollment range, so the city average should not be treated as a typical campus.

Source: NCES Common Core of Data

Piedmont reports 60.1% free-lunch eligibility

The reported share clears the 50% majority mark. Title I operates under the Every Student Succeeds Act (ESSA, 2015), but its statutory allocation uses additional LEA-level counts and rules not represented by this average. This percentage is an economic-need context measure; it does not establish a Title I award, show dollars received, or describe how funds are distributed among campuses.

Source: NCES Common Core of Data

Piedmont student-teacher ratio is 16.5:1 — near the typical range (US average ~15.7) — citywide staffing is neither unusually lean nor unusually crowded by this measure

student-teacher ratio is the simplest comparative metric but it does not capture the full picture: the ratio counts FTE classroom teachers against total enrollment, push-in specialists, English-language aides, special-education co-teachers, and counselors are not included in most reporting Variation between sub-units within Piedmont is typically wider than the Piedmont-aggregate figure suggests.

Source: NCES Common Core of Data, Public School Universe

# School Score
1. Wren Middle 52
2. Spearman Elementary 44
3. Wren Elementary 44
4. Woodmont High 42
5. Woodmont Middle 41
6. Wren High 38
7. Grove Elementary 33
8. Sue Cleveland Elementary 32

Most racially and ethnically mixed schools in Piedmont

Ranked by the Simpson student-body diversity index (0-100) from NCES race and ethnicity data, where higher means a more evenly mixed student body. It measures mix, not quality.

  1. 1 Sue Cleveland Elementary 69.4/100
  2. 2 Woodmont Middle 68.4/100
  3. 3 Woodmont High 63.1/100
  4. 4 Grove Elementary 60.4/100
  5. 5 Spearman Elementary 49.7/100

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Which Piedmont school has the highest Resource Investment Index? ▼

Wren Middle has the highest Resource Investment Index among the Piedmont schools in this federal-data comparison at 52/100. The index summarizes reported staffing, counseling, gifted-program, and attendance inputs; it is not an academic rating.

How many schools are in Piedmont, SC? ▼

Piedmont has 8 public schools with a total enrollment of 7,833 students. Average student-teacher ratio: 16.5:1.

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Data from NCES Common Core of Data (CCD) 2024-25 and Civil Rights Data Collection (CRDC) 2021-22. The Resource Investment Index uses reported student-teacher ratio, counselor access, gifted programs, and attendance; it is not an academic rating. Cities must include at least five schools to be listed. This public-data comparison is for informational purposes: verify current enrollment, attendance boundaries, and programs with the school district before acting. See the guide to understanding NCES data.