Gray Court-Owings Elementary/Middle
Public elementary school, pre-kindergarten to grade 8 · Gray Court, South Carolina
Gray Court-Owings Elementary/Middle in Gray Court, South Carolina enrolled 715 students in 2024-25 with 68.0 full-time teachers, 10.5 students per teacher against the South Carolina elementary-school median of 13.4. It ran a schoolwide Title I program in 2021-22; every student eats free under the Community Eligibility Provision (2024-25). On the state tests, 29% of its students tested were proficient in reading in 2021-22 and 23% proficient in math in 2022-23 (South Carolina: 52.1% and 43%).
NCES Common Core of Data 2024-25 · Civil Rights Data Collection 2021-22 · Title I status CCD 2021-22 · method
Enrollment fell 6% from 2022-23 to 2024-25; full-time teachers rose 19%
763 students in 2022-23, 755 students in 2023-24, 715 students in 2024-25. Full-time teachers went from 57.0 to 68.0.
The numbers as a table
| School year | Students | Teachers (FTE) | Per teacher |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022-23 | 763 | 57.0 | 13.4 |
| 2023-24 | 755 | 62.0 | 12.2 |
| 2024-25 | 715 | 68.0 | 10.5 |
10.5 students per teacher, a lower ratio than 91 of every 100 South Carolina elementary schools
Among the 669 South Carolina elementary schools that reported teachers for 2024-25 the median is 13.4; the national median for elementary schools is 14.6. A ratio counts every teacher, so it is not the size of a class.
Source: NCES Common Core of Data membership and staff files, 2022-23, 2023-24, 2024-25; the comparison counts schools with a 2024-25 teacher count and a ratio from 3 to 99 (lower values are reporting errors).
One counselor per 258 students in 2021-22
In the 2021-22 civil rights collection Gray Court-Owings Elementary/Middle enrolled 773 students and had 3.0 counselors (full-time equivalent); it reported 58 out-of-school suspensions that year.
- Advanced Placement coursesNone
- Gifted and talented programYes
- Counselors (FTE)3.0, one per 258 of the 773 students enrolled in 2021-22
- Out-of-school suspensions58
- Chronically absent28.0% (2022-23)
Who attends
53.0% of students were White, 24.6% Hispanic, 16.4% Black in 2024-25.
- White53.0%
- Hispanic24.6%
- Black16.4%
- Two or more races4.6%
- Pacific Islander1.1%
- American Indian0.3%
Source: U.S. Department of Education, Civil Rights Data Collection 2021-22; chronic absenteeism from EDFacts 2022-23; every count and the counselor ratio are for that school year. Who attends: NCES Common Core of Data 2024-25, membership by race and ethnicity.
State test results, 2021-22 and 2022-23
The students tested at Gray Court-Owings Elementary/Middle scored proficient or above: 29% in reading in 2021-22 and 23% in math in 2022-23, against 52.1% in reading in 2021-22 and 43% in math in 2022-23 across South Carolina. Each state writes its own test and sets its own proficiency bar, so compare these within South Carolina, not across states. ED Data Express holds no district results after 2021-22, so the district column gives its 2021-22 figure.
| Subject and year | This school | Its district | South Carolina |
|---|---|---|---|
| Reading and language arts, 2021-22 | 29% | 38% | 52.1% |
| Math, 2022-23 | 23% | 25% (2021-22) | 43% |
Source: U.S. Department of Education, EDFacts state assessment results 2021-22 and 2022-23, all students, from ED Data Express (2021-22 through the Data Rescue Project archive); for 2022-23 ED published math by school and reading only by state: ED shows school and district results as ranges (for example 20-24%) to protect small groups.
Elementary schools in Gray Court
2 public elementary schools in Gray Court report 2024-25 enrollment; Gray Court-Owings Elementary/Middle is the largest.
| School | Students | Per teacher | Free lunch |
|---|---|---|---|
| Gray Court-Owings Elementary/Middle | 715 | 10.5 | 100.0% |
| Hickory Tavern Elementary/Middle | 623 | 12.2 | 100.0% |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data 2024-25.
What to look at next about Gray Court-Owings Elementary/Middle
- Fountain Inn ElementaryThe nearest public elementary school, 7.1 miles away: 1,055 students, 17.8 per teacher (2024-25).7.1 mi
- Hickory Tavern Elementary/MiddleThe next nearest public elementary school, 7.9 miles away: 623 students, 12.2 per teacher (2024-25).7.9 mi
- Compare Gray Court-Owings Elementary/Middle with Fountain Inn ElementaryStudents, teachers, meals, test results and who attends, side by side.
- How much Laurens 55 spends per student$14,216 per student on current operations in fiscal year 2022-23 (U.S. $16,260), with its revenue sources and teacher pay.$14,216
- The largest public schools in South CarolinaGray Court-Owings Elementary/Middle is the number 139 by size of 671 South Carolina elementary schools open in 2024-25.#139 of 671
- South Carolina schools by students per teacher10.5 students per teacher here against the South Carolina median of 13.4 for elementary schools.10.5:1
- Find the school district for an addressA home's district, not its city, decides which public schools it can enroll in.
Source: NCES Common Core of Data 2024-25 (locations, enrollment, teachers); NCES F-33 finance survey, fiscal year 2022-23. Distances are straight lines between the schools' NCES coordinates, not travel routes.
Questions about Gray Court-Owings Elementary/Middle
How many students attend Gray Court-Owings Elementary/Middle?
715 in the 2024-25 school year, according to the NCES Common Core of Data; 763 in 2022-23. It is an elementary school in Gray Court, SC.What is the student-teacher ratio at Gray Court-Owings Elementary/Middle?
10.5 students per full-time teacher (2024-25); the South Carolina median for elementary schools is 13.4. A ratio counts every teacher, so it is not the size of a class.Is Gray Court-Owings Elementary/Middle a Title I school?
Gray Court-Owings Elementary/Middle ran a schoolwide Title I program in 2021-22, the last year NCES published school Title I status.How do students at Gray Court-Owings Elementary/Middle do on state tests?
The students tested at Gray Court-Owings Elementary/Middle scored proficient or above: 29% in reading in 2021-22 and 23% in math in 2022-23, against 52.1% in reading in 2021-22 and 43% in math in 2022-23 across South Carolina. South Carolina's own test sets what proficient means, so results compare within the state, not across states. Source: U.S. Department of Education, EDFacts state assessment results, 2021-22 and 2022-23; ED publishes school results as ranges to protect small groups.What district is Gray Court-Owings Elementary/Middle in?
Laurens 55, NCES district ID 4502610. The first seven digits of the school's NCES ID 450261001623 are the district's.
Reading these figures: how to choose a school district, what Title I means and what an absenteeism rate means. They are for information and are not a substitute for the school's or district's own records.
Sources
Every federal file behind this record
- NCES Common Core of Data, 2024-25: directory, membership, staff and lunch files. nces.ed.gov
- NCES Common Core of Data, 2021-22 school characteristics: Title I status. nces.ed.gov
- Civil Rights Data Collection, 2021-22: AP courses, gifted programs, counselors, discipline. civilrightsdata.ed.gov
- EDFacts, 2022-23: chronic absenteeism. ed.gov
- EDFacts state assessment results, 2021-22 and 2022-23: reading and math proficiency for the school, its district and its state (ED Data Express). eddataexpress.ed.gov
- NCES F-33 School District Finance Survey, fiscal year 2022-23: district spending and revenue. nces.ed.gov
- U.S. Census Bureau geocoder and TIGER school districts: the district boundary used by the district finder. census.gov
Source: NCES Common Core of Data Directory, membership, staff and lunch files · 2024-25
Source: Civil Rights Data Collection School-level files (AP, gifted, counselors, discipline) · 2021-22
District spending on the district page is from the NCES F-33 finance survey, fiscal year 2022-23.