North Pointe Elementary, Anderson SC

Original Research by School Decision on North Pointe Elementary

North Pointe Elementary serves students from prekindergarten through fifth grade in a regular public school setting in Anderson, South Carolina. It is part of Anderson School District Five. The school’s enrollment is around the size you would expect for an elementary school serving that grade band. Most students are white, with a smaller share identifying as Black, Hispanic, Asian, or two or more races; the American Indian and Alaska Native population is very small, and no students are reported as Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander. Just under half of the students qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, a common measure of economic need.

Academically, North Pointe Elementary posted solid results on South Carolina’s state assessments in the most recent testing year. In English language arts, a large majority of third graders reached proficiency, and fourth graders performed even higher. Fifth grade ELA proficiency, while still strong, was lower than that of the earlier grades. In math, the pattern was similar: strong proficiency rates in third and fourth grade, with a dip in fifth grade. Fourth grade science proficiency was strong as well. A single social studies result from an older testing cycle, before several assessment changes, shows a very high proficiency rate, but that data comes from a different test and an earlier year, so it is not directly comparable to current results. The school reported testing data for all tested grades, though participation rates were not available for any of the assessments. The current state assessment for ELA and science underwent cut-score changes recently, meaning that year-over-year comparisons may not be straightforward; the school’s trend data only covers a single year, so there is no multi-year trajectory to examine.

Looking at the broader picture, North Pointe’s overall proficiency across tested subjects and grades ranks among the top quartile relative to other elementary school attendance zones in Anderson County. That places it on the stronger side of the local landscape. The school does not serve high school grades, so there is no graduation rate. Chronic absenteeism data was also not available, so a parent who is concerned about attendance patterns may want to ask the school directly about its absence rates.

The school sits in Anderson, a city that functions as the county seat and has a mixed economy built around manufacturing, including automotive and plastics sectors, along with the presence of Anderson University, which adds a college-town feel. The city’s downtown retains a historic courthouse and main street, though the built environment outside the core is largely auto-oriented, with major commercial corridors like Clemson Boulevard lined with strip development. Anderson provides its own six-route bus system and receives service from Clemson Area Transit, and it sits along Interstate 85 roughly midway between Atlanta and Charlotte, an area described as a growing corridor. AnMed, the primary healthcare network, is a major local employer alongside manufacturing firms and the university. Public services are distributed throughout the city rather than concentrated on a single campus, and schools are spread across Anderson School District Five’s footprint.

Housing costs in the area around North Pointe Elementary are near the middle range for the state but below the national average. Monthly rent estimates are a somewhat smaller share of income compared to what it would take to buy a median-priced home, reflecting the typical trade-off that renting is more immediately affordable while homeownership builds equity. The local job market is steady, with a moderate unemployment rate.

No recent changes at the district level were publicly reported that would materially affect a family’s experience. For a parent weighing this school, the core takeaway is a consistently strong testing profile across the elementary grades, with particularly high ELA results in fourth grade, set in a school that is demographically more homogeneous than the county as a whole and sits in a city with a solid manufacturing base and an interstate corridor location.

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Academic performance

How students perform on state tests, by grade, set against the district.

Math

Grade 375%

School 75% · District 53% · ▲ 22 pts above district

▲ 22 pts above state median · ▲ 9 pts above county median

Grade 472%

School 72% · District 55% · ▲ 17 pts above district

▲ 22 pts above state median · ▲ 10 pts above county median

Grade 565%

School 65% · District 51% · ▲ 14 pts above district

▲ 20 pts above state median · ▲ 5 pts above county median

English language arts

Grade 375%

School 75% · District 58% · ▲ 18 pts above district

▲ 16 pts above state median · ▲ 4 pts above county median

Grade 482%

School 82% · District 60% · ▲ 22 pts above district

▲ 20 pts above state median · ▲ 8 pts above county median

Grade 569%

School 69% · District 60% · ▲ 9 pts above district

▲ 9 pts above state median · ▼ 3 pts below county median

Science

Grade 475%

School 75% · District 48% · ▲ 27 pts above district

▲ 30 pts above state median · ▲ 16 pts above county median

Social studies

Grade 588%

School 88% · District 71% · ▲ 17 pts above district

▲ 16 pts above state median · ▲ 8 pts above county median

This schoolAnderson 05, same grade

Graduation rate (ACGR) reflects the federally published Adjusted Cohort Graduation Rate for the most recent year available. We refresh this data annually at the close of each academic year in June. The federal source publishes a banded rate (for example, "90-94%") instead of an exact number for cohorts small enough to risk identifying individual students. The state distribution chart, where shown, plots every school in the state with a published rate or band; schools whose rate is federally suppressed are excluded. Where the federal source publishes a band rather than an exact rate, the school is placed within its band using a stable, ID-derived offset, so its position is consistent across visits.

Proficiency by household income

English language arts

Grade 3Lower-income65%Higher-income81%16 pp gap

Grade 4Lower-income68%Higher-income95%27 pp gap

Grade 5Lower-income51%Higher-income85%34 pp gap

Mathematics

Grade 3Lower-income65%Higher-income81%16 pp gap

Grade 4Lower-income61%Higher-income84%22 pp gap

Grade 5Lower-income44%Higher-income83%39 pp gap