Scranton Elementary, Scranton SC

Original Research by School Decision on Scranton Elementary

Scranton Elementary serves students from pre-kindergarten through sixth grade in the town of Scranton, South Carolina, as part of the Florence 03 school district. It is a regular public school, not a charter or magnet school. The school itself offers a standard elementary program for that grade band, and because it does not serve high school grades, there is no graduation rate to report.

The student body is diverse in its racial and ethnic composition. The school population is roughly evenly divided between Black and white students, with smaller shares of Hispanic students and students who identify as two or more races. Every student enrolled at the school qualifies for free or reduced-price lunch, which is a marker of the economic circumstances of the community the school draws from.

On state assessments, the school shows a mixed academic picture. In English language arts, performance is strongest in third and fifth grades, where a large majority of students scored at or above the proficient level. Fourth grade posted a solid result as well, with more than half of students meeting the proficiency bar. Sixth grade ELA was a softer point, with less than half of students reaching proficiency. In math, the pattern is less consistent. Third grade saw about half of students proficient, and fifth grade was close behind, but fourth and sixth grades both showed a much smaller share of students meeting the state standard. In science, only about three in ten fourth graders and a similar proportion of sixth graders scored proficient.

Because the data contains only a single year of testing results for the current assessment, it is not possible to see a trend in performance. State testing cut scores changed recently for ELA and science, which means comparisons to prior years would not be straightforward even if older data were available.

When compared to other schools within their own county, Scranton Elementary’s overall proficiency across tested subjects and grades places it above the midpoint relative to other districts in Florence County. This is a contextual measure; the set used is the county’s districts, not all schools statewide. The school sits in the middle of the pack among its immediate neighbors, not at the top but not at the bottom either.

Civil rights data, including discipline rates and staffing ratios, were not available in the data provided. Similarly, specific programs such as gifted education, art, or music were not reported, so this narrative cannot speak to the breadth of offerings beyond the core academic subjects. A parent considering this school may want to ask directly about those areas.

The housing context for the area is notably affordable relative to national benchmarks. Homes in the zip code that serves Scranton are priced well below both the state and national medians. For a family, this means the cost of living is lower than in many other parts of the country, and the estimated monthly mortgage payment on a typical home is modest. The unemployment rate at the national level has been stable and low, and median household income nationally has been rising gradually.

The town of Scranton itself is a small community, but the web research for the locale turned up no usable information specific to Scranton, South Carolina; searches returned results for the much larger Scranton, Pennsylvania instead. Similarly, the search for recent district-level changes in Florence 03 found no lasting parent-relevant developments to report. What this means is that the portrait of place and recent administrative activity is thin. A family looking at this area will need to rely on local knowledge or direct inquiry to fill in details about the town’s character, amenities, and any recent shifts in the district’s approach.

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Academic performance

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

Math

Grade 351%

School 51% · District 44% · ▲ 7 pts above district

▼ 2 pts below state median · ▼ 4 pts below county median

Grade 427%

School 27% · District 32% · ▼ 4 pts below district

▼ 23 pts below state median · ▼ 17 pts below county median

Grade 544%

School 44% · District 32% · ▲ 12 pts above district

even with state median · ▲ 5 pts above county median

Grade 625%

School 25% · District 26% · ▼ 1 pts below district

▼ 9 pts below state median · ▼ 10 pts below county median

English language arts

Grade 364%

School 64% · District 56% · ▲ 9 pts above district

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

Grade 454%

School 54% · District 48% · ▲ 6 pts above district

▼ 7 pts below state median · ▼ 1 pts below county median

Grade 573%

School 73% · District 56% · ▲ 17 pts above district

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

Grade 645%

School 45% · District 46% · ▼ 1 pts below district

▼ 8 pts below state median · ▼ 5 pts below county median

Science

Grade 431%

School 31% · District 29% · ▲ 2 pts above district

▼ 14 pts below state median · ▼ 11 pts below county median

Grade 628%

School 28% · District 27% · ▲ 1 pts above district

▼ 16 pts below state median · ▼ 5 pts below county median

Social studies

Grade 552%

School 52% · District 52%

▼ 19 pts below state median · ▼ 4 pts below county median

This schoolFlorence 03, 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.