Mauldin Elementary, Simpsonville SC

Original Research by School Decision on Mauldin Elementary

Mauldin Elementary sits inside the fast-growing Simpsonville corridor of Greenville County, serving students from pre-kindergarten through fifth grade as a regular public school. The school draws from a community that has transformed from a rural crossroads into one of the most rapidly expanding areas in the Southeast, and that growth context matters for a family weighing this school. The downtown core of Simpsonville has seen significant investment in mixed-use projects, a festival street, and the extension of the Swamp Rabbit Trail, while the broader Golden Strip region maintains a diverse industrial base and low unemployment. Housing values in the area run above the national benchmark, making this a relatively expensive part of the Upstate for homebuyers, though rents remain more moderate relative to local incomes.

On state testing, Mauldin Elementary produces a mixed academic picture. In English language arts, results are consistently solid across the tested grades, with proficiency rates landing in a range that most families would read as a clear strength for an elementary school. Math scores are lower across all three tested grades, with roughly half of students reaching the proficient level in each grade. Fourth-grade science results fall in a similar range to math, with about half of students meeting the proficiency bar. The school has only a single year of testing data available for the current assessment, so there is no trend line to see whether these results represent a stable pattern or a recent shift. A parent may want to ask the school about its math and science support, especially since those subjects are a noticeable step behind the reading scores.

The school serves a large student body for an elementary school. The student population is diverse, with Black students making up the largest share, followed by White students and a substantial Hispanic population, along with smaller groups of Asian, multiracial, and other backgrounds. A significant majority of students qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, which puts the school in a higher-poverty bracket than many of its neighbors. Data on students with disabilities and English learners was not available in the profile, a gap that a parent may want to fill by asking the school directly about special education services and language support.

Because Mauldin Elementary serves only through fifth grade, there is no graduation rate to report. The school does not offer high school programs such as Advanced Placement or career and technical pathways, which is expected for an elementary campus. The district, Greenville 01, did not have any recently reported major changes or strategic shifts that would affect this school's operations, based on available information. The neighbor comparison tool was unable to position Mauldin Elementary relative to other schools in Greenville County because the cohort of schools with comparable testing data was too small to produce a reliable benchmark.

The built environment around the school is suburban and car-dependent, though the downtown Simpsonville core offers walkable amenities within a short drive. Families who value a growing, economically dynamic area with active downtown redevelopment will find the broader context appealing. Families for whom a large, high-poverty elementary school raises questions about class size, individual attention, or enrichment programming will want to tour the school and talk with teachers and administrators about how they address those challenges. The academic strengths in reading are real, and the gaps in math and science are concrete enough to warrant a direct conversation with the school.

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Academic performance

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

Math

Grade 357%

School 57% · District 66% · ▼ 10 pts below district

▲ 4 pts above state median · ▼ 8 pts below county median

Grade 452%

School 52% · District 65% · ▼ 13 pts below district

▲ 1 pts above state median · ▼ 12 pts below county median

Grade 556%

School 56% · District 60% · ▼ 4 pts below district

▲ 11 pts above state median · ▼ 1 pts below county median

English language arts

Grade 366%

School 66% · District 71% · ▼ 5 pts below district

▲ 7 pts above state median · ▼ 7 pts below county median

Grade 460%

School 60% · District 71% · ▼ 10 pts below district

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

Grade 567%

School 67% · District 70% · ▼ 3 pts below district

▲ 7 pts above state median · ▼ 2 pts below county median

Science

Grade 451%

School 51% · District 63% · ▼ 12 pts below district

▲ 6 pts above state median · ▼ 12 pts below county median

Social studies

Grade 581%

School 81% · District 80% · ▲ 1 pts above district

▲ 10 pts above state median · even with county median

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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-income69%5 pp gap

Grade 4Lower-income55%Higher-income71%16 pp gap

Grade 5Lower-income55%Higher-income87%32 pp gap

Mathematics

Grade 3Lower-income48%Higher-income70%22 pp gap

Grade 4Lower-income45%Higher-income66%22 pp gap

Grade 5Lower-income42%Higher-income79%37 pp gap