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The purpose of this study was to examine administrators ‟ perspectives regarding parent involvement within the context of six typologies of parent involvement. A survey was sent to elementary principals in the state of South Carolina, which resulted in an overall response rate of 210 respondents. This study, which was exploratory in nature, utilized a logistic regression model with quantitative descriptive statistical analysis to understand the perceptions of administrators. The three research questions examined were: (A) what do South Carolina principals report are the parent involvement activities they implement in public elementary schools? (B) to what extent do these parent involvement practices associate with Epstein‟s six types of parent involvement (parenting, communicating, volunteering, learning at home, decision-making, and collaborating with the community)? (C) which variables (type of school, years of experience, gender, community size, and family structure) influence the principals reporting of parent involvement in South Carolina public elementary schools? Overall, the results indicated that South Carolina elementary principals in thi