Barnwell Elementary

Located at 10524 Marlboro Avenue, in Barnwell, South Carolina, Barnwell Elementary is a low-enrollment middle-grades school that enrolls 425 students (grades 4 through 6), operated by Barnwell. By comparison, South Carolina's public schools average about 622 students each, so Barnwell Elementary sits 32% leaner than that benchmark.

Barnwell runs 9 schools in total, collectively educating 3,123 students. Barnwell Elementary is one of those campuses.

On demographics, Barnwell Elementary lists that 48% of students identify as Black, with the remaining enrollment distributed across several groups. The remainder looks like 40% White, 5% Hispanic, 5% multiracial.

On the resource side, On paper, Barnwell Elementary has 29 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 14.5:1. The state averages around 13.8:1, so this campus is higher than the state norm typical.

In the broader community, ACS estimates for Barnwell County put the typical household earns roughly $46,626 per year, 14% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 20%. Barnwell Elementary is one of 16 public schools in Barnwell County (combined enrollment of about 4,300 students).

Nearest neighbor: Guinyard-Butler Middle, around 0.5 miles off. Counting just inside five miles, 3 other public schools cluster around Barnwell Elementary.

Geographically, the school is in a small-town area.

Over the past 7-year window. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Barnwell Elementary has contracted 14%, going from 495 students in 2018 to 425 in 2025. Class-load math has pulled in: from 16.5:1 in 2018 to 14.5:1 in 2025.

On allk12, the feed for Barnwell Elementary typically covers fundraisers, lost-and-found posts, and report-card season. Posting is open to anyone connected to the school.