Black Street Early Childhood Center

Black Street Early Childhood Center is a compact elementary school in Walterboro, South Carolina, part of Colleton 01. The school caters to 358 students in grades pre-K through K. That puts it 32% leaner than the typical public school in South Carolina, which averages around 526 students.

Colleton 01 comprises 8 schools with combined enrollment of 4,539 students; Black Street Early Childhood Center is among them.

On the student-mix side, Black Street Early Childhood Center logs that the most-represented group is Black (48%), with the rest of the student body spread across multiple groups. Beyond that, the school reports 32% White, 10% Hispanic, 9% multiracial. That is noticeably more Black than the county at large, where the share is closer to 34%.

Looking at school resources, On paper, Black Street Early Childhood Center has 25 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 14.3:1. That figure is higher than the state norm's 13.3:1 average.

Across the wider county, Colleton County reports that the typical household earns roughly $51,114 per year, roughly 17% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and the poverty rate sits near 17%. Across Colleton County's 9 public schools (combined enrollment of about 4,539 students), Black Street Early Childhood Center is one campus in the mix.

The closest other public school is Forest Hills Elementary, roughly 2.2 miles away. Counting just inside five miles, 4 other public schools cluster around Black Street Early Childhood Center.

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

Five-year trend. Over the past 7-year window, the student count decreased 10%: 396 students in 2018 compared to 358 in 2025. The White share of enrollment edged down from 40% to 32% over that span. The student-to-teacher ratio narrowed from 17.2:1 in 2018 to 14.3:1 today.

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