Broad River Elementary

Located at 474 Broad River Road, in Beaufort, South Carolina, Broad River Elementary is a mid-tier primary school that caters to 467 students (grades pre-K through 5), one of the schools within Beaufort 01.

Beaufort 01 comprises 32 schools with combined enrollment of 21,050 students; Broad River Elementary is among them.

Looking at the student body, Broad River Elementary logs that the largest single group is Black at 37%, but no single group is in the majority. Beyond that, the school lists 29% Hispanic, 18% White, 15% multiracial. That is meaningfully more Black than the county at large, where the share is closer to 16%.

On the resource side, On paper, Broad River Elementary has 46 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 10.2:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 13.3:1, putting Broad River Elementary tighter than the state norm the norm.

In the surrounding community, census data for Beaufort County shows median household income runs about $86,573, 46% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 7%. In all, Beaufort County runs 35 public schools (combined enrollment of about 22,968 students), of which Broad River Elementary is one.

Bridges Preparatory School is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.8 miles from this campus. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools.

The campus sits in a bedroom-community setting.

Over the past 7-year window. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Broad River Elementary has declined 3%, going from 480 students in 2018 to 467 in 2025. White enrollment moved from 28% to 18% across the same window.

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