Brockington Elementary

Brockington Elementary is an elementary-level community of tight-knit scale in Darlington, South Carolina, part of Darlington 01, works with 303 students in grades 3 through 5. Compared to the state average of about 526 students per school, that is 42% below typical.

Brockington Elementary is one of 18 schools operated by Darlington 01, a district that caters to 8,793 students overall.

On demographics, Brockington Elementary records that Black students make up the majority at 63%. The remainder breaks down as 21% White, 9% multiracial, 7% Hispanic. By comparison, Darlington County as a whole is about 41% Black, so the school skews noticeably more Black than its surroundings.

Looking at school resources, The school lists 23 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 13.3:1. That tracks the state average closely.

In the area at large, census data for Darlington County shows the typical household earns roughly $48,581 per year, 20% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 18%. In all, Darlington County runs 21 public schools (combined enrollment of about 9,482 students), of which Brockington Elementary is one.

Pate Elementary is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.7 miles from this campus. 6 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius.

The school occupies a bedroom-community site.

Over the past 7-year window. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Brockington Elementary has fell 33%, going from 449 students in 2018 to 303 in 2025. The White share of enrollment contracted from 35% to 21% over that span. Class-load math has tightened: from 16.6:1 in 2018 to 13.3:1 in 2025.

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