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What's something Cane Bay Elementary does better than most schools?
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Enrollment
1,161
Elementary
DISTRICT 713 · STATE 526
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·BERKELEY 01·NCES 450117001537
Cane Bay Elementary
1247 Cane Bay Boulevard, Summerville, SC 29486 · (843) 899-5100 · Berkeley County
GRADES PK–04ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBREGULAR SCHOOL1,161 STUDENTS
A-
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Scored higher than 84% of South Carolina public elementary schools
- A-Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- ·Beats expectations Not available for this school, so the grade uses the other parts.
- ·Three-year trend Not available for this school, so the grade uses the other parts.
Grades compare a school only with schools in the same state, because every state gives its own test. How grades work · Top-graded South Carolina public elementary schools
Student : Teacher
15.7:1
74 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 16.5:1 · STATE 13.3:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
,
Title I proxy
DISTRICT 100% · STATE 77%
Community
1
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other elementary schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Pre-K | 20 | 2% |
| Kindergarten | 182 | 16% |
| Grade 1 | 234 | 20% |
| Grade 2 | 237 | 20% |
| Grade 3 | 221 | 19% |
| Grade 4 | 267 | 23% |
This year's kindergarten class (182) is 32% smaller than its 4th grade class (267).
Student demographics
61%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 69% · STATE 67% · US 70%
Student head counts by race/ethnicity from federal NCES enrollment data. District, state, and US figures are each group's share of all public school students in that area (US excludes territories). Very small groups may be suppressed in the source, so categories do not always sum exactly to total enrollment.
Gender split
Test scores
SC READY 2024-25 . % Meets or Exceeds ExpectationsEnglish Language Arts
77.9%
SC avg 59.7% . +7.2pp since 2023
Math
66.6%
SC avg 44.2% . +2.1pp since 2023
What this means: On the SC READY, South Carolina's statewide test, about 78 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 67 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all South Carolina schools, those numbers are about 60 and 44. Reading and writing scores are up about 7 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 2 points.
SC READY results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 77.9% | 66.6% |
| 2023-24 | 70.7% | 64.5% |
% Meets or Exceeds Expectations, all students and all tested grades.
Source: SC READY. All students, all grades. See all years and grades →
Where Cane Bay Elementary ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In South Carolina | In Berkeley County |
|---|---|---|---|
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 66.6% | #119 of 635 ▲ 2 | #4 of 27 ▼ 1 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 77.9% | #87 of 635 ▲ 9 | #4 of 27 ▲ 1 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 1,161 | #12 of 709 | #2 of 29 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 15.7:1 | #562 of 656 | #13 of 28 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 60.6% | #266 of 656 | #17 of 28 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +0.6% | #183 of 187 | #8 of 8 |
Ranked against other public elementary schools. Online schools are left out of every list, and test-score lists leave out schools that serve specialized populations. Each rank links to the full list. Arrows under a test-score rank show places moved since the prior test year, among schools tested both years.
4-year change
SY 2020-21 vs SY 2024-25Enrollment
1,161
-59 (-5%) vs 2020
+47% since 2010-11, when it was 789
Student : Teacher
15.7:1
was 17.2:1
Source: NCES Common Core of Data
Enrollment and staffing by year
| School year | Students | Teachers (FTE) | Students per teacher | Free and reduced lunch |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 1,161 | 74 | 15.7:1 | N/A |
| 2023-24 | 1,226 | 73.4 | 16.7:1 | 37% (449) |
| 2022-23 | 1,263 | 68 | 18.6:1 | 29% (360) |
| 2020-21 | 1,220 | 71 | 17.2:1 | 23% (283) |
| 2017-18 | 1,154 | 63 | 18.3:1 | 37% (424) |
| 2015-16 | 855 | 46 | 18.6:1 | 48% (410) |
| 2010-11 | 789 | 47 | 16.8:1 | 61% (484) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Cane Bay Elementary.
Since 2017-18: students up 1% (1,154 to 1,161); teachers up 17% (63 to 74).
About Cane Bay Elementary
In Summerville, South Carolina, Cane Bay Elementary is a large elementary school. Its grade span covers pre-K through 4, with 1,161 students on the rolls. On average, elementary schools in South Carolina enroll around 526, and this school is 121% above that mark.
The 47 schools in Berkeley 01 enroll 39,543 students altogether, Cane Bay Elementary among them.
More than half of the students at Cane Bay Elementary are White (58%). The remaining shares are 17% Black, 11% multiracial, 11% Hispanic, and 2% Asian. On the diversity index, which measures the chance that two random students are from different groups, Cane Bay Elementary scores 61%.
Classroom staffing at Cane Bay Elementary totals 74 full-time-equivalent teachers, and the student-to-teacher ratio is 15.7:1. Compared with the 13.3:1 average for elementary schools in South Carolina, this school's ratio is higher.
On the allk12 Grade, Cane Bay Elementary lands at A-, ahead of 84% of South Carolina public elementary schools.
Berkeley County is the school's county. There, median household income comes to about $84,358, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 31%, and roughly 8% of residents are in poverty. There are 49 public schools in the county, enrolling about 40,966, Cane Bay Elementary among them.
Measured in a straight line, Cane Bay Middle is about 0.1 miles from Cane Bay Elementary. Other public schools within five miles: 5.
Locale: Suburb: Large. In NCES terms, the school is in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more.
From 2020-21 to 2024-25, enrollment fell from 1,220 to 1,161, a 5% decrease. The student-to-teacher ratio went down from 17.2:1 to 15.7:1.
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Berkeley County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
246,802
Census ACS
Median income
$84,358
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
31%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
8%
Below federal line
Schools in county
49
40,966 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Berkeley 01
- Stratford HighHigh · 2,605 students
- Cane Bay HighHigh · 2,412 students
- Berkeley HighHigh · 2,047 students
- Goose Creek HighHigh · 1,973 students
- Berkeley MiddleMiddle · 1,477 students
- Cane Bay MiddleMiddle · 1,464 students
Other schools in Summerville
- Summerville HighHigh · 3,361 students
- Ashley Ridge HighHigh · 2,599 students
- Cane Bay HighHigh · 2,412 students
- Cane Bay MiddleMiddle · 1,464 students
- Sand Hill ElementaryElementary · 1,169 students
- Beech Hill ElementaryElementary · 1,079 students
Nearby schools
- Cane Bay Middle0.1 mi · 1,464
- Cane Bay High0.4 mi · 2,412
- Berkeley Preparatory Academy2.7 mi · 764
- Carolyn Lewis School2.9 mi · 1,078
- Nexton Elementary3.4 mi · 944
- Foxbank Elementary5.0 mi · 1,126
Frequently asked questions
About Cane Bay ElementaryWhat is the total enrollment at Cane Bay Elementary?
Cane Bay Elementary enrolls approximately 1,161 students in grades PK-04.
What age range does Cane Bay Elementary serve?
Cane Bay Elementary serves students from grade PK through grade 04.
How many teachers does Cane Bay Elementary have?
Cane Bay Elementary employs 74 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 15.7:1.
What is the student diversity at Cane Bay Elementary?
Student demographics at Cane Bay Elementary are roughly 58% White, 11% Hispanic, 17% Black, 2% Asian, 11% Two or more.
Who oversees Cane Bay Elementary?
Cane Bay Elementary is overseen by Berkeley 01 in Berkeley County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.