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Cheraw Primary
This school has no state test results for 2023-24 or 2024-25 to grade, which is common for schools that end before third grade. How grades work
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Pre-K | 66 | 15% |
| Kindergarten | 122 | 28% |
| Grade 1 | 129 | 29% |
| Grade 2 | 126 | 28% |
Where Cheraw Primary ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In South Carolina | In Chesterfield County |
|---|---|---|---|
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 443 | #420 of 709 | #2 of 9 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 14.3:1 | #425 of 656 | #6 of 8 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 63.0% | #210 of 656 | #3 of 8 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -16.7% | #152 of 395 | #1 of 7 |
4-year change
SY 2020-21 vs SY 2024-25Enrollment and staffing by year
| School year | Students | Teachers (FTE) | Students per teacher | Free and reduced lunch |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 443 | 31 | 14.3:1 | N/A |
| 2023-24 | 463 | 33 | 14.0:1 | 100% (463) |
| 2022-23 | 468 | 34 | 13.8:1 | 100% (468) |
| 2020-21 | 408 | 30 | 13.6:1 | 100% (408) |
| 2017-18 | 532 | 32 | 16.6:1 | 100% (532) |
| 2015-16 | 494 | 30 | 16.5:1 | 99% (489) |
| 2010-11 | 530 | 34 | 15.6:1 | 57% (300) |
| 2000-01 | 660 | 44 | 15.0:1 | 66% (435) |
| 1990-91 | 649 | 33 | 19.7:1 | N/A |
Since 2017-18: students down 17% (532 to 443); teachers down 3% (32 to 31).
About Cheraw Primary
Located in Cheraw, South Carolina, Cheraw Primary is a small elementary school. The school enrolls 443 students, from pre-K through 2.
Cheraw Primary is one school in a 16-school district, Chesterfield 01, which enrolls 6,872 students.
Cheraw Primary's enrollment has no majority group, and Black students are the largest at 49%. Smaller groups are 34% White, 11% multiracial, and 5% Hispanic. County-wide, 30% of Chesterfield County residents are Black. By the diversity index, Cheraw Primary comes in at 63%.
A ratio of 14.3:1 comes from the school's 31 full-time-equivalent teachers. Among elementary schools in South Carolina, the typical ratio is 13.3:1.
Census Bureau estimates for Chesterfield County show that median household income is about $49,235, 14% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 16% of residents live below the federal poverty line. A total of 16 public schools operate in Chesterfield County, serving about 6,872 students.
The nearest other public school, Long Middle, is about 0.6 miles away. In all, 4 other public schools sit within five miles of Cheraw Primary.
Cheraw Primary falls in the Town: Distant locale category, used for schools in a town some distance from an urbanized area.
The student count in 2024-25 was 443, 9% above the 408 of 2020-21.
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Chesterfield County at a glance
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