Clearwater Elementary

Located at 4552 Augusta Road, in Clearwater, South Carolina, Clearwater Elementary is a low-enrollment elementary-level community that enrolls 338 students (grades pre-K through 5), part of Aiken 01. That puts it 36% leaner than the typical public school in South Carolina, which averages around 526 students.

Within Aiken 01, which oversees 40 schools and 22,916 students, Clearwater Elementary is one campus in the system.

On demographics, Clearwater Elementary reports that the most-represented group is Hispanic (39%), with the rest of the student body spread across multiple groups; the rest is composed of 25% Black, 23% White, 12% multiracial. The wider county runs roughly 7% Hispanic, putting the school's mix meaningfully more Hispanic than the area baseline.

On the income-and-resources front, Staff filings list 27 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 12.4:1 students per teacher. The state averages around 13.3:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical.

In the broader community, census data for Aiken County shows median household income runs about $70,609, roughly 32% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and roughly 10% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Across Aiken County's 42 public schools (combined enrollment of about 24,280 students), Clearwater Elementary is one campus in the mix.

The closest other public school is Langley-Bath-Clearwater Middle, roughly 1.8 miles away. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools.

The campus sits in a residential setting.

Over the past 7-year window. Over the past 7-year window, the student count shrank 31%: 487 students in 2018 compared to 338 in 2025. White enrollment moved from 32% to 23% across the same window. Class-load math has pulled in: from 16.2:1 in 2018 to 12.4:1 in 2025.

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