Coosa Elementary

Coosa Elementary is an elementary-level community of moderately sized scale in Beaufort, South Carolina, run under Beaufort 01, instructing 467 students in grades pre-K through 5.

Within Beaufort 01, which oversees 32 schools and 21,050 students, Coosa Elementary is one campus in the system.

For racial and ethnic makeup, Coosa Elementary reports that the largest single group is White, at 62% of enrollment. The remainder looks like 16% Black, 11% Hispanic, 10% multiracial.

Looking at school resources, On paper, Coosa Elementary has 36 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 13.0:1. That tracks the state average closely.

In the surrounding community, census data for Beaufort County shows the typical household earns roughly $86,573 per year, roughly 46% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and the poverty rate sits near 7%. Coosa Elementary is one of 35 public schools in Beaufort County (combined enrollment of about 22,968 students).

The closest other public school is Sea Islands Heritage Academy, roughly 0.6 miles away. Counting just inside five miles, 7 other public schools cluster around Coosa Elementary.

Geographically, the school is in a suburban area.

Over the past 7-year window. Over the past 7-year window, the student count ticked down 12%: 531 students in 2018 compared to 467 in 2025. The student-to-teacher ratio fell from 15.6:1 in 2018 to 13.0:1 today.

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