Cross Elementary

Cross Elementary is one of the close-knit elementary campuss in Cross, South Carolina, overseen by Berkeley 01, with 421 students on its rolls from grades pre-K through 6.

Berkeley 01 runs 47 schools in total, collectively educating 39,543 students. Cross Elementary is one of those campuses.

On the student-mix side, Cross Elementary logs that the largest single group is Black, at 58% of enrollment. Beyond that, the school shows 25% White, 9% multiracial, 7% Hispanic. By comparison, Berkeley County as a whole is about 23% Black, so the school skews meaningfully more Black than its surroundings.

On the income-and-resources front, Cross Elementary records 21 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 20.1:1. The state averages around 13.3:1, so this campus is higher than the state norm typical.

Zooming out to the county, census data for Berkeley County shows the typical household earns roughly $84,358 per year, about 31% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and the poverty rate sits near 8%. Cross Elementary is one of 49 public schools in Berkeley County (combined enrollment of about 40,966 students).

Nearest neighbor: Cross High, around 3.5 miles off. Within ten miles, there are 2 other public schools, a sparser pattern than typical urban areas.

The campus sits in a small-town setting.

Trend over the last 7 years. Cross Elementary's enrollment has rose 12% since 2018, when it stood at 377 (now 421). Over the same period, the Black share edged down from 68% to 58%. The student-to-teacher ratio rose from 15.1:1 in 2018 to 20.1:1 today.

On this page, members of the Cross Elementary community share and discuss fundraisers, lost-and-found posts, and report-card season. Contributors range from current parents to recent graduates and teachers.