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Daisy Elementary
Test scores
SC READY 2024-25 . % Meets or Exceeds ExpectationsWhat this means: On the SC READY, South Carolina's statewide test, about 65 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 55 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 12 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 6 points.
7-year change
SY 2017-18 vs SY 2024-25About Daisy Elementary
Daisy Elementary, an average-sized primary school in Loris, South Carolina, part of Horry 01, educates 631 students, covering grades pre-K through 5.
Horry 01 comprises 55 schools with combined enrollment of 48,662 students; Daisy Elementary is among them.
In terms of who attends, Daisy Elementary reports that the largest single group is White at 43%, but no single group is in the majority. The remainder comes out to 31% Black, 16% Hispanic, 10% multiracial. By comparison, Horry County as a whole is about 77% White, so the school skews considerably less White than its surroundings.
On the income-and-resources front, The school reports having 47 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 13.4:1. That tracks the state average closely.
In the broader community, Horry County reports that the typical household earns roughly $66,880 per year, 27% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 9%. Daisy Elementary is one of 60 public schools in Horry County (combined enrollment of about 49,639 students).
Nearest neighbor: Loris Middle, around 2.5 miles off. Counting just inside five miles, 3 other public schools cluster around Daisy Elementary.
The school occupies a small-town site.
Trend over the last 7 years. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Daisy Elementary has held roughly steady, going from 634 students in 2018 to 631 in 2025. The Black share of enrollment ticked down from 38% to 31% over that span. Class-load math has fell: from 15.1:1 in 2018 to 13.4:1 in 2025.
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