Devon Forest Elementary

Devon Forest Elementary operates as a large K-5 school in Goose Creek, South Carolina, one of the schools within Berkeley 01. Current enrollment sits at 925 students spanning grades pre-K through 5. Compared to the state average of about 526 students per school, that is 76% above typical.

Devon Forest Elementary is one of 47 schools operated by Berkeley 01, a district that enrolls 39,543 students overall.

For racial and ethnic makeup, Devon Forest Elementary lists that the largest single group is Black at 36%, but no single group is in the majority; the rest breaks down as 28% White, 21% Hispanic, 12% multiracial. By comparison, Berkeley County as a whole is about 23% Black, so the school skews considerably more Black than its surroundings.

On the income-and-resources front, Staff filings list 60 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 15.4:1 students per teacher. The state averages around 13.3:1, so this campus is higher than the state norm typical.

In the surrounding community, ACS estimates for Berkeley County put the typical household earns roughly $84,358 per year, roughly 31% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and roughly 8% of residents live below the federal poverty line. In all, Berkeley County runs 49 public schools (combined enrollment of about 40,966 students), of which Devon Forest Elementary is one.

The closest other public school is College Park Middle, roughly 1.6 miles away. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Devon Forest Elementary.

Geographically, the school is in a suburban area.

Over the past 7-year window. Over the past 7-year window, the student count grew 4%: 893 students in 2018 compared to 925 in 2025. White enrollment moved from 45% to 28% across the same window.

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