Dr. Eugene Sires Elementary

Located at 301 Chandler Creek Road, in Summerville, South Carolina, Dr. Eugene Sires Elementary is a well-populated K-5 school that enrolls 791 students (grades pre-K through 5), run under Dorchester 02. By comparison, South Carolina's public schools average about 526 students each, so Dr. Eugene Sires Elementary sits 50% bigger than that benchmark.

Dorchester 02 runs 25 schools in total, collectively educating 25,928 students. Dr. Eugene Sires Elementary is one of those campuses.

On demographics, Dr. Eugene Sires Elementary records that 42% of students identify as White, with the remaining enrollment distributed across several groups. The remainder looks like 31% Black, 14% Hispanic, 12% multiracial. The wider county runs roughly 62% White, putting the school's mix visibly less White than the area baseline.

On the income-and-resources front, On paper, Dr. Eugene Sires Elementary has 54 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 14.8:1. The state averages around 13.3:1, so this campus is higher than the state norm typical.

In the broader community, the surrounding county (Dorchester County) shows that the typical household earns roughly $78,198 per year, about 30% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 8%. Across Dorchester County's 35 public schools (combined enrollment of about 29,832 students), Dr. Eugene Sires Elementary is one campus in the mix.

Lowcountry Connection Academy is the nearest neighboring public school, about 1.2 miles from this campus. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Dr. Eugene Sires Elementary.

Geographically, the school is in a commuter-belt area.

Looking at the recent track record. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Dr. Eugene Sires Elementary has remained close to its prior level, going from 804 students in 2018 to 791 in 2025. White enrollment moved from 63% to 42% across the same window.

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