East Elementary

Located at 901 East Harrison Street, in Dillon, South Carolina, East Elementary is a compact elementary campus that caters to 433 students (grades pre-K through 3), operated by Dillon 04.

Dillon 04 runs 8 schools in total, collectively educating 4,664 students. East Elementary is one of those campuses.

On demographics, East Elementary shows that the largest single group is Black at 49%, but no single group is in the majority; the rest reads as 30% White, 12% multiracial, 7% Hispanic. That mix tracks the wider county fairly closely.

Looking at the economic backdrop, East Elementary logs 23 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 18.4:1. The state averages around 13.3:1, so this campus is higher than the state norm typical. Roughly 100% of students at East Elementary qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal.

Across the wider county, census data for Dillon County shows median household income runs about $46,605, about 14% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and the poverty rate sits near 23%. East Elementary is one of 13 public schools in Dillon County (combined enrollment of about 6,156 students).

The closest other public school is Gordon Elementary, roughly 1.0 miles away. Counting just inside five miles, 5 other public schools cluster around East Elementary.

The school occupies a town-based site.

Trend over the last 6 years. East Elementary's enrollment has fell 11% since 2018, when it stood at 486 (now 433). The White share of enrollment ticked down from 35% to 30% over that span.

On the community side, posts here usually surface around open house dates, ride-share offers, and field-trip permission slips. Contributors range from current parents to recent graduates and teachers.