Edisto Primary

Students in Cordova, South Carolina, attend Edisto Primary, a mid-sized elementary school. Enrollment stands at 635 students, covering pre-K through 2. The school is 21% above the average for elementary schools in South Carolina.

Edisto Primary sits within Orangeburg, which has 27 schools and 10,462 students.

More than half of enrollment at Edisto Primary is Black: 52%. Other groups make up 34% White, 8% Hispanic, and 5% multiracial. Orangeburg County as a whole is about 61% Black, so the school's share is lower. Measured by the diversity index, the student body scores 61%.

The student-to-teacher ratio at Edisto Primary is 15.1:1, based on 42.1 full-time-equivalent teachers. Compared with the 13.3:1 average for elementary schools in South Carolina, this school's ratio is higher.

For the population of Orangeburg County, median household income comes to about $45,675, 19% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 16% of people live in poverty. Orangeburg County's 34 public schools enroll about 11,507 students and include Edisto Primary.

Edisto High is about 1.5 miles from Edisto Primary, the shortest distance to any other public school. The five-mile area around Edisto Primary holds 4 other public schools.

On the NCES locale scale, the school is Rural: Fringe.

Enrollment was 635 in 2024-25. In 2020-21, it was 539.

The allk12 page for Edisto Primary lets the school community talk about pickup and drop-off, after-school programs, and teacher feedback. Current and former families are welcome to add their experience.