Elloree Elementary

Located at 200 Warrior Drive, in Elloree, South Carolina, Elloree Elementary is a tight-knit elementary campus that educates 252 students (grades pre-K through 8), run under Orangeburg. That puts it 52% smaller than the typical public school in South Carolina, which averages around 526 students.

Across the 27 schools in Orangeburg (10,462 students total), Elloree Elementary accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

Looking at the student body, Elloree Elementary logs that the largest single group is Black, at 77% of enrollment; the rest is composed of 12% White, 4% Hispanic, 4% multiracial. That is noticeably more Black than the county at large, where the share is closer to 61%.

On the income-and-resources front, Staff filings list 19 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 13.0:1 students per teacher. That tracks the state average closely.

In the broader community, the surrounding county (Orangeburg County) reports that median household earnings sit near $45,675, about 19% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 16%. Across Orangeburg County's 34 public schools (combined enrollment of about 11,507 students), Elloree Elementary is one campus in the mix.

Nearest neighbor: Lake Marion Middle, around 6.0 miles off. Within ten miles, there are 2 other public schools, a sparser pattern than typical urban areas.

Geographically, the school is in an outlying area.

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