Forest Hills Elementary

Set in Walterboro, South Carolina, Forest Hills Elementary is a middle-of-the-pack primary school, operated by Colleton 01. It educates 472 students across grades 1 through 5.

Colleton 01 comprises 8 schools with combined enrollment of 4,539 students; Forest Hills Elementary is among them.

On demographics, Forest Hills Elementary records that 49% of students identify as Black, with the remaining enrollment distributed across several groups. Other groups include 35% White, 9% Hispanic, 5% multiracial. That is visibly more Black than the county at large, where the share is closer to 34%.

Looking at the economic backdrop, The school employs 38 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 12.4:1. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 13.3:1 average.

Around the school, ACS estimates for Colleton County put median household earnings sit near $51,114, 17% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 17%. In all, Colleton County runs 9 public schools (combined enrollment of about 4,539 students), of which Forest Hills Elementary is one.

Black Street Early Childhood Center is the nearest neighboring public school, about 2.2 miles from this campus. Counting just inside five miles, 4 other public schools cluster around Forest Hills Elementary.

Forest Hills Elementary operates from a town-based location.

Over the past 7-year window. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Forest Hills Elementary has declined 29%, going from 663 students in 2018 to 472 in 2025. Hispanic enrollment moved from 5% to 9% across the same window. The student-to-teacher ratio pulled in from 15.4:1 in 2018 to 12.4:1 today.

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