Gordon Elementary

As a close-knit K-5 school in Dillon, South Carolina, Gordon Elementary educates 351 students from grades 4 through 5, part of Dillon 04. That puts it 33% below the typical public school in South Carolina, which averages around 526 students.

Gordon Elementary is one of 8 schools operated by Dillon 04, a district that educates 4,664 students overall.

For racial and ethnic makeup, Gordon Elementary reports that Black students make up the majority at 68%; the rest looks like 16% White, 7% Hispanic, 7% multiracial. The wider county runs roughly 45% Black, putting the school's mix visibly more Black than the area baseline.

Looking at school resources, Staff filings list 23 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 15.3:1 students per teacher. The state averages around 13.3:1, so this campus is higher than the state norm typical.

Around the school, the surrounding county (Dillon County) logs that median household income runs about $46,605, 14% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 23%. In all, Dillon County runs 13 public schools (combined enrollment of about 6,156 students), of which Gordon Elementary is one.

East Elementary is the nearest neighboring public school, about 1.0 miles from this campus. Counting just inside five miles, 5 other public schools cluster around Gordon Elementary.

Gordon Elementary operates from a town-center location.

Five-year trend. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Gordon Elementary has contracted 32%, going from 520 students in 2018 to 351 in 2025. Over the same period, the White share edged down from 22% to 16%. Class-load math has tightened: from 18.6:1 in 2018 to 15.3:1 in 2025.

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