Hemingway Elementary

Located at 160 Baxley Road, in Hemingway, South Carolina, Hemingway Elementary is a small elementary campus that serves 269 students (grades pre-K through 5), part of Williamsburg 01. By comparison, South Carolina's public schools average about 526 students each, so Hemingway Elementary sits 49% below that benchmark.

Across the 10 schools in Williamsburg 01 (2,794 students total), Hemingway Elementary accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

For racial and ethnic makeup, Hemingway Elementary logs that nearly all students (85%) are Black. Other groups include 10% White, 2% Hispanic, 2% multiracial. By comparison, Williamsburg County as a whole is about 63% Black, so the school skews noticeably more Black than its surroundings.

On the resource side, Staff filings list 19 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 14.2:1 students per teacher. The state averages around 13.3:1, so this campus is higher than the state norm typical.

In the area at large, census data for Williamsburg County shows median household income runs about $46,213, roughly 17% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and roughly 17% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Across Williamsburg County's 11 public schools (combined enrollment of about 2,794 students), Hemingway Elementary is one campus in the mix.

Hemingway MB Lee Middle is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.8 miles from this campus. Counting just inside five miles, 5 other public schools cluster around Hemingway Elementary.

Geographically, the school is in an outlying area.

Over the past 7-year window. Over the past 7-year window, the student count shrank 40%: 449 students in 2018 compared to 269 in 2025.

Within the allk12 community for this school, the page collects discussion, questions, and updates around science fair prep, picture-day reminders, and bus-route questions. Contributors range from current parents to recent graduates and teachers.