Hilton Head Island Elementary

Hilton Head Island Elementary is an elementary school of mid-tier scale in Hilton Head Island, South Carolina, run under Beaufort 01, works with 702 students in grades 1 through 5. By comparison, South Carolina's public schools average about 526 students each, so Hilton Head Island Elementary sits 33% above that benchmark.

Beaufort 01 comprises 32 schools with combined enrollment of 21,050 students; Hilton Head Island Elementary is among them.

On the student-mix side, Hilton Head Island Elementary lists that 53% of students identify as Hispanic, with the remaining enrollment distributed across several groups. Beyond that, the school lists 33% White, 9% Black, 4% multiracial. By comparison, Beaufort County as a whole is about 12% Hispanic, so the school skews considerably more Hispanic than its surroundings.

Looking at school resources, Staff filings list 77 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 9.1:1 students per teacher. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 13.3:1 average.

In the area at large, the surrounding county (Beaufort County) logs that median household earnings sit near $86,573, 46% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 7%. Across Beaufort County's 35 public schools (combined enrollment of about 22,968 students), Hilton Head Island Elementary is one campus in the mix.

Hilton Head Island School for the Creative Arts is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.1 miles from this campus. Within five miles, there are 4 other public schools.

The campus sits in an inner-city setting.

Over the past 7-year window. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Hilton Head Island Elementary has fell 26%, going from 944 students in 2018 to 702 in 2025. Hispanic enrollment moved from 49% to 53% across the same window. The student-to-teacher ratio fell from 12.3:1 in 2018 to 9.1:1 today.

Within the allk12 community for this school, the page collects discussion, questions, and updates around sports schedules, lunch menu changes, and school spirit week. Contributors range from current parents to recent graduates and teachers.