Jane Edwards Elementary

Set in Edisto Island, South Carolina, Jane Edwards Elementary is an one-room-style primary school, overseen by Charleston 01. It caters to 92 students across grades pre-K through 6. That puts it 83% below the typical public school in South Carolina, which averages around 526 students.

Across the 81 schools in Charleston 01 (52,009 students total), Jane Edwards Elementary accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

On demographics, Jane Edwards Elementary logs that the most-represented group is White (43%), with the rest of the student body spread across multiple groups; the rest is composed of 39% Black, 12% Hispanic, 5% multiracial. That is visibly less White than the county at large, where the share is closer to 66%.

On the income-and-resources front, On paper, Jane Edwards Elementary has 14 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 6.8:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 13.3:1, putting Jane Edwards Elementary tighter than the state norm the norm.

Zooming out to the county, census data for Charleston County shows median household income runs about $88,494, roughly 50% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and the poverty rate sits near 7%. In all, Charleston County runs 98 public schools (combined enrollment of about 55,933 students), of which Jane Edwards Elementary is one.

Nearest neighbor: Edith L. Frierson Montessori, around 8.0 miles off. 2 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a ten-mile radius, suggesting a relatively low-density school footprint.

Geographically, the school is in a countryside area.

Over the past 7-year window. Over the past 7-year window, the student count edged up 15%: 80 students in 2018 compared to 92 in 2025. The Black share of enrollment edged down from 64% to 39% over that span. Class-load math has fell: from 8.9:1 in 2018 to 6.8:1 in 2025.

On this page, members of the Jane Edwards Elementary community share and discuss pickup logistics, teacher feedback, and after-school programs. The community welcomes input from current and former families.