John C. Calhoun Elementary

John C. Calhoun Elementary, a micro-enrollment elementary school in Calhoun Falls, South Carolina, part of Abbeville 60, serves 119 students, covering grades pre-K through 5. That puts it 77% smaller than the typical public school in South Carolina, which averages around 526 students.

Within Abbeville 60, which oversees 8 schools and 2,746 students, John C. Calhoun Elementary is one campus in the system.

Looking at the student body, John C. Calhoun Elementary shows that the most-represented group is Black (55%), with the rest of the student body spread across multiple groups. Beyond that, the school reports 38% White, 8% multiracial. By comparison, Abbeville County as a whole is about 25% Black, so the school skews meaningfully more Black than its surroundings.

On the resource side, John C. Calhoun Elementary reports 14 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 8.6:1. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 13.3:1 average.

Across the wider county, ACS estimates for Abbeville County put median household income runs about $52,935, roughly 20% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 12%. John C. Calhoun Elementary is one of 10 public schools in Abbeville County (combined enrollment of about 2,905 students).

Calhoun Falls Charter School is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.3 miles from this campus.

The school occupies a low-density site.

Over the past 7-year window. Over the past 7-year window, the student count decreased 37%: 189 students in 2018 compared to 119 in 2025. The White share of enrollment edged up from 32% to 38% over that span. Class-load math has tightened: from 12.9:1 in 2018 to 8.6:1 in 2025.

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