Johnston Elementary

Johnston Elementary is a small K-5 school in Johnston, South Carolina, one of the schools within Edgefield 01. The school hosts 276 students in grades pre-K through 5. Enrollment runs roughly 48% leaner than the state mean of about 526.

Edgefield 01 runs 7 schools in total, collectively educating 3,069 students. Johnston Elementary is one of those campuses.

On demographics, Johnston Elementary lists that Black students make up the majority at 57%; the rest reads as 21% White, 14% Hispanic, 7% multiracial. By comparison, Edgefield County as a whole is about 31% Black, so the school skews considerably more Black than its surroundings.

Looking at school resources, Staff filings list 25 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 11.1:1 students per teacher. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 13.3:1 average.

In the surrounding community, Edgefield County reports that the typical household earns roughly $73,029 per year, 23% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 15%. Across Edgefield County's 11 public schools (combined enrollment of about 3,862 students), Johnston Elementary is one campus in the mix.

Strom Thurmond High is the nearest neighboring public school, about 3.9 miles from this campus. Counting just inside five miles, 2 other public schools cluster around Johnston Elementary.

Geographically, the school is in a low-density area.

Trend over the last 7 years. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Johnston Elementary has edged down 8%, going from 301 students in 2018 to 276 in 2025. Hispanic enrollment moved from 5% to 14% across the same window.

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