Kelly Edwards Elementary

As a low-enrollment elementary-level community in Williston, South Carolina, Kelly Edwards Elementary teaches 311 students from grades pre-K through 5, run under Barnwell 48. That puts it 41% leaner than the typical public school in South Carolina, which averages around 526 students.

Within Barnwell 48, which oversees 5 schools and 1,177 students, Kelly Edwards Elementary is one campus in the system.

Looking at the student body, Kelly Edwards Elementary records that Black students make up the majority at 63%. Other groups include 24% White, 9% multiracial, 4% Hispanic. By comparison, Barnwell County as a whole is about 43% Black, so the school skews visibly more Black than its surroundings.

Looking at school resources, Kelly Edwards Elementary shows 24 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 11.9:1. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 13.3:1 average. Around 100% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. By comparison, Barnwell County runs at roughly 90%, so the school's eligibility rate is higher than the surrounding baseline.

In the area at large, Barnwell County reports that median household earnings sit near $46,626, about 14% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 20%. Kelly Edwards Elementary is one of 16 public schools in Barnwell County (combined enrollment of about 4,300 students).

Kelly Edwards Elementary is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.0 miles from this campus. 5 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius.

The campus sits in an outlying setting.

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