Kensington Elementary

Kensington Elementary, a moderately sized elementary-level community in Georgetown, South Carolina, one of the schools within Georgetown 01, serves 548 students, covering grades pre-K through 5.

Within Georgetown 01, which oversees 19 schools and 8,208 students, Kensington Elementary is one campus in the system.

On the student-mix side, Kensington Elementary logs that 53% of students identify as White, with the remaining enrollment distributed across several groups; the rest comes out to 32% Black, 9% Hispanic, 4% multiracial. That is meaningfully less White than the county at large, where the share is closer to 66%.

On the resource side, Kensington Elementary reports 41 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 13.5:1. That tracks the state average closely.

In the area at large, the surrounding county (Georgetown County) shows that median household earnings sit near $68,713, 33% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and roughly 11% of residents live below the federal poverty line. In all, Georgetown County runs 19 public schools (combined enrollment of about 8,208 students), of which Kensington Elementary is one.

Georgetown Middle is the nearest neighboring public school, about 1.1 miles from this campus. Within five miles, there are 4 other public schools.

The school occupies a town-center site.

Five-year trend. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Kensington Elementary has ticked down 14%, going from 634 students in 2018 to 548 in 2025. Black enrollment moved from 42% to 32% across the same window.

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