Lamar-Spaulding Elementary

As an average-sized K-5 school in Lamar, South Carolina, Lamar-Spaulding Elementary serves 496 students from grades pre-K through 5, operated by Darlington 01.

Darlington 01 runs 18 schools in total, collectively educating 8,793 students. Lamar-Spaulding Elementary is one of those campuses.

Demographically, Lamar-Spaulding Elementary logs that 53% of students identify as Black, with the remaining enrollment distributed across several groups. Other groups include 37% White, 6% multiracial, 2% Hispanic. By comparison, Darlington County as a whole is about 41% Black, so the school skews noticeably more Black than its surroundings.

In terms of school funding signals, The school lists 31 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 16.0:1. The state averages around 13.3:1, so this campus is higher than the state norm typical.

In the area at large, Darlington County reports that median household income runs about $48,581, roughly 20% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and roughly 18% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Across Darlington County's 21 public schools (combined enrollment of about 9,482 students), Lamar-Spaulding Elementary is one campus in the mix.

Nearest neighbor: Lamar High, around 1.2 miles off. Counting just inside five miles, 2 other public schools cluster around Lamar-Spaulding Elementary.

The school occupies a rural site.

On the community side, the feed for Lamar-Spaulding Elementary typically covers science fair prep, picture-day reminders, and bus-route questions. Contributors range from current parents to recent graduates and teachers.