Long Cane Primary

As a close-knit elementary school in Abbeville, South Carolina, Long Cane Primary educates 368 students from grades pre-K through 2, overseen by Abbeville 60. By comparison, South Carolina's public schools average about 526 students each, so Long Cane Primary sits 30% below that benchmark.

Abbeville 60 comprises 8 schools with combined enrollment of 2,746 students; Long Cane Primary is among them.

On demographics, Long Cane Primary records that the most-represented group is Black (51%), with the rest of the student body spread across multiple groups. The remainder comes out to 42% White, 4% Hispanic, 3% multiracial. That is meaningfully more Black than the county at large, where the share is closer to 25%.

On the resource side, Long Cane Primary reports 29 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 12.7:1. The state averages about 13.3:1, putting this campus right in line with peers.

In the surrounding community, Abbeville County reports that the typical household earns roughly $52,935 per year, about 20% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and the poverty rate sits near 12%. In all, Abbeville County runs 10 public schools (combined enrollment of about 2,905 students), of which Long Cane Primary is one.

Nearest neighbor: Abbeville High, around 1.3 miles off. 3 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius.

Long Cane Primary operates from a small-town location.

Over the past 7-year window. Long Cane Primary's enrollment has edged down 11% since 2018, when it stood at 412 (now 368). Class-load math has fell: from 14.7:1 in 2018 to 12.7:1 in 2025.

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