McCormick Elementary

McCormick Elementary is a small elementary campus in McCormick, South Carolina, operated by McCormick 01. The school instructs 225 students in grades pre-K through 5. Enrollment runs roughly 57% below the state mean of about 526.

Across the 3 schools in McCormick 01 (523 students total), McCormick Elementary accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

In terms of who attends, McCormick Elementary reports that Black students make up the majority at 69%. Beyond that, the school lists 22% White, 4% multiracial, 3% Hispanic. By comparison, McCormick County as a whole is about 40% Black, so the school skews meaningfully more Black than its surroundings.

In terms of school funding signals, Staff filings list 22 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 10.2:1 students per teacher. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 13.3:1 average.

Around the school, census data for McCormick County shows the typical household earns roughly $55,798 per year, 24% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 12%. In all, McCormick County runs 4 public schools (combined enrollment of about 604 students), of which McCormick Elementary is one.

McCormick High is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.0 miles from this campus. Counting just inside five miles, 2 other public schools cluster around McCormick Elementary.

Geographically, the school is in an outlying area.

Trend over the last 7 years. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at McCormick Elementary has contracted 41%, going from 380 students in 2018 to 225 in 2025. Over the same period, the Black share contracted from 79% to 69%. Class-load math has fell: from 12.7:1 in 2018 to 10.2:1 in 2025.

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