Mellichamp Elementary

Mellichamp Elementary is a rural-scale elementary campus in Orangeburg, South Carolina, one of the schools within Orangeburg. The school enrolls 144 students in grades 3 through 5. Compared to the state average of about 526 students per school, that is 73% below typical.

Orangeburg runs 27 schools in total, collectively educating 10,462 students. Mellichamp Elementary is one of those campuses.

For racial and ethnic makeup, Mellichamp Elementary reports that nearly all students (85%) are Black; the rest breaks down as 6% White, 6% Hispanic. By comparison, Orangeburg County as a whole is about 61% Black, so the school skews considerably more Black than its surroundings.

In terms of school funding signals, On paper, Mellichamp Elementary has 14 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 10.0:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 13.3:1, putting Mellichamp Elementary tighter than the state norm the norm.

In the area at large, community-level numbers for Orangeburg County indicate median household earnings sit near $45,675, 19% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 16%. In all, Orangeburg County runs 34 public schools (combined enrollment of about 11,507 students), of which Mellichamp Elementary is one.

Nearest neighbor: Felton Laboratory Charter School, around 1.8 miles off. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools.

Geographically, the school is in a town-center area.

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