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Best kept secret at Michael C. Riley Elementary?
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Enrollment
704
Elementary
DISTRICT 545 · STATE 526
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·BEAUFORT 01·NCES 450111000143
Michael C. Riley Elementary
200 Burnt Church Road, Bluffton, SC 29910 · (843) 706-8300 · Beaufort County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY13-CITYREGULAR SCHOOL704 STUDENTS
C-
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Scored higher than 24% of South Carolina public elementary schools
- C-Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- ·Beats expectations Not available for this school, so the grade uses the other parts.
- ·Three-year trend Not available for this school, so the grade uses the other parts.
Grades compare a school only with schools in the same state, because every state gives its own test. How grades work · Top-graded South Carolina public elementary schools
Student : Teacher
9.6:1
74 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 10.1:1 · STATE 13.3:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
,
Title I proxy
STATE 77%
Community
1
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other elementary schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Pre-K | 64 | 9% |
| Kindergarten | 94 | 13% |
| Grade 1 | 94 | 13% |
| Grade 2 | 114 | 16% |
| Grade 3 | 107 | 15% |
| Grade 4 | 124 | 18% |
| Grade 5 | 107 | 15% |
This year's kindergarten class (94) is 12% smaller than its 5th grade class (107).
Student demographics
51%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 70% · STATE 67% · US 70%
Student head counts by race/ethnicity from federal NCES enrollment data. District, state, and US figures are each group's share of all public school students in that area (US excludes territories). Very small groups may be suppressed in the source, so categories do not always sum exactly to total enrollment.
Gender split
Test scores
SC READY 2024-25 . % Meets or Exceeds ExpectationsEnglish Language Arts
44.9%
SC avg 59.7% . +6.4pp since 2023
Math
36.7%
SC avg 44.2% . +1.4pp since 2023
What this means: On the SC READY, South Carolina's statewide test, about 45 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 37 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all South Carolina schools, those numbers are about 60 and 44. Reading and writing scores are up about 6 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 1 points.
SC READY results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 44.9% | 36.7% |
| 2023-24 | 38.5% | 35.3% |
% Meets or Exceeds Expectations, all students and all tested grades.
Source: SC READY. All students, all grades. See all years and grades →
Where Michael C. Riley Elementary ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In South Carolina | In Beaufort County |
|---|---|---|---|
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 36.7% | #468 of 635 ▼ 17 | #16 of 19 ▼ 2 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 44.9% | #524 of 635 ▼ 18 | #15 of 19 no change |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 704 | #153 of 709 | #5 of 20 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 9.6:1 | #26 of 656 | #8 of 19 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 50.8% | #438 of 656 | #17 of 19 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -9.5% | #251 of 395 | #10 of 13 |
Ranked against other public elementary schools. Online schools are left out of every list, and test-score lists leave out schools that serve specialized populations. Each rank links to the full list. Arrows under a test-score rank show places moved since the prior test year, among schools tested both years.
4-year change
SY 2020-21 vs SY 2024-25Enrollment
704
-8 (-1%) vs 2020
+27% since 1990-91, when it was 555
Student : Teacher
9.6:1
was 10.8:1
Source: NCES Common Core of Data
Enrollment and staffing by year
| School year | Students | Teachers (FTE) | Students per teacher | Free and reduced lunch |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 704 | 73.7 | 9.6:1 | N/A |
| 2023-24 | 718 | 77 | 9.3:1 | 73% (525) |
| 2022-23 | 772 | 70 | 11.0:1 | 42% (322) |
| 2020-21 | 712 | 66 | 10.8:1 | 73% (521) |
| 2017-18 | 778 | 65.5 | 11.9:1 | 73% (565) |
| 2015-16 | 710 | 56 | 12.7:1 | 73% (515) |
| 2010-11 | 767 | 55 | 13.9:1 | 63% (483) |
| 2000-01 | 666 | 43 | 15.5:1 | 32% (211) |
| 1990-91 | 555 | 33 | 16.8:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Michael C. Riley Elementary.
Since 2017-18: students down 10% (778 to 704); teachers up 12% (65.5 to 73.7).
About Michael C. Riley Elementary
Students in Bluffton, South Carolina, attend Michael C. Riley Elementary, a mid-sized elementary school. It teaches 704 students in pre-K through 5. Elementary schools in South Carolina have about 526 students on average; enrollment here is 34% higher.
Across its 32 schools, Beaufort 01 enrolls 21,050 students. Michael C. Riley Elementary is one of those schools.
Hispanic students are 65% of those enrolled at Michael C. Riley Elementary. The next largest groups are 24% White, 8% Black, and 2% multiracial. In Beaufort County overall, about 12% of residents are Hispanic. A diversity index of 51% means there is a 51% chance two randomly chosen students at Michael C. Riley Elementary are from different groups.
The school had 73.7 full-time-equivalent teachers in 2024-25. Its student-to-teacher ratio is 9.6:1. The school's 9.6:1 compares with an average of 13.3:1 for elementary schools in South Carolina.
Michael C. Riley Elementary holds a C- allk12 Grade, placing it above 24% of South Carolina public elementary schools.
Beaufort County is the school's county. There, the median household earns about $86,573 a year, roughly 46% of adults have a four-year degree or more, and about 7% of residents live below the federal poverty line. The county's public schools total 35, with about 22,968 students.
A public school about 1.5 miles away, Red Cedar Elementary, is the closest to Michael C. Riley Elementary. In all, 5 other public schools sit within five miles of Michael C. Riley Elementary.
Locale: City: Small. In NCES terms, the school is inside a principal city with a population under 100,000.
Over 4 years, enrollment stayed close to where it was, going from 712 to 704. By 2024-25, the school had 9.6 students per teacher, compared with 10.8 in 2020-21.
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Beaufort County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
195,289
Census ACS
Median income
$86,573
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
46%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
7%
Below federal line
Schools in county
35
22,968 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Beaufort 01
- May River HighHigh · 1,731 students
- Bluffton HighHigh · 1,375 students
- Hilton Head Island HighHigh · 1,265 students
- River Ridge AcademyElementary · 1,134 students
- Beaufort HighHigh · 1,104 students
- Bluffton MiddleMiddle · 921 students
Other schools in Bluffton
- May River HighHigh · 1,731 students
- Bluffton HighHigh · 1,375 students
- River Ridge AcademyElementary · 1,134 students
- Bluffton MiddleMiddle · 921 students
- Pritchardville ElementaryElementary · 887 students
- H. E. McCracken MiddleMiddle · 846 students
Nearby schools
- Red Cedar Elementary1.5 mi · 636
- Bluffton Middle1.9 mi · 921
- Bluffton Elementary2.6 mi · 709
- H. E. McCracken Middle2.7 mi · 846
- Bluffton High2.7 mi · 1,375
- River Ridge Academy5.6 mi · 1,134
Frequently asked questions
About Michael C. Riley ElementaryWhat is the total enrollment at Michael C. Riley Elementary?
Michael C. Riley Elementary enrolls approximately 704 students in grades PK-05.
What grades does Michael C. Riley Elementary serve?
Michael C. Riley Elementary serves grades PK-05.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Michael C. Riley Elementary?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Michael C. Riley Elementary is approximately 9.6:1 (74 FTE teachers).
What is the racial breakdown of students at Michael C. Riley Elementary?
At Michael C. Riley Elementary, the student body is approximately 24% White, 65% Hispanic, 8% Black, 1% Asian, 2% Two or more.
Is Michael C. Riley Elementary public or private?
Michael C. Riley Elementary is a public K-12 school, overseen by Beaufort 01.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.