Newington Elementary

Set in Summerville, South Carolina, Newington Elementary is a big elementary-level community, overseen by Dorchester 02. It works with 862 students across grades pre-K through 5. Enrollment runs roughly 64% above the state mean of about 526.

Within Dorchester 02, which oversees 25 schools and 25,928 students, Newington Elementary is one campus in the system.

On demographics, Newington Elementary logs that 45% of students identify as White, with the remaining enrollment distributed across several groups. Beyond that, the school logs 29% Black, 13% Hispanic, 12% multiracial. That is considerably less White than the county at large, where the share is closer to 62%.

In terms of school funding signals, The school lists 59 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 14.5:1. That figure is higher than the state norm's 13.3:1 average.

Zooming out to the county, community-level numbers for Dorchester County indicate median household earnings sit near $78,198, 30% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 8%. Newington Elementary is one of 35 public schools in Dorchester County (combined enrollment of about 29,832 students).

The closest other public school is Flowertown Elementary, roughly 0.1 miles away. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius.

Newington Elementary operates from a residential location.

Trend over the last 7 years. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Newington Elementary has shrank 8%, going from 936 students in 2018 to 862 in 2025. The White share of enrollment ticked down from 52% to 45% over that span. Class-load math has tightened: from 16.3:1 in 2018 to 14.5:1 in 2025.

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