Pate Elementary

Set in Darlington, South Carolina, Pate Elementary is a close-knit elementary school, operated by Darlington 01. It instructs 397 students across grades pre-K through 2. By comparison, South Carolina's public schools average about 526 students each, so Pate Elementary sits 25% leaner than that benchmark.

Darlington 01 comprises 18 schools with combined enrollment of 8,793 students; Pate Elementary is among them.

On demographics, Pate Elementary lists that 59% of the student body identifies as Black. Beyond that, the school reports 24% White, 10% multiracial, 7% Hispanic. That is considerably more Black than the county at large, where the share is closer to 41%.

In terms of school funding signals, Staff filings list 29 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 13.9:1 students per teacher. The state averages about 13.3:1, putting this campus right in line with peers.

In the area at large, the surrounding county (Darlington County) reports that median household earnings sit near $48,581, roughly 20% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and roughly 18% of residents live below the federal poverty line. In all, Darlington County runs 21 public schools (combined enrollment of about 9,482 students), of which Pate Elementary is one.

The closest other public school is Brockington Elementary, roughly 0.7 miles away. 6 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius.

Geographically, the school is in a bedroom-community area.

Over the past 7-year window. Over the past 7-year window, the student count rose 3%: 385 students in 2018 compared to 397 in 2025. White enrollment moved from 32% to 24% across the same window. The student-to-teacher ratio tightened from 16.0:1 in 2018 to 13.9:1 today.

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