Pee Dee Elementary

As a large primary school in Conway, South Carolina, Pee Dee Elementary enrolls 927 students from grades pre-K through 5, operated by Horry 01. Compared to the state average of about 526 students per school, that is 76% above typical.

Horry 01 comprises 55 schools with combined enrollment of 48,662 students; Pee Dee Elementary is among them.

On the student-mix side, Pee Dee Elementary shows that 49% of students identify as White, with the remaining enrollment distributed across several groups. The remainder consists of 24% Hispanic, 19% Black, 8% multiracial. That is visibly less White than the county at large, where the share is closer to 77%.

On the income-and-resources front, The school employs 67 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 13.8:1. The state averages about 13.3:1, putting this campus right in line with peers.

Around the school, community-level numbers for Horry County indicate the typical household earns roughly $66,880 per year, about 27% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 9%. In all, Horry County runs 60 public schools (combined enrollment of about 49,639 students), of which Pee Dee Elementary is one.

Academy of Hope Charter is the nearest neighboring public school, about 2.1 miles from this campus. Counting just inside five miles, 4 other public schools cluster around Pee Dee Elementary.

Pee Dee Elementary operates from a rural location.

Looking at the recent track record. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Pee Dee Elementary has ticked up 10%, going from 842 students in 2018 to 927 in 2025. Over the same period, the Hispanic share expanded from 15% to 24%. The student-to-teacher ratio fell from 15.9:1 in 2018 to 13.8:1 today.

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