Port Royal Elementary

Port Royal Elementary is a primary school of tiny scale in Port Royal, South Carolina, part of Beaufort 01, instructing 179 students in grades pre-K through 5. By comparison, South Carolina's public schools average about 526 students each, so Port Royal Elementary sits 66% smaller than that benchmark.

Across the 32 schools in Beaufort 01 (21,050 students total), Port Royal Elementary accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

In terms of who attends, Port Royal Elementary shows that 40% of students identify as Black, with the remaining enrollment distributed across several groups. Beyond that, the school lists 28% White, 23% Hispanic, 8% multiracial. That is meaningfully more Black than the county at large, where the share is closer to 16%.

In terms of school funding signals, On paper, Port Royal Elementary has 24 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 7.6:1. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 13.3:1 average.

In the surrounding community, ACS estimates for Beaufort County put median household earnings sit near $86,573, roughly 46% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and the poverty rate sits near 7%. Port Royal Elementary is one of 35 public schools in Beaufort County (combined enrollment of about 22,968 students).

Nearest neighbor: Mossy Oaks Elementary, around 1.5 miles off. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools.

The school occupies a metropolitan site.

Over the past 7-year window. Over the past 7-year window, the student count fell 5%: 188 students in 2018 compared to 179 in 2025. Over the same period, the White share declined from 38% to 28%. Class-load math has narrowed: from 9.3:1 in 2018 to 7.6:1 in 2025.

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