Pritchardville Elementary

Pritchardville Elementary is a large elementary school in Bluffton, South Carolina, one of the schools within Beaufort 01. The school enrolls 887 students in grades pre-K through 5. That puts it 69% above the typical public school in South Carolina, which averages around 526 students.

Within Beaufort 01, which oversees 32 schools and 21,050 students, Pritchardville Elementary is one campus in the system.

On demographics, Pritchardville Elementary shows that 51% of students identify as White, with the remaining enrollment distributed across several groups; the rest breaks down as 34% Hispanic, 7% Black, 6% multiracial. That is considerably less White than the county at large, where the share is closer to 69%.

Looking at the economic backdrop, Pritchardville Elementary reports 79 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 11.3:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 13.3:1, putting Pritchardville Elementary tighter than the state norm the norm.

In the area at large, ACS estimates for Beaufort County put median household income runs about $86,573, roughly 46% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 7%. In all, Beaufort County runs 35 public schools (combined enrollment of about 22,968 students), of which Pritchardville Elementary is one.

May River High is the nearest neighboring public school, about 1.9 miles from this campus. Counting just inside five miles, 5 other public schools cluster around Pritchardville Elementary.

Pritchardville Elementary operates from a town-based location.

Five-year trend. Over the past 7-year window, the student count ticked up 8%: 819 students in 2018 compared to 887 in 2025. The White share of enrollment fell from 60% to 51% over that span. Class-load math has tightened: from 14.5:1 in 2018 to 11.3:1 in 2025.

Within the allk12 community for this school, posts here usually surface around science fair prep, picture-day reminders, and bus-route questions. Anyone with firsthand experience at this school can post or comment.