Rosenwald Elementary

Rosenwald Elementary is a very small elementary school in Society Hill, South Carolina. Total enrollment is 71 students, and the grades served are pre-K through 5. By comparison, elementary schools in South Carolina enroll about 526 students on average.

Darlington 01 enrolls 8,793 students, and its 18 schools include Rosenwald Elementary.

More than half of enrollment at Rosenwald Elementary is Black: 73%. Enrollment also includes 15% multiracial and 10% White. The school's Black share is 33 points above the 41% share among Darlington County residents. The diversity index for Rosenwald Elementary is 43%. For US public schools as a whole it is 70%.

Classroom staffing at Rosenwald Elementary totals 11.6 full-time-equivalent teachers, and the student-to-teacher ratio is 6.1:1. Compared with the 13.3:1 average for elementary schools in South Carolina, this school's ratio is lower.

Census data for Darlington County show the median household earns about $48,581 a year, roughly 20% of adults have a four-year degree or more, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 18%. Public schools in Darlington County number 21, with about 9,482 students.

Plainview Elementary sits about 10.9 miles from Rosenwald Elementary.

NCES describes the area around Rosenwald Elementary as Rural: Distant, meaning in rural territory some distance from an urban area.

Rosenwald Elementary reported 132 students in 2020-21 and 71 in 2024-25. Changes that large sometimes follow a school adding or dropping grades, so the two figures may not cover the same grades. The student-to-teacher ratio dropped from 12.0:1 in 2020-21 to 6.1:1 in 2024-25.

This page is a place to ask questions and share updates about fundraisers, report cards, and school supplies at Rosenwald Elementary. Members of the school community can share what they know.