Rosenwald Elementary

As a minimally staffed elementary school in Society Hill, South Carolina, Rosenwald Elementary serves 71 students from grades pre-K through 5, run under Darlington 01. That puts it 87% below the typical public school in South Carolina, which averages around 526 students.

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

On the student-mix side, Rosenwald Elementary records that Black students make up the majority at 73%; the rest reads as 15% multiracial, 10% White. That is meaningfully more Black than the county at large, where the share is closer to 41%.

In terms of school funding signals, The school reports having 12 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 6.1:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 13.3:1, putting Rosenwald Elementary tighter than the state norm the norm.

In the area at large, the surrounding county (Darlington County) records that median household income runs about $48,581, 20% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 18%. In all, Darlington County runs 21 public schools (combined enrollment of about 9,482 students), of which Rosenwald Elementary is one.

Plainview Elementary is the nearest neighboring public school, about 10.9 miles from this campus.

Rosenwald Elementary operates from a countryside location.

Five-year trend. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Rosenwald Elementary has contracted 51%, going from 146 students in 2018 to 71 in 2025. Black enrollment moved from 89% to 73% across the same window. Class-load math has pulled in: from 12.2:1 in 2018 to 6.1:1 in 2025.

In the discussion threads here, recent activity here tends to focus on fundraisers, lost-and-found posts, and report-card season. Anyone with firsthand experience at this school can post or comment.