Sanders-Clyde Elementary

Located at 805 Morrison Drive, in Charleston, South Carolina, Sanders-Clyde Elementary is a low-enrollment elementary-level community that hosts 369 students (grades pre-K through 5), operated by Charleston 01. That puts it 30% smaller than the typical public school in South Carolina, which averages around 526 students.

Within Charleston 01, which oversees 81 schools and 52,009 students, Sanders-Clyde Elementary is one campus in the system.

Demographically, Sanders-Clyde Elementary shows that nearly all students (88%) are Black. The remainder looks like 6% multiracial, 3% Hispanic, 2% White. By comparison, Charleston County as a whole is about 23% Black, so the school skews meaningfully more Black than its surroundings.

In terms of school funding signals, Sanders-Clyde Elementary shows 40 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 9.2:1. The state averages around 13.3:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical.

In the surrounding community, community-level numbers for Charleston County indicate the typical household earns roughly $88,494 per year, 50% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 7%. Sanders-Clyde Elementary is one of 98 public schools in Charleston County (combined enrollment of about 55,933 students).

Nearest neighbor: James Simons Montessori, around 0.7 miles off. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Sanders-Clyde Elementary.

The campus sits in a metropolitan setting.

Five-year trend. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Sanders-Clyde Elementary has changed only slightly, going from 370 students in 2018 to 369 in 2025. Over the same period, the Black share fell from 98% to 88%.

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