Sandy Run School

Sandy Run School is a mid-sized primary school in Swansea, South Carolina, operated by Calhoun 01. The school serves 559 students in grades pre-K through 8.

Calhoun 01 comprises 3 schools with combined enrollment of 1,465 students; Sandy Run School is among them.

Demographically, Sandy Run School shows that 54% of students identify as White, with the remaining enrollment distributed across several groups. Other groups include 38% Black, 6% Hispanic. That mix tracks the wider county fairly closely.

On the resource side, On paper, Sandy Run School has 45 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 12.6:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 13.3:1, putting Sandy Run School tighter than the state norm the norm.

Zooming out to the county, ACS estimates for Calhoun County put median household income runs about $58,682, roughly 25% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and the poverty rate sits near 12%. Across Calhoun County's 3 public schools (combined enrollment of about 1,465 students), Sandy Run School is one campus in the mix.

Nearest neighbor: Hopkins Middle, around 7.3 miles off. 6 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a ten-mile radius, suggesting a relatively low-density school footprint.

The campus sits in a small-town setting.

Trend over the last 7 years. Over the past 7-year window, the student count shrank 16%: 662 students in 2018 compared to 559 in 2025. Over the same period, the White share decreased from 63% to 54%. Class-load math has fell: from 14.1:1 in 2018 to 12.6:1 in 2025.

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