St. James-Gaillard Elementary

St. James-Gaillard Elementary is one of the tight-knit elementary-level communitys in Eutawville, South Carolina, one of the schools within Orangeburg, with 211 students on its rolls from grades pre-K through 5. That puts it 60% below the typical public school in South Carolina, which averages around 526 students.

St. James-Gaillard Elementary is one of 27 schools operated by Orangeburg, a district that caters to 10,462 students overall.

On the student-mix side, St. James-Gaillard Elementary records that 80% of students identify as Black, making the school strongly Black-majority. The remainder reads as 11% White, 4% Hispanic, 2% multiracial. By comparison, Orangeburg County as a whole is about 61% Black, so the school skews visibly more Black than its surroundings.

On the income-and-resources front, On paper, St. James-Gaillard Elementary has 16 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 13.2:1. The state averages about 13.3:1, putting this campus right in line with peers.

Zooming out to the county, ACS estimates for Orangeburg County put median household earnings sit near $45,675, about 19% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 16%. St. James-Gaillard Elementary is one of 34 public schools in Orangeburg County (combined enrollment of about 11,507 students).

Vance-Providence Elementary is the nearest neighboring public school, about 5.8 miles from this campus. Within ten miles, there are 3 other public schools, a sparser pattern than typical urban areas.

The campus sits in a countryside setting.

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