St. James Santee Elementary-Middle

St. James Santee Elementary-Middle is one of the one-room-style elementary campuss in McClellanville, South Carolina, overseen by Charleston 01, with 167 students on its rolls from grades pre-K through 8. Enrollment runs roughly 68% smaller than the state mean of about 526.

Across the 81 schools in Charleston 01 (52,009 students total), St. James Santee Elementary-Middle accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

For racial and ethnic makeup, St. James Santee Elementary-Middle shows that the student body is overwhelmingly Black (81%). The remainder comes out to 11% White, 5% Hispanic, 3% multiracial. That is visibly more Black than the county at large, where the share is closer to 23%.

On the resource side, Staff filings list 19 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 9.0:1 students per teacher. The state averages around 13.3:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical.

In the surrounding community, the surrounding county (Charleston County) reports that the typical household earns roughly $88,494 per year, 50% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and roughly 7% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Across Charleston County's 98 public schools (combined enrollment of about 55,933 students), St. James Santee Elementary-Middle is one campus in the mix.

Nearest neighbor: Cape Romain Environmental Education Charter School, around 4.3 miles off.

Geographically, the school is in a low-density area.

Trend over the last 7 years. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at St. James Santee Elementary-Middle has contracted 35%, going from 256 students in 2018 to 167 in 2025. Black enrollment moved from 93% to 81% across the same window. The student-to-teacher ratio tightened from 11.6:1 in 2018 to 9.0:1 today.

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