Turbeville High

Turbeville High is a senior high of one-room-style scale in Turbeville, South Carolina, run under Dept Of Correction N04, hosting 55 students in grades 9 through 12. That puts it 94% smaller than the typical public school in South Carolina, which averages around 953 students.

Dept Of Correction N04 runs 12 schools in total, collectively educating 172 students. Turbeville High is one of those campuses.

In terms of who attends, Turbeville High lists that Black students make up the majority at 71%; the rest looks like 22% White, 7% Hispanic. The wider county runs roughly 44% Black, putting the school's mix considerably more Black than the area baseline.

On the resource side, On paper, Turbeville High has 9 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 6.1:1. The state averages around 15.5:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical.

In the broader community, census data for Clarendon County shows median household income runs about $52,401, 18% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 11%. In all, Clarendon County runs 13 public schools (combined enrollment of about 4,423 students), of which Turbeville High is one.

East Clarendon Middle-High is the nearest neighboring public school, about 3.8 miles from this campus. 4 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a ten-mile radius, suggesting a relatively low-density school footprint.

The campus sits in an outlying setting.

Five-year trend. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Turbeville High has ticked down 72%, going from 193 students in 2018 to 55 in 2025. The Hispanic share of enrollment expanded from 2% to 7% over that span. Class-load math has fell: from 17.6:1 in 2018 to 6.1:1 in 2025.

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