W. B. Goodwin Elementary

W. B. Goodwin Elementary, a close-knit elementary campus in North Charleston, South Carolina, run under Charleston 01, hosts 423 students, covering grades pre-K through 5.

Charleston 01 runs 81 schools in total, collectively educating 52,009 students. W. B. Goodwin Elementary is one of those campuses.

In terms of who attends, W. B. Goodwin Elementary logs that the most-represented group is Hispanic (52%), with the rest of the student body spread across multiple groups; the rest breaks down as 39% Black, 4% White, 4% multiracial. By comparison, Charleston County as a whole is about 7% Hispanic, so the school skews considerably more Hispanic than its surroundings.

On the income-and-resources front, On paper, W. B. Goodwin Elementary has 32 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 13.3:1. That tracks the state average closely.

Across the wider county, the surrounding county (Charleston County) logs that the typical household earns roughly $88,494 per year, about 50% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and roughly 7% of residents live below the federal poverty line. In all, Charleston County runs 98 public schools (combined enrollment of about 55,933 students), of which W. B. Goodwin Elementary is one.

The closest other public school is Jerry Zucker Middle School of Science, roughly 1.3 miles away. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius.

The campus sits in a metropolitan setting.

Trend over the last 7 years. W. B. Goodwin Elementary's enrollment has decreased 20% since 2018, when it stood at 532 (now 423). Over the same period, the Hispanic share rose from 36% to 52%. Class-load math has pulled in: from 14.4:1 in 2018 to 13.3:1 in 2025.

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