Williams Memorial Elementary

Set in St. George, South Carolina, Williams Memorial Elementary is an average-sized K-5 school, operated by Dorchester 04. It teaches 553 students across grades pre-K through 5.

Dorchester 04 runs 7 schools in total, collectively educating 2,566 students. Williams Memorial Elementary is one of those campuses.

On demographics, Williams Memorial Elementary lists that the most-represented group is Black (44%), with the rest of the student body spread across multiple groups. Other groups include 41% White, 8% multiracial, 5% Hispanic. That is visibly more Black than the county at large, where the share is closer to 25%.

On the income-and-resources front, Staff filings list 42 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 13.2:1 students per teacher. The state averages about 13.3:1, putting this campus right in line with peers.

Zooming out to the county, community-level numbers for Dorchester County indicate median household income runs about $78,198, 30% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and roughly 8% of residents live below the federal poverty line. In all, Dorchester County runs 35 public schools (combined enrollment of about 29,832 students), of which Williams Memorial Elementary is one.

The closest other public school is St. George Middle, roughly 1.1 miles away. Within ten miles, there are 3 other public schools, a sparser pattern than typical urban areas.

The campus sits in a small-town setting.

Five-year trend. Over the past 7-year window, the student count declined 25%: 735 students in 2018 compared to 553 in 2025. Over the same period, the White share ticked down from 51% to 41%. Class-load math has fell: from 14.4:1 in 2018 to 13.2:1 in 2025.

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