Willie Jeffries School of Excellence

Willie Jeffries School of Excellence is a small elementary school with its address in Orangeburg, South Carolina. The school covers kindergarten through 6 and reported 274 students in 2024-25. Across elementary schools in South Carolina, the average enrollment is about 526.

Enrollment across the 30 schools in Charter Institute at Erskine totals 28,041 students.

Black students account for 89% of the school's enrollment. Other reported shares: 5% White and 3% multiracial. Orangeburg County's residents are about 61% Black, 28 points below the school's share. On a 0 to 100 scale, the school's diversity index is 21, compared with 70 nationally.

On staff are 24.5 full-time-equivalent teachers; the student-to-teacher ratio is 11.2:1. The average for elementary schools in South Carolina is 13.3:1, so this school has fewer students per teacher.

In the wider Orangeburg County area, the median household earns about $45,675 a year, about 19% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and the poverty rate is about 16%. Willie Jeffries School of Excellence shares Orangeburg County with 33 other public schools.

The closest school to Willie Jeffries School of Excellence is Bethune-Bowman Middle/High, located about 3.8 miles away. The count of other public schools within five miles is 2.

The federal government classifies Willie Jeffries School of Excellence's location as Rural: Distant. Charter status: Willie Jeffries School of Excellence is a public charter school.

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