Elementary · South Carolina
Bells Elementary
Free meals for allBells Elementary, a public elementary school in Ruffin, South Carolina: grades pre-k–5, 249 students, 11.9 students per teacher (2024–25 school year). Part of Colleton 01.
Size and class size
Compared with elementary schools of the same state and the whole country. Students per teacher counts every full-time-equivalent teacher, not the size of each class.
- Students
- 249
- Teachers (FTE)
- 21.0
- Students per teacher
- 11.9
- Grades
- Pre-K–5
- Elementary
Fewer students per teacher than 76% of elementary schools in South Carolina
Median 13.4 · 691 schools compared
Fewer students per teacher than 79% of elementary schools in the US
Median 14.6 · 50,575 schools compared
Smaller than 89% of elementary schools in South Carolina
Median 505 · 691 schools compared
Smaller than 81% of elementary schools in the US
Median 415 · 51,933 schools compared
What it offers
- Grades
- Elementary · Grades Pre-K–5
- Type
- District school · Regular
- Instruction
- Some virtual classes
- Meals
- Free breakfast and lunch for every student
- Area
- Distant rural area
- Run by
- Colleton 01
Which school a home is assigned to is decided by the district's attendance zones; check with Colleton 01.
Location
- Address
- 12088 Bells Highway, Ruffin, SC 29475
- Phone
- (843)782-0012
- County
- Colleton County
Nearby elementary schools
The closest public elementary schools by straight-line distance. Attendance zones are set by each district.
| School | Grades | Students | Students / teacher |
|---|---|---|---|
Forest Hills ElementaryFree meals for all | 1–5 | 472 | 12.4 |
Black Street Early Childhood CenterFree meals for all | Pre-K–K | 358 | 14.3 |
Northside ElementaryFree meals for all | 1–5 | 428 | 14.8 |
Hendersonville ElementaryFree meals for all | Pre-K–5 | 324 | 13.5 |
Varnville ElementaryFree meals for all | Pre-K–3 | 251 | 13.6 |
Ben Hazel PrimaryFree meals for all | Pre-K–3 | 222 | 13.5 |
Sources
- Public schools and school districts (National Center for Education Statistics · U.S. Census Bureau), 2024–25 school year. NCES Common Core of Data and EDGE public school geocodes; U.S. Census Bureau, Annual Survey of School System Finances and cartographic boundary files (places).
Analisa does not rate schools. Figures are what a school has (students, teachers, programs), placed among schools of the same level.
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