Elementary · South Carolina
Southside Early Childhood Center
Free meals for allSouthside Early Childhood Center, a public elementary school in Hartsville, South Carolina: grades pre-k–k, 360 students, 11.2 students per teacher (2024–25 school year). Part of Darlington 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
- 360
- Teachers (FTE)
- 32.2
- Students per teacher
- 11.2
- Grades
- Pre-K–K
- Elementary
Fewer students per teacher than 84% of elementary schools in South Carolina
Median 13.4 · 691 schools compared
Fewer students per teacher than 85% of elementary schools in the US
Median 14.6 · 50,575 schools compared
Smaller than 76% of elementary schools in South Carolina
Median 505 · 691 schools compared
Smaller than 61% of elementary schools in the US
Median 415 · 51,933 schools compared
State test results
No state test results published for this school: state tests cover grades 3–8, and small groups are not published.
What it offers
- Grades
- Elementary · Grades Pre-K–K
- Type
- District school · Regular
- Instruction
- Some virtual classes
- Meals
- Free breakfast and lunch for every student
- Area
- Distant town
- Run by
- Darlington 01
Which school a home is assigned to is decided by the district's attendance zones; check with Darlington 01.
Location
- Address
- 1615 Blanding Drive, Hartsville, SC 29550
- Phone
- (843)383-3310
- County
- Darlington 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
Butler AcademyCharterFree meals for all | K–8 | 393 | 11.9 |
Carolina ElementaryFree meals for all | 1–5 | 212 | 12.8 |
Bay Road ElementaryFree meals for all | Pre-K–5 | 563 | 14.1 |
Thornwell School for the ArtsFree meals for all | 1–5 | 188 | 9.9 |
North Hartsville ElementaryFree meals for all | 1–5 | 486 | 14.7 |
Pate ElementaryFree meals for all | Pre-K–2 | 397 | 13.9 |
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; state test results are compared only within a state.
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