Elementary · South Carolina
St. John's Elementary
Free meals for allSt. John's Elementary, a public elementary school in Darlington, South Carolina: grades pre-k–5, 596 students, 15.3 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
- 596
- Teachers (FTE)
- 39.0
- Students per teacher
- 15.3
- Grades
- Pre-K–5
- Elementary
More students per teacher than 80% of elementary schools in South Carolina
Median 13.4 · 691 schools compared
More students per teacher than 58% of elementary schools in the US
Median 14.6 · 50,575 schools compared
Larger than 65% of elementary schools in South Carolina
Median 505 · 691 schools compared
Larger than 80% of elementary schools in the US
Median 415 · 51,933 schools compared
State test results
Share of students scoring proficient or above on South Carolina's tests, grades 3–8, 2024–25 school year.
Reading and writing
South Carolina: 60%48%proficient
New test or proficiency bar this year: not comparable with the year before.
A lower share proficient than 77% of elementary schools in South Carolina
Median 60% · 637 elementary schools compared
269 students tested, grades 3, 4, 5 · SC Ready; proficient means Levels 3-4
Math
South Carolina: 44%44%proficient
+1.6 points from 2023–24 school year
A lower share proficient than 60% of elementary schools in South Carolina
Median 49% · 637 elementary schools compared
269 students tested, grades 3, 4, 5 · SC Ready; proficient means Levels 3-4
Each state sets its own test and its own bar for “proficient”, so results compare only within a state. Results also follow family income closely: a school's share reflects its students' circumstances as much as its teaching.
Data sourced from the Education Data Center (www.eddatacenter.org), a partner project of the National Center for Civic Innovation, Inc. State Assessment Data Repository version 3.1. More information about these assessments over time, including participation and test changes, is available from the Education Data Center.
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
- Small suburb
- 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
- 140 Park Street, Darlington, SC 29532
- Phone
- (843)398-5130
- City or town
- Darlington
- 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 | Reading | Math |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
J. L. Cain ElementaryFree meals for all | Pre-K–5 | 533 | 12.4 | 43% | 37% |
Brockington ElementaryFree meals for all | 3–5 | 303 | 13.3 | 52% | 55% |
Pate ElementaryFree meals for all | Pre-K–2 | 397 | 13.9 | — | — |
| K–5 | 632 | 14.4 | 70% | 65% | |
| K–5 | 615 | 14.1 | 72% | 68% | |
North Vista ElementaryFree meals for all | K–5 | 446 | 12.4 | 56% | 52% |
Reading and Math: share of tested students proficient or above on the state's own tests (grades 3–8, 2024–25 school year). Compare only within a state.
Data sourced from the Education Data Center (www.eddatacenter.org), a partner project of the National Center for Civic Innovation, Inc. State Assessment Data Repository version 3.1. More information about these assessments over time, including participation and test changes, is available from the Education Data Center.
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).
- State Assessment Data Repository (Education Data Center), 2024–25 school year. Data sourced from the Education Data Center (www.eddatacenter.org), a partner project of the National Center for Civic Innovation, Inc. State Assessment Data Repository v3.1.
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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