Greenwood Elementary
Public · Grades K–5 · 530 students
Dewey-Carter Elementary
4937 South Irby Street, Effingham, SC 29541
Grades
Pre-K–5
Elementary
Students
606
Enrolled 2024–25
Students per teacher
13.8 : 1
Full-time teachers
District
Florence 01
Florence County
Schola Grade C · Average
Letter grade (A–F) · compared with 625 South Carolina elementary schools · How we grade
Percentiles compare this school with other South Carolina elementary schools; the line marks the middle. Data: test scores 2021–22, graduation and absenteeism 2022–23 (U.S. Department of Education, EDFacts); coursework 2023–24 (Civil Rights Data Collection); staffing 2024–25 (NCES).
About Dewey-Carter Elementary
Dewey-Carter Elementary is a public elementary school in Effingham, South Carolina, serving grades Pre-K–5. It is part of Florence 01. The school is located in a rural area near a town in Florence County.
In the 2024–25 school year, 606 students were enrolled, with about 13.8 students for every full-time teacher. That ratio is larger than the typical South Carolina elementary school (13.1 students per teacher). Its Schola Grade is C (average), compared with 625 South Carolina elementary schools.
Grades & enrollment
Students per grade, 2024–25Grades Pre-K–5
Location & nearby schools
School details
- Type
- Public School · What this means
- Level
- Elementary
- Grades offered
- Pre-K–5
- Enrollment (2024–25)
- 606 students
- Students per teacher
- 13.8 to 1
- Charter school
- No
- Magnet school
- No
- Virtual learning
- Offers virtual courses
- Locale
- Rural — Fringe
- School district
- Florence 01
- County
- Florence County
- NCES school ID
- 450213001331
Schools near Dewey-Carter Elementary
All 2 schools in Effingham →
Savannah Grove Elementary
Public · Grades K–5 · 385 students
Highland Park Kindergarten
Private · Grades Pre-K–K · 9 students
Briggs Elementary
Public · Grades K–5 · 451 students
McLaurin Elementary
Public · Grades Pre-K–2 · 552 students
Royall Elementary
Public · Grades K–5 · 512 students
School data comes from the U.S. Department of Education: the National Center for Education Statistics (NCES) Common Core of Data and EDGE school locations (2024–25) and Private School Survey (2023–24), the Civil Rights Data Collection (2023–24), and EDFacts (test results 2021–22; graduation and chronic absenteeism 2022–23), plus other public sources. Please contact the school to confirm enrollment, programs, and other details. How we source data.