Orangeburg
Public school district based in Orangeburg, South Carolina. NCES district ID 4503910; state ID SC-3809.
District totals on this page are sums of the school records in the 2024–25 Common Core of Data. They can differ from totals the district reports itself, which may include students or staff not assigned to a school. Why.
Operating schoolsDefinition
27
Enrollment (sum of schools)Definition
10,089
Teachers (FTE, sum of schools)Definition
724.9
Students per teacher FTEDefinition
13.9
Charter schoolsDefinition
0
Enrollment by grade
| Group | Students | Bar |
|---|---|---|
| Pre-Kindergarten | 458 | |
| Kindergarten | 653 | |
| Grade 1 | 720 | |
| Grade 2 | 739 | |
| Grade 3 | 711 | |
| Grade 4 | 737 | |
| Grade 5 | 737 | |
| Grade 6 | 750 | |
| Grade 7 | 788 | |
| Grade 8 | 847 | |
| Grade 9 | 831 | |
| Grade 10 | 861 | |
| Grade 11 | 633 | |
| Grade 12 | 624 |
Students by race/ethnicity
| Group | Share | Bar |
|---|---|---|
| American Indian or Alaska Native | Suppressed | |
| Asian | 0.8% | |
| Black or African American | 73.8% | |
| Hispanic/Latino | 5.6% | |
| Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander | Suppressed | |
| Two or more races | 3.0% | |
| White | 16.8% |
Race/ethnicity categories are those states report to NCES. Shares describe the district as a whole, not any one school or student.
Students by sex
| Group | Share | Bar |
|---|---|---|
| Female | 49.7% | |
| Male | 50.3% |
Schools in this district
Sorted by enrollment (a size measure, not a ranking). Locale mix: Town 8, Rural 19.
| School | Grades | Type | Students | Teacher FTE | Students / FTE | Locale |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Orangeburg Wilkinson High Orangeburg | 9–12 | Regular | 992 | 60.0 | 16.5 | Town: Distant |
| Lake Marion High School Santee | 9–12 | Regular | 692 | 40.5 | 17.1 | Rural: Remote |
| Edisto Primary Cordova | PK–2 | Regular | 635 | 42.1 | 15.1 | Rural: Fringe |
| Marshall Elementary Orangeburg | PK–5 | Regular | 625 | 38.8 | 16.1 | Town: Distant |
| Edisto High Cordova | 9–12 | Regular | 614 | 48.4 | 12.7 | Rural: Fringe |
| William J. Clark Middle Orangeburg | 6–8 | Regular | 587 | 45.0 | 13 | Town: Distant |
| Lake Marion Middle Santee | 6–8 | Regular | 501 | 35.3 | 14.2 | Rural: Remote |
| Sheridan Elementary Orangeburg | PK–5 | Regular | 450 | 32.4 | 13.9 | Town: Distant |
| Carver Edisto Middle Cope | 6–8 | Regular | 439 | 34.4 | 12.8 | Rural: Distant |
| Edisto Elementary Orangeburg | 3–5 | Regular | 419 | 27.4 | 15.3 | Rural: Distant |
| Robert E. Howard Middle Orangeburg | 6–8 | Regular | 396 | 25.6 | 15.5 | Town: Distant |
| Holly Hill Elementary Holly Hill | PK–5 | Regular | 356 | 28.0 | 12.7 | Rural: Distant |
| Bethune-Bowman Middle/High Rowesville | 6–12 | Regular | 349 | 24.9 | 14 | Rural: Distant |
| Whittaker Elementary Orangeburg | PK–5 | Regular | 325 | 21.0 | 15.5 | Town: Distant |
| Branchville High Branchville | 6–12 | Regular | 317 | 22.2 | 14.3 | Rural: Remote |
| Bethune-Bowman Elementary Rowesville | PK–5 | Regular | 259 | 18.5 | 14 | Rural: Distant |
| Elloree Elementary Elloree | PK–8 | Regular | 252 | 19.4 | 13 | Rural: Distant |
| Lockett Elementary Branchville | PK–5 | Regular | 239 | 16.6 | 14.4 | Rural: Remote |
| Dover Elementary North | PK–5 | Regular | 237 | 15.5 | 15.3 | Rural: Distant |
| North Middle/High North | 6–12 | Regular | 227 | 24.8 | 9.2 | Rural: Distant |
| Hunter-Kinard-Tyler High Neeses | 6–12 | Regular | 220 | 17.2 | 12.8 | Rural: Distant |
| Brookdale Elementary Orangeburg | PK–5 | Regular | 215 | 16.2 | 13.3 | Town: Distant |
| St. James-Gaillard Elementary Eutawville | PK–5 | Regular | 211 | 16.0 | 13.2 | Rural: Distant |
| Vance-Providence Elementary Vance | PK–5 | Regular | 209 | 14.6 | 14.3 | Rural: Remote |
| Hunter-Kinard-Tyler Elementary Neeses | PK–5 | Regular | 179 | 11.7 | 15.3 | Rural: Distant |
| Mellichamp Elementary Orangeburg | 3–5 | Regular | 144 | 14.4 | 10 | Town: Distant |
| Lake Marion Technology Center Santee | 9–12 | Career and Technical | 0 | 14.0 | — | Rural: Remote |
Finance and graduation rates
District finance (NCES F-33, fiscal year 2023) and four-year graduation rates (ED Data Express, 2022–23) are being added. They will appear here with their own reporting years. See School Finance and Education Outcomes.
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Sources for this page
- NCES Common Core of Data (CCD), School Directory 2024–25, version 1a. File
ccd_sch_029_2425_w_1a_073025.zip, last checked 2026-11-06. - NCES CCD School Membership 2024–25, version 1a. File
ccd_sch_052_2425_l_1a_073025.zip, last checked 2026-11-06. - NCES CCD School Staff 2024–25, version 1a. File
ccd_sch_059_2425_l_1a_073025.zip, last checked 2026-11-06. - NCES EDGE Public School Geocodes 2024–25. File
EDGE_GEOCODE_PUBLICSCH_2425.zip, last checked 2026-11-06.
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