Best Public Schools in Port Royal, SC

Summary:

The city of Port Royal, South Carolina, has only one school in the data set - Port Royal Elementary, a public elementary school serving grades PK-5 with an enrollment of 192 students. The school is located in the Beaufort 01 school district, which is ranked 28 out of 75 districts in the state and has a 3-star rating from SchoolDigger.

Port Royal Elementary has seen fluctuations in its statewide ranking, going from a 3-star rating in 2022-2023 to a 1-star rating in 2023-2024 and a 2-star rating in 2024-2025. The school's test scores in English Language Arts, Mathematics, and Science are generally lower than the district and state averages, and it has a relatively high chronic absenteeism rate of 22.5%. However, the school has a 100% free/reduced lunch rate, indicating a high percentage of students from low-income families, and a relatively low student-teacher ratio of 8.5.

Despite the school's high spending per student of $31,240, the data suggests that Port Royal Elementary is facing several challenges, including declining statewide rankings, underperforming test scores, and high chronic absenteeism. The school may need to re-evaluate its resource allocation and implement targeted interventions to address these issues and improve student outcomes.

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School													Students/Teachers											Ranking (2025)				Ranking (2024)				SC READY English Language Arts (2025)		SC READY Mathematics (2025)		SC READY Science (2025)	Per Pupil Expenditures (2025)
Name	Type	Grades	Address	City	Zip	County	District	Is Charter	Is Magnet	Is Virtual	Is Title I	Phone	Enrollment	Full-time Teachers	Student/ Teacher Ratio	Free/Discounted Lunch Recipients	White	Black	Hispanic	Asian	American Indian	Pacific Islander	Two or More Races	Average Standard Score (2025)	Statewide Rank (2025)	State Percentile (2025)	SchoolDigger Rating (2025)	Average Standard Score (2024)	Statewide Rank (2024)	State Percentile (2024)	Rank Change from Previous Year	SC READY English Language Arts 4th Grade	SC READY English Language Arts 5th Grade	SC READY Mathematics 4th Grade	SC READY Mathematics 5th Grade	SC READY Science 4th Grade	Per Pupil Expenditures: Total	Personnel Spending from Federal Funds	Non-Personnel Spending from Federal Funds	Sub-total from Federal Funds	Personnel Spending from State and Local Funds	Non-Personnel from State and Local Funds	Sub-total Spending from State and Local Funds
Port Royal Elementary	Public	PK, KG-5	1214 Paris Avenue	Port Royal	29935	Beaufort County	Beaufort 01	No	No	No	Yes	(843) 322-0820	179	24	7.6		51 (28.5%)	71 (39.7%)	42 (23.5%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	15 (8.4%)	41.2	365^th of 640 public elementary schools	43.0%		26.8	468^th of 638 public elementary schools	26.6%	103	55.5	46.1	51.8	46.2	44.4	$25,799	$1,441	$766	$2,207	$19,767	$3,824	$23,592

Cities Near Port Royal

City	Distance	# of Schools	Statewide Rank
Beaufort	0.98 mi	16	94^th
Saint Helena Island	7.63 mi	1	210^th
Seabrook	10.19 mi	3	173^rd
Hilton Head Island	11.6 mi	5	89^th
Ridgeland	13.55 mi	6	211^th

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SchoolDigger data sources: National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Department of Education, the U.S. Census Bureau and the South Carolina Department of Education.

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