Summary:
Zip code 29047 is home to a single school, Elloree Elementary, a small rural school serving grades PK through 8 with 252 students in the Orangeburg district.
For parents, the most important takeaway is that Elloree Elementary is a school with notable strengths and significant challenges, showing extreme variability by grade and subject. The clearest bright spot is 4th grade, where students achieved a 48.8% proficiency rate in Science—nearly matching the state average and far exceeding the district—and a 65.1% proficiency rate in ELA, which actually beat the state average. However, this success does not carry forward: 5th-grade ELA collapses to just 23.5% proficiency, a dramatic 41.6-point drop that is 40 points below the state average. Math proficiency is consistently low across all grades, ranging from 27.4% to 34.9%, all well below state averages. The school also shows instability year-over-year; for example, 3rd-grade math fell from 55.2% to 27.4% between school years, while 4th-grade ELA jumped from 40% to 65.1%.
On a positive note, the school has a favorable student-teacher ratio of 12.9:1 and spends a substantial $23,888 per student, yet these resources are not translating into consistent academic success. Chronic absenteeism is 18.9%, which is better than the district's 30.9% but slightly above the state's 22.3%. While the school's overall state ranking is in the bottom quartile (21st percentile) with a 1-star rating, it often outperforms the district average, suggesting it may be one of the more effective schools in the Orangeburg district. The most pressing concern for parents is the sharp decline in 5th-grade ELA, which warrants immediate investigation, while the 4th-grade success offers a model of what the school can achieve.
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