📍 53 Cherry Point Road, Bluffton, Beaufort County, 29909
Okatie Elementary is a State/Public serving elementary age pupils, located in Bluffton, Beaufort County. The school has 609 pupils enrolled. It is part of the Beaufort 01 school district. It serves grades Pre-K–5 in a rural setting. The school employs 42 full-time-equivalent teachers, a student-teacher ratio of 14.5:1. 62% of students are proficient in reading. 67% are proficient in maths. Technology infrastructure includes fiber internet, campus-wide Wi-Fi, devices for students.
Okatie Elementary enrolls 609 students across grades Pre-K–5. The student body is 49% male and 51% female. A teaching staff of 42 full-time-equivalent teachers supports the school, giving a student-teacher ratio of 14.5:1.
By race and ethnicity, the student body is 57% White, 23% Hispanic or Latino and 11% Black or African American.
| Race / ethnicity | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| White | 349 | 57% |
| Hispanic or Latino | 142 | 23% |
| Black or African American | 66 | 11% |
| Two or more races | 45 | 7.4% |
| Asian | 7 | 1.1% |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data.
161 of the school's 609 students (26%) qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. Of these, 130 qualify for free lunch and 31 for a reduced price. The school participates in the National School Lunch Program. Free and reduced-price lunch eligibility is a widely used indicator of the share of students from lower-income households.
Okatie Elementary is located in a rural setting (NCES locale: Rural, Fringe). Virtual instruction: Supplemental Virtual. For civic and policy purposes, the school sits in congressional district SC-10, state senate district 46, state house district 120.
Okatie Elementary is one of 32 schools in Beaufort 01, based in Beaufort, South Carolina. The district serves 21,050 students district-wide and employs 1,755 full-time-equivalent teachers. With 609 students, Okatie Elementary is close to the district average of about 658 students per school.
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Proficiency based on state assessments.
Setting: Rural - Fringe