📍 2095 Seven Sticks Drive, Wando, Berkeley County, 29492
Philip Simmons Elementary is a State/Public serving elementary age pupils, located in Wando, Berkeley County. The school has 525 pupils enrolled. It is part of the Berkeley 01 school district. It serves grades Pre-K–4 in a rural setting. The school employs 34 full-time-equivalent teachers, a student-teacher ratio of 15.4:1. 62% of students are proficient in reading. 57% are proficient in maths. Technology infrastructure includes fiber internet, campus-wide Wi-Fi, devices for students.
Philip Simmons Elementary enrolls 525 students across grades Pre-K–4. The student body is 50% male and 50% female. A teaching staff of 34 full-time-equivalent teachers supports the school, giving a student-teacher ratio of 15.4:1.
By race and ethnicity, the student body is 76% White, 14% Black or African American and 5.1% Two or more races.
| Race / ethnicity | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| White | 401 | 76% |
| Black or African American | 74 | 14% |
| Two or more races | 27 | 5.1% |
| Hispanic or Latino | 23 | 4.4% |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data.
110 of the school's 525 students (21%) qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. Of these, 88 qualify for free lunch and 22 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.
Philip Simmons 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 37, state house district 99.
Philip Simmons Elementary is one of 46 schools in Berkeley 01, based in Moncks Corner, South Carolina. The district serves 39,423 students district-wide and employs 2,302 full-time-equivalent teachers. With 525 students, Philip Simmons Elementary is smaller than the district average of about 857 students per school.
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Proficiency based on state assessments.
Setting: Rural - Fringe
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