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Flowertown Elementary

๐Ÿ“ 20 King Charles Circle, Summerville, Dorchester County, 29485

853
Pupils
15.0
Pupil:teacher ratio

About this school

Flowertown Elementary is a State/Public serving elementary age pupils, located in Summerville, Dorchester County. The school has 853 pupils enrolled. It is part of the Dorchester 02 school district. It serves grades Pre-Kโ€“5 in a suburban setting. The school employs 57 full-time-equivalent teachers, a student-teacher ratio of 15.0:1. 48% of students are proficient in reading. 41% are proficient in maths. Technology infrastructure includes fiber internet, campus-wide Wi-Fi, devices for students.

School details

School district
Dorchester 02

Enrollment & staffing

Flowertown Elementary enrolls 853 students across grades Pre-Kโ€“5. The student body is 52% male and 48% female. A teaching staff of 57 full-time-equivalent teachers supports the school, giving a student-teacher ratio of 15.0:1.

Male students
443 (52%)
Female students
410 (48%)
Teachers (FTE)
57
Student-teacher ratio
15.0:1
Grade span
Pre-Kโ€“5

Student demographics

By race and ethnicity, the student body is 50% White, 28% Black or African American and 12% Two or more races.

Race / ethnicityStudentsShare
White43050%
Black or African American24328%
Two or more races9912%
Hispanic or Latino708.2%
Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander6<1%
Asian3<1%
American Indian or Alaska Native2<1%

Source: NCES Common Core of Data.

Free & reduced-price lunch

639 of the school's 853 students (75%) qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. Of these, 580 qualify for free lunch and 59 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.

School setting & status

Suburb, LargeGrades Pre-Kโ€“5Supplemental VirtualTitle I

Flowertown Elementary is located in a suburban setting (NCES locale: Suburb, Large). Virtual instruction: Supplemental Virtual. The school runs a schoolwide Title I program, which provides federal funding to support students from low-income families. For civic and policy purposes, the school sits in congressional district SC-10, state senate district 38, state house district 94.

School district: Dorchester 02

Flowertown Elementary is one of 25 schools in Dorchester 02, based in Summerville, South Carolina. The district serves 25,928 students district-wide and employs 1,589 full-time-equivalent teachers. With 853 students, Flowertown Elementary is smaller than the district average of about 1,037 students per school.

25,928
District students
25
Schools
1,589
Teachers (FTE)

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Academic Performance

48%
Reading proficient
41%
Math proficient
25%
Poverty rate

Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Proficiency based on state assessments.

Technology & Programs

๐Ÿ“ถ Fiber internet ๐Ÿ“ก Campus Wi-Fi ๐Ÿ’ป Provides devices

Setting: Suburb - Large

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