📍 4857 Charleston Highway, Rowesville, Orangeburg County, 29133
Bethune-Bowman Elementary is a State/Public serving elementary age pupils, located in Rowesville, Orangeburg County. The school has 288 pupils enrolled. It is part of the Orangeburg school district. It serves grades Pre-K–5 in a rural setting. The school employs 17 full-time-equivalent teachers, a student-teacher ratio of 16.9:1. 25% are proficient in maths. Technology infrastructure includes fiber internet, campus-wide Wi-Fi, devices for students.
Bethune-Bowman Elementary enrolls 288 students across grades Pre-K–5. The student body is 48% male and 52% female. A teaching staff of 17 full-time-equivalent teachers supports the school, giving a student-teacher ratio of 16.9:1.
By race and ethnicity, the student body is 83% Black or African American, 11% Hispanic or Latino and 4.2% White.
| Race / ethnicity | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Black or African American | 240 | 83% |
| Hispanic or Latino | 33 | 11% |
| White | 12 | 4.2% |
| Two or more races | 3 | 1% |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data.
288 of the school's 288 students (100%) qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. Of these, 288 qualify for free lunch and 0 for a reduced price. Free and reduced-price lunch eligibility is a widely used indicator of the share of students from lower-income households.
Bethune-Bowman Elementary is located in a rural setting (NCES locale: Rural, Distant). 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-60, state senate district 39, state house district 66.
Bethune-Bowman Elementary is one of 28 schools in Orangeburg, based in Orangeburg, South Carolina. The district serves 10,089 students district-wide and employs 739 full-time-equivalent teachers. With 288 students, Bethune-Bowman Elementary is smaller than the district average of about 360 students per school.
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Proficiency based on state assessments.
Setting: Rural - Distant
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