Okatie Elementary School
1657 Okatie Highway, Bluffton, SC, 29910 - Map Map

School Overview:
Definition of Terms
Okatie Elementary School
School Level Primary school
Grades Offered Grades PK - 5
County Beaufort County, SC
Students & Faculty
Total Students 721 students
% Male / % Female 50%  /  50%
Total Classroom Teachers 51 teachers
Students by Grade
Pre-K - 59 students
Kind - 116 students
Grade 1 - 131 students
Grade 2 - 102 students
Grade 3 - 116 students
Grade 4 - 107 students
Grade 5 - 90 students
This School
(SC) School Average
Teacher : Student Ratio 1:14 1:15
Students by Ethnicity
This School
(SC) School Average
% American Indian n/a n/a
% Asian 1% 1%
% Hispanic 28% 5%
% Black 19% 44%
% White 52% 49%
Additional Student Information
This School
(SC) School Average
% Eligible for Free Lunch 37% 47%
% Eligible for Reduced Lunch 7% 8%
% Migrant Students Enrolled n/a n/a
School Performance:
(SC) Statewide Testing Performance
School Statewide Performance View Education Department Test Scores
School District:
School District Name Beaufort County School District
This School's Agency
(SC) District Average
Number of Schools Managed 28 9
Number of Students Managed 21,011 students 4,098 students
District Total Revenue $196,553,000 $40,303,000
District Expenditure $200,338,000 $42,483,000
District Revenue / Student $9,355 $9,835
District Expenditure / Student $9,535 $10,367
In the News:
  • H1N1 school vaccinations prove popular (Bluffton Today)
    posted on November 11, 2009 at 01:30:39 pm
    St. Gregory the Great Catholic School students will have the opportunity to receive the swine flu vaccine Friday, and health officials will administer the shots to students at Okatie Elementary School and Cross Schools on Monday, health department officials announced.
  • The Chalkboard (Bluffton Today)
    posted on November 9, 2009 at 01:00:20 pm
    The Parent-Teacher Organization will host a Riley Run on Friday. The fundraiser will last the day and parents are invited to cheer on the runners. Students will collect pledges during the week. The sponsors of the event are Piggly Wiggly and ITS Classics.
  • There’s way more than book smarts being taught at Red Cedar (Bluffton Today)
    posted on October 25, 2009 at 01:30:59 pm
    By Tim Wood Picking on our state’s education system is what writers call lowhanging fruit. I dare you to actually step foot inside one of Bluffton’s elementary schools. There are equally great feats achieved daily inside H.E. McCracken Middle School and Bluffton High by our teachers, but my son is 6 so first grade is my focus today.
  • Teachers win ‘Bright Ideas’ grants (Bluffton Today)
    posted on October 15, 2009 at 12:16:10 pm
    Teachers win ‘Bright Ideas’ grants By Sara Wright On Wednesday, Bluffton Elementary School received two $1,000 grants, one to Mary Swofford to provide fiction and nonfiction guided reading sets for second- and thirdgrade students and teachers, and the other to Kim Young to purchase theater sets for kindergarten and first-grade students.
  • Palmetto Electric hands out classroom grants to area teachers (Island Packet)
    posted on October 14, 2009 at 10:47:50 pm
    Twenty-two teachers in southern Beaufort County on Wednesday received checks to fund innovative clas
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School Notes:
 
School Zip Code:
About This Zip Code (29910)
School Zip (29910)
(SC) State Average
Population (Approximate) 17,546 people 3,830,158 people
% (age 25+) w/College Degree 40% 21%
Population Average Age 41 years old 35 years old
Average Household size 2.4 persons 2.4 persons
Median Household Income $54,017 $37,505
Avg. # of Rooms in Household 5.7 rooms 5.4 rooms
Median Age of Housing Structure 13 years old 32 years old
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Median Value of Housing Unit
Zipcode (29910)


Zillow Median Value of Housing Unit
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Zillow Median Value of Housing Unit
% Owning / % Renting 78% / 22% 69% / 31%
School Map:
1. Bluffton Elementary School - 857 students - 1.5 mi. away - view location
2. Michael C. Riley Elementary School - 665 students - 1.8 mi. away - view location
3. Daufuskie Island Elementary School - 20 students - 2.1 mi. away - view location
4. Hilton Head Elementary School - 2023 students - 7.9 mi. away - view location
5. Hilton Head International Baccalaureate - 1110 students - 8.1 mi. away - view location
View all schools in: Bluffton, Beaufort County, Zip 29910 
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Note: Data has been gathered from several government and commercial data sources. School data reflects 2006 statistics (most recent year available).

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