Drayton Hall Elementary School
3181 Ashley River Road, Charleston, SC, 29407 - Map Map

School Overview:
Definition of Terms
Drayton Hall Elementary School
School Level Primary school
Grades Offered Grades PK - 4
County Dorchester County, SC
Students & Faculty
Total Students 500 students
% Male / % Female 55%  /  45%
Total Classroom Teachers 32 teachers
Students by Grade
Pre-K - 20 students
Kind - 97 students
Grade 1 - 106 students
Grade 2 - 78 students
Grade 3 - 103 students
Grade 4 - 96 students
This School
(SC) School Average
Teacher : Student Ratio 1:16 1:15
Students by Ethnicity
This School
(SC) School Average
% American Indian 1% n/a
% Asian 3% 1%
% Hispanic 2% 5%
% Black 27% 44%
% White 67% 49%
Additional Student Information
This School
(SC) School Average
% Eligible for Free Lunch 21% 47%
% Eligible for Reduced Lunch 3% 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 Charleston County School District
This School's Agency
(SC) District Average
Number of Schools Managed 80 9
Number of Students Managed 44,618 students 4,098 students
District Total Revenue $507,150,000 $40,303,000
District Expenditure $452,741,000 $42,483,000
District Revenue / Student $11,366 $9,835
District Expenditure / Student $10,147 $10,367
In the News:
  • Auto collides with school bus (The Post and Courier)
    posted on November 24, 2009 at 05:28:44 am
    A passenger car was struck by a school bus filled with children on Ashley River Road about 3:15 p.m. Monday but none of the children was injured, authorities said.
  • Learning tool also very cool (The Post and Courier)
    posted on October 1, 2009 at 05:30:14 am
    MONCKS CORNER — When a student missed a day of school, teachers used to send home books and papers for makeup work. But at Macedonia Middle School, they may instead send a small, flexible bracelet with a computer file that contains the day's lesson from the teacher's Smart Board.
  • Make-up school work goes high-tech (The Myrtle Beach Sun News)
    posted on October 1, 2009 at 03:12:27 am
    When a student missed a day of school, teachers used to send home books and papers for make-up work. But at Macedonia Middle School, they may instead send a small, flexible bracelet with a computer file that contains the day's lesson from the teacher's Smart Board.
  • Board approves 2nd charter (The Post and Courier)
    posted on July 29, 2009 at 04:17:37 am
    The Charleston County School Board has passively approved a second new charter school to open in the fall of 2010, but it still is trying to block a neighborhood school from converting to a charter.
  • Webb Center funding to dry up on Friday (The Post and Courier)
    posted on March 23, 2009 at 04:20:17 am
    The Charles Webb Center for developmentally disabled kids, which has survived on donations for nearly three months, is hoping for another miracle. The center has funding to stay open through Friday. It may be able to secure a grant this week to keep it running through April 3. The community has kept the center afloat since Jan. 1 with more than $30,000 in donations.
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School Notes:
 
School Zip Code:
About This Zip Code (29407)
School Zip (29407)
(SC) State Average
Population (Approximate) 36,578 people 3,830,158 people
% (age 25+) w/College Degree 41% 21%
Population Average Age 36 years old 35 years old
Average Household size 2.2 persons 2.4 persons
Median Household Income $37,436 $37,505
Avg. # of Rooms in Household 5.4 rooms 5.4 rooms
Median Age of Housing Structure 40 years old 32 years old
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Median Value of Housing Unit
Zipcode (29407)


Zillow Median Value of Housing Unit
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Zillow Median Value of Housing Unit
% Owning / % Renting 56% / 44% 69% / 31%
School Map:
1. Springfield Elementary School - 501 students - 1.5 mi. away - view location
2. W B Goodwin Elementary School - 655 students - 1.5 mi. away - view location
3. Lambs Elementary School - 345 students - 2.1 mi. away - view location
4. Hunley Park Elementary School - 531 students - 2.7 mi. away - view location
5. Susan G. Boykin Academy - 154 students - 4.1 mi. away - view location
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