Elementary · Regular · Grades PK to 5
Fort Dorchester Elementary, Summerville, SC
Fort Dorchester Elementary is a public elementary school in Summerville, part of Dorchester 02 School District. It enrolled 801 students in 2024-25, with 14.1 students per full-time teacher.
Enrollment and teachers
- Students
- 801
- Teachers (FTE)
- 57.0
- Students per teacher
- 14.1
- Grades
- PK to 5
This school's ratio is 1.0 lower than the district figure of 15.1. The South Carolina average across schools is 14.4. Ratios count all teachers, including specialists, so they are lower than typical class sizes.
This school14.1
District15.1
South Carolina14.4
United States15.3
School details
- Address
- 5201 Old Glory Lane, Summerville, SC 29485
- Phone
- (843)832-5550
- District
- Dorchester 02 School District
- County
- Dorchester County
- Level
- Elementary
- Type
- Regular
- Status
- Open
- Charter
- No
- Locale
- City: Midsize
- NCES school ID
- 450201000715
Related schools
Other elementary schools in Dorchester 02 School District
- Sand Hill Elementary 1,169 students
- Beech Hill Elementary 1,079 students
- William M. Reeves Elementary 930 students
- Newington Elementary 862 students
- Knightsville Elementary 833 students
- Dr. Eugene Sires Elementary 791 students
- Flowertown Elementary 783 students
- Joseph R. Pye Elementary 775 students
- Eagle Nest Elementary 653 students
- Oakbrook Elementary 649 students
- Alston-Bailey Elementary 646 students
- Windsor Hill Arts Infused Elementary 622 students
Elementary schools elsewhere in Summerville
- Cane Bay Elementary Berkeley 01 School District
- Carolyn Lewis School Berkeley 01 School District
- Nexton Elementary Berkeley 01 School District
- Berkeley Preparatory Academy Charter Institute at Erskine
- Summerville Prep Limestone Charters Association
- Sangaree Elementary Berkeley 01 School District
- Sangaree Intermediate Berkeley 01 School District
We publish official enrollment and staffing data, not ratings or test scores.
Source: NCES Common Core of Data 2024-25 and F-33 finance 2020, via the Urban Institute Education Data Portal. Last reviewed October 2026. Blank values are not available, not applicable or suppressed in the source. See the methodology.