Elementary · Regular · Grades PK to 5
J. L. Cain Elementary, Darlington, SC
CEP schoolJ. L. Cain Elementary is a public elementary school in Darlington, part of Darlington 01 School District. It enrolled 533 students in 2024-25, with 12.4 students per full-time teacher.
Enrollment and teachers
- Students
- 533
- Teachers (FTE)
- 43.0
- Students per teacher
- 12.4
- Grades
- PK to 5
This school's ratio is about the same as the district figure of 13.0. The South Carolina average across schools is 14.4. Ratios count all teachers, including specialists, so they are lower than typical class sizes.
This school12.4
District13.0
South Carolina14.4
United States15.3
School details
- Address
- 607 First Street, Darlington, SC 29532
- Phone
- (843)398-2450
- District
- Darlington 01 School District
- County
- Darlington County
- Level
- Elementary
- Type
- Regular
- Status
- Open
- Charter
- No
- Locale
- Suburb: Small
- NCES school ID
- 450186001749
Related schools
Other elementary schools in Darlington 01 School District
- St. John's Elementary 596 students
- Bay Road Elementary 563 students
- Lamar-Spaulding Elementary 496 students
- North Hartsville Elementary 486 students
- Pate Elementary 397 students
- Southside Early Childhood Center 360 students
- Brockington Elementary 303 students
- Carolina Elementary 212 students
- Thornwell School for the Arts 188 students
- Rosenwald Elementary 71 students
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.