Pritchardville Elementary, 9447 Evan Way: pre-K to grade 5, 887 students in 2024-25, rated Good (60 points) on the state report card.

Last checked Oct. 12, 2026. Sources: the school’s website; the Beaufort County School District’s attendance zone maps, 2026-27 academic calendar and school choice page; the S.C. Department of Education’s 2024-25 report card and report card data files; and the federal NCES school directory.

Pritchardville Elementary is a Beaufort County School District elementary school at 9447 Evan Way in the Pritchardville area on the west side of Bluffton, the largest of the district’s elementary schools in Bluffton by enrollment. It earned a Good overall rating on South Carolina’s 2024-25 report card, with an Excellent rating for academic achievement. Its principal’s page says the school was named a Blue Ribbon School of Excellence Lighthouse School in 2020-21 and holds STEM accreditation from AdvancED.

Who to call
Address 9447 Evan Way, Bluffton, SC 29910
Phone 843-707-0500
Grades Pre-K to 5
District Beaufort County School District
School hours 7:45 a.m. to 2:45 p.m.
State school ID 0701037

Principal

Principal Brenda Blue, according to the school’s administration page.

Enrollment and teachers

  • State count: 887 students in the 2024-25 school year, according to the state’s report card.
  • Federal count: 939 students in the 2023-24 school year, with 83 full-time-equivalent teachers, according to the NCES directory. That is about 11 students per teacher.

State report card

South Carolina rates every public school each year as Excellent, Good, Average, Below Average or Unsatisfactory. An Excellent rating means “school performance substantially exceeds the criteria to ensure all students meet the Profile of the SC Graduate,” according to the state’s report card site. The overall rating is built from indicators such as academic achievement, preparing for success, student progress, English learners’ progress and school climate, with graduation rate and college and career readiness added for high schools.

2024-25 rating: Good, 60 points. On the state’s elementary school scale, Excellent 61 to 100, Good 53 to 60, Average 42 to 52, Below Average 34 to 41 and Unsatisfactory 33 and below.

Indicator 2024-25 rating
Academic achievement Excellent
Preparing for success Good
Student progress Good
School climate Average

On the spring 2025 SC READY tests in grades 3 to 5, 76.3% of students met or exceeded expectations in English language arts and 70.4% in math; on the state science test, 64.8% did, according to the state’s report card data. Across the district, in grades 3 to 8, the figures were 60.5% in English, 46.4% in math and 49.7% in science.

The full report card, with test results by group, teacher data, school safety and spending, is on the state’s SC School Report Cards site. The state publishes new ratings each fall.

Attendance zone

Check an address on the district’s elementary zone map. Pritchardville’s zone covers most of the town’s land area. On the district’s 2024-25 maps, the Pritchardville zone lies in the H. E. McCracken Middle zone and nearly all of it in the May River High zone; check the middle and high school maps for an address.

The district says its maps are for reference only: Bluffton is growing fast, newer streets may not yet appear, and families should always confirm with the school. We did not find a published feeder list on the district’s site, so the pairings above come from laying the district’s elementary, middle and high school zone maps over each other.

Calendar and school hours

Pritchardville Elementary follows the district’s 2026-27 calendar. Coming dates from the academic calendar (PDF):

  • Tuesday, Oct. 13: end of the first quarter
  • Tuesday, Nov. 3: Election Day, no school
  • Wednesday, Nov. 11: Veterans Day, no school
  • Nov. 25-27: Thanksgiving break
  • Dec. 23 to Jan. 5: winter break; students return Wednesday, Jan. 6

School hours: classes begin at 7:45 a.m. and students are dismissed at 2:45 p.m.; doors open at 7:15 a.m., according to the school’s hours page. For after-school care from 3 to 6 p.m., the school says to call the office at 843-707-0500.

Programs

The district lists Project-Based Learning and the Advanced Math, Engineering and Science Academy (AMES) at Pritchardville, open only to students zoned for the school. Pre-K is offered at every district elementary school for children who are 4 on or before Sept. 1, with places going first to the children with the greatest need after a screening, and kindergarten is full day for children who are 5 by Sept. 1, according to the district’s registration page. BCSD Choice programs let county families apply to a program at a school outside their zone; for 2026-27, applications were due Jan. 15, 2026, a lottery decides when a program has more applicants than seats, and the district does not provide buses to an out-of-zone choice school, according to the school choice page.

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Frequently asked questions

What grades does Pritchardville Elementary serve?

Pritchardville Elementary serves pre-K through fifth grade. Pre-K is for children who are 4 by Sept. 1; kindergarten is full day.

What is Pritchardville Elementary’s school rating?

Pritchardville Elementary was rated Good, with 60 points on South Carolina’s 2024-25 school report card, the latest the state has published.

Which middle and high school does Pritchardville Elementary feed into?

On the district’s 2024-25 zone maps, the Pritchardville Elementary zone lies in the H. E. McCracken Middle zone and, nearly all of it, in the May River High zone.

What time does Pritchardville Elementary start?

The school day runs 7:45 a.m. to 2:45 p.m., according to the school’s website.

How do I know if my address is zoned for Pritchardville Elementary?

Check the Beaufort County School District’s attendance zone maps, then confirm with the school at 843-707-0500. The district says newer streets may not yet appear on the maps.