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North Charleston Elementary

Public, Magnet Grades PK, KG-5

512^th

SchoolDigger Rank ?

of 640 South Carolina Elementary Schools

Better than 20% of South Carolina elementary schools

Summary

North Charleston Elementary is a public magnet elementary school serving grades PK-5 in North Charleston, South Carolina, with 307 students enrolled. The school is part of the Charleston 01 school district, which is ranked 23 out of 75 districts in the state and has a 4-star rating from SchoolDigger.

Despite the district's overall performance, North Charleston Elementary has consistently ranked in the bottom 20% of South Carolina elementary schools over the past 10 years, with a 1-star rating from SchoolDigger for most of this period, indicating very low performance. The school's proficiency rates on state assessments are significantly lower than the district and state averages, often by 20-30 percentage points. For example, in 2024-2025, only 37.8% of 3rd graders were proficient in English Language Arts, compared to 64.5% in the district and 61.8% statewide. Additionally, North Charleston Elementary has had very high chronic absenteeism rates, ranging from 21.5% to 31.8% over the past few years, significantly higher than the state and district averages.

The analysis of nearby schools within the Charleston 01 district reveals a stark contrast in performance. While North Charleston Elementary struggles, other schools like Malcolm C. Hursey Montessori and North Charleston Creative Arts Elementary perform significantly better, with proficiency rates often 20-30 percentage points higher. This suggests that there may be opportunities for improvement at North Charleston Elementary by learning from the success of these higher-performing nearby schools and addressing the specific challenges faced by the school's student population.

329

Students ?

11.9

Student/teacher ratio ?

$36,935

Per pupil spending ?

100%

Free/discounted lunch ?

4921 Durant Avenue
North Charleston, SC 29405

(843) 745-7107

District: Charleston 01

Students who attend North Charleston Elementary usually attend:

Middle:	Morningside Middle
High:	North Charleston High

Racial breakdown:

African American:

59.6%

Hispanic:

25.8%

White:

9.4%

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At a glance

▲ Ranking trend: Improving — 4th percentile in 2015 → 20th in 2025

Strengths

✓Ranking is trending up — up 16 percentile points since 2015

✓Small classes — about 12 students per teacher

Worth a look

!Test scores below the South Carolina average (40% vs 56% meeting standards)

!In the lower quartile statewide (20th percentile)

!High chronic absenteeism (31% vs 22% South Carolina)

Students meeting standards (2024-2025) ?

This school40%

District avg62%

South Carolina avg56%

512^th of 640

South Carolina public elementary schools ?

Bottom 20%▲ up 16 pts since 2015

From bottom 4% (2015) to bottom 20% (2025)

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★★★★★

SchoolDigger rating ?

30^th of 43Elementary Schools in the Charleston 01

23^rd of 75Charleston 01 among South Carolina districts

Statewide rank percentile over time (100 = the top-ranked school in the state; click a legend item to add a student group)

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All Students

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	South Carolina percentile	Rating
2025	21.9	512 of 640	20.0%	★☆☆☆☆
2024	20.2	520 of 638	18.5%	★☆☆☆☆
2023	15.2	561 of 644	12.9%	★☆☆☆☆
2022	21.7	486 of 625	22.2%	★☆☆☆☆
2021	14.8	529 of 622	15.0%	★☆☆☆☆
2019	16.7	558 of 643	13.2%	★☆☆☆☆
2018	8.5	601 of 624	3.7%	☆☆☆☆☆
2017	12.7	591 of 639	7.5%	☆☆☆☆☆
2016	7.2	595 of 619	3.9%	☆☆☆☆☆
2015	10.7	615 of 638	3.6%	☆☆☆☆☆
2014	8.9	605 of 630	4.0%	☆☆☆☆☆
2013	12.2	561 of 599	6.3%	☆☆☆☆☆
2012	4.7	579 of 594	2.5%	☆☆☆☆☆
2011	8.9	578 of 597	3.2%	☆☆☆☆☆
2010	10.1	559 of 589	5.1%	☆☆☆☆☆
2009	10.7	550 of 580	5.2%	☆☆☆☆☆
2008	1.2	576 of 577	0.2%	☆☆☆☆☆
2007	6.6	551 of 566	2.7%	☆☆☆☆☆
2006	7.4	535 of 559	4.3%	☆☆☆☆☆
2005	8.7	537 of 557	3.6%	☆☆☆☆☆
2004	10.3	522 of 550	5.1%	☆☆☆☆☆
2003	9.4	520 of 542	4.1%	☆☆☆☆☆

African American

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	South Carolina percentile	Rating
2025	52.6	170 of 381	55.4%	★★★☆☆
2024	35.1	252 of 369	31.7%	★★☆☆☆
2023	22.2	344 of 394	12.7%	★☆☆☆☆
2022	38.3	243 of 393	38.2%	★★☆☆☆
2021	35.2	243 of 350	30.6%	★★☆☆☆
2019	38.1	281 of 421	33.3%	★★☆☆☆
2018	18.2	382 of 412	7.3%	☆☆☆☆☆

English Language Learner

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	South Carolina percentile	Rating
2019	16.4	93 of 104	10.6%	★☆☆☆☆
2018	3.4	82 of 82	0.0%	☆☆☆☆☆

Female

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	South Carolina percentile	Rating
2025	13.9	529 of 581	9.0%	☆☆☆☆☆
2021	19.1	460 of 554	17.0%	★☆☆☆☆
2019	16.2	516 of 588	12.2%	★☆☆☆☆
2018	7.0	558 of 570	2.1%	☆☆☆☆☆

Hispanic

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	South Carolina percentile	Rating
2019	16.4	102 of 116	12.1%	★☆☆☆☆
2018	3.2	103 of 104	1.0%	☆☆☆☆☆

Low Socio Economic Status

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	South Carolina percentile	Rating
2025	37.5	394 of 613	35.7%	★★☆☆☆
2024	29.9	440 of 599	26.5%	★☆☆☆☆
2023	22.9	494 of 608	18.8%	★☆☆☆☆
2022	30.7	429 of 600	28.5%	★☆☆☆☆
2021	23.4	462 of 580	20.3%	★☆☆☆☆
2019	25.5	477 of 600	20.5%	★☆☆☆☆
2018	12.2	566 of 588	3.7%	☆☆☆☆☆

Male

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	South Carolina percentile	Rating
2025	26.2	442 of 586	24.6%	★☆☆☆☆
2024	10.5	524 of 568	7.7%	☆☆☆☆☆
2023	13.5	516 of 582	11.3%	★☆☆☆☆
2022	23.2	452 of 579	21.9%	★☆☆☆☆
2021	12.0	505 of 561	10.0%	★☆☆☆☆
2019	16.3	519 of 590	12.0%	★☆☆☆☆
2018	10.2	541 of 571	5.3%	☆☆☆☆☆

How student groups rank statewide ? (each group's percentile vs the same group at other schools — higher is better; the +/- beside each compares the group with this school's overall percentile)

African American (2025)55th percentile+35 vs school

Low Socio Economic Status (2025)36th percentile+16 vs school

Male (2025)25th percentile+5 vs school

Hispanic (2019)12th percentile~ school

English Language Learner (2019)11th percentile-3 vs school

Female (2025)9th percentile-11 vs school

By subject vs South Carolina (2024-2025) ?

English Language Arts43%-20 vs state

Mathematics38%-14 vs state

Science31%-18 vs state

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School													Students/Teachers											Ranking (2025)				Ranking (2024)				SC READY English Language Arts (2025)					SC READY Mathematics (2025)					SC READY Science (2025)		Per Pupil Expenditures (2025)
Name	Type	Grades	Address	City	Zip	County	District	Is Charter	Is Magnet	Is Virtual	Is Title I	Phone	Enrollment	Full-time Teachers	Student/ Teacher Ratio	Free/Discounted Lunch Recipients	White	Black	Hispanic	Asian	American Indian	Pacific Islander	Two or More Races	Average Standard Score (2025)	Statewide Rank (2025)	State Percentile (2025)	SchoolDigger Rating (2025)	Average Standard Score (2024)	Statewide Rank (2024)	State Percentile (2024)	Rank Change from Previous Year	SC READY English Language Arts 3rd Grade	SC READY English Language Arts 4th Grade	SC READY English Language Arts 5th Grade	SC READY English Language Arts 6th Grade	SC READY English Language Arts 7th Grade	SC READY Mathematics 3rd Grade	SC READY Mathematics 4th Grade	SC READY Mathematics 5th Grade	SC READY Mathematics 6th Grade	SC READY Mathematics 7th Grade	SC READY Science 4th Grade	SC READY Science 6th Grade	Per Pupil Expenditures: Total	Personnel Spending from Federal Funds	Non-Personnel Spending from Federal Funds	Sub-total from Federal Funds	Personnel Spending from State and Local Funds	Non-Personnel from State and Local Funds	Sub-total Spending from State and Local Funds
North Charleston Elementary	Public, Magnet	PK, KG-5	4921 Durant Avenue	North Charleston	29405	Charleston County	Charleston 01	No	Yes	No	Yes	(843) 745-7107	329	28	11.9		31 (9.4%)	196 (59.6%)	85 (25.8%)	2 (0.6%)	1 (0.3%)	0 (0.0%)	14 (4.3%)	21.9	512^th of 640 public elementary schools	20.0%		20.2	520^th of 638 public elementary schools	18.5%	8	37.8	57.1	37.5			43.5	31.4	38.3			31.4		$36,935	$9,663	$3,128	$12,791	$17,851	$6,292	$24,143
North Charleston Creative Arts Elementary	Public	PK, KG-5	5200 Lackawanna Boulevard	North Charleston	29405	Charleston County	Charleston 01	No	No	No	Yes	(843) 529-2831	399	38	10.5		78 (19.5%)	176 (44.1%)	109 (27.3%)	2 (0.5%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	34 (8.5%)	16.9	550^th of 640 public elementary schools	14.1%		10.8	589^th of 638 public elementary schools	7.7%	39	44.4	46.2	50.9			27.8	32.1	28.0			28.3		$8,489	$2,604	$1,112	$3,717	$3,819	$954	$4,773
Malcolm C. Hursey Montessori	Public, Magnet	PK, KG-8	3910 Verde Avenue	North Charleston	29405	Charleston County	Charleston 01	No	Yes	No	Yes	(843) 745-7105	471	36	13.0		202 (42.9%)	161 (34.2%)	62 (13.2%)	1 (0.2%)	1 (0.2%)	1 (0.2%)	43 (9.1%)	42.1	361^st of 640 public elementary schools	43.6%		38.2	390^th of 638 public elementary schools	38.9%	29	59.1	60.9	56.2	57.1	65.0	52.3	32.6	31.3	33.3	15.0	41.3	61.9	$25,470	$4,315	$1,521	$5,836	$16,107	$3,527	$19,634
Matilda F. Dunston Elementary	Public	PK, KG-5	1825 Remount Road	North Charleston	29406	Charleston County	Charleston 01	No	No	No	Yes	(843) 745-7109	569	44	12.9		36 (6.3%)	147 (25.8%)	362 (63.6%)	2 (0.4%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	22 (3.9%)	4.4	636^th of 640 public elementary schools	0.6%		4.1	635^th of 638 public elementary schools	0.5%	1	17.0	23.4	26.8			29.0	26.3	16.9			12.5		$21,324	$3,979	$1,821	$5,801	$12,531	$2,992	$15,523
Meeting Street at Burns	Public	PK, KG-5	2750 Dorchester Road	North Charleston	29405	Charleston County	Charleston 01	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(843) 745-7113	295	33	8.9		7 (2.4%)	211 (71.5%)	66 (22.4%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.3%)	0 (0.0%)	10 (3.4%)								(n/a)
Meeting Street Brentwood	Public	PK, KG-8	2685 Leeds Avenue	North Charleston	29405	Charleston County	Charleston 01	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(843) 529-3130	806	109	7.3		38 (4.7%)	451 (56.0%)	290 (36.0%)	3 (0.4%)	1 (0.1%)	1 (0.1%)	22 (2.7%)								(n/a)
Chicora Elementary	Public, Magnet	1-5	3100 Carner Avenue	North Charleston	29405	Charleston County	Charleston 01	No	Yes	No	Yes	(843) 746-2210	316	33	9.4		4 (1.3%)	254 (80.4%)	50 (15.8%)	1 (0.3%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	6 (1.9%)	8.8	611^th of 640 public elementary schools	4.5%		12.9	569^th of 638 public elementary schools	10.8%	42	43.6	18.8	36.0			42.0	18.8	20.3			10.3		$26,963	$6,512	$2,510	$9,021	$14,607	$3,335	$17,942
Compass Collegiate Academy	Public, Charter	K-4	5010 Wetland Crossing Road	N Charleston	29418	Charleston County	School Public Charter School District	Yes	No	No	No	(843) 410-9765	155	12	13.4		20 (12.9%)	115 (74.2%)	6 (3.9%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	14 (9.0%)								(n/a)	63.9					33.3							$16,078	$395	$360	$755	$8,952	$6,371	$15,324
Mary Ford Early Childhood Learning and Family Center	Public	PK-K	3180 Thomasina McPherson Boule	North Charleston	29405	Charleston County	Charleston 01	No	No	No	Yes	(843) 745-7131	244	26	9.3		2 (0.8%)	214 (87.7%)	17 (7.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	11 (4.5%)								(n/a)													$98,909	$15,099	$9,014	$24,114	$59,023	$15,772	$74,795
Movement School Bridge View	Public, Charter	K-1	4275 Bridge View Drive	North Charleston	29405	Charleston County	School Public Charter School District	Yes	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(980) 272-4327	79	5	15.8		6 (7.6%)	60 (75.9%)	12 (15.2%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (1.3%)								(n/a)

Frequently Asked Questions about North Charleston Elementary

Is North Charleston Elementary a good school?

North Charleston Elementary ranks in the bottom 20.0% of South Carolina elementary schools.

What district is North Charleston Elementary in?

Charleston 01

What is the racial makeup of North Charleston Elementary?

Students at North Charleston Elementary are 60% African American, 26% Hispanic, 9% White, 4% Two or more races.

How many students attend North Charleston Elementary?

In the 2024-25 school year, 329 students attended North Charleston Elementary.

What schools do graduates of North Charleston Elementary attend?

Students who attend North Charleston Elementary usually go on to attend:

Middle : Morningside Middle
High : North Charleston High

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