Elementary · South Carolina
Mary Ford Early Childhood Learning and Family Center
Free meals for allMary Ford Early Childhood Learning and Family Center, a public elementary school in North Charleston, South Carolina: grades pre-k–k, 244 students, 9.3 students per teacher (2024–25 school year). Part of Charleston 01.
Size and class size
Compared with elementary schools of the same state and the whole country. Students per teacher counts every full-time-equivalent teacher, not the size of each class.
- Students
- 244
- Teachers (FTE)
- 26.2
- Students per teacher
- 9.3
- Grades
- Pre-K–K
- Elementary
Fewer students per teacher than 95% of elementary schools in South Carolina
Median 13.4 · 691 schools compared
Fewer students per teacher than 95% of elementary schools in the US
Median 14.6 · 50,575 schools compared
Smaller than 90% of elementary schools in South Carolina
Median 505 · 691 schools compared
Smaller than 82% of elementary schools in the US
Median 415 · 51,933 schools compared
State test results
No state test results published for this school: state tests cover grades 3–8, and small groups are not published.
What it offers
- Grades
- Elementary · Grades Pre-K–K
- Type
- District school · Regular
- Instruction
- Some virtual classes
- Meals
- Free breakfast and lunch for every student
- Area
- Midsize city
- Run by
- Charleston 01
Which school a home is assigned to is decided by the district's attendance zones; check with Charleston 01.
Location
- Address
- 3180 Thomasina McPherson Boulevard, North Charleston, SC 29405
- Phone
- (843)745-7131
- City or town
- North Charleston
- County
- Charleston County
Nearby elementary schools
The closest public elementary schools by straight-line distance. Attendance zones are set by each district.
| School | Grades | Students | Students / teacher |
|---|---|---|---|
Chicora ElementaryFree meals for all | 1–5 | 316 | 9.5 |
Meeting Street at BurnsFree meals for all | Pre-K–5 | 295 | 8.9 |
Malcolm C. Hursey MontessoriFree meals for all | Pre-K–8 | 471 | 13.1 |
Meeting Street BrentwoodFree meals for all | Pre-K–8 | 806 | 7.4 |
Orange Grove Charter SchoolCharter | Pre-K–8 | 1,170 | 15.5 |
Movement School Bridge ViewCharter | K–1 | 79 | 15.8 |
Sources
- Public schools and school districts (National Center for Education Statistics · U.S. Census Bureau), 2024–25 school year. NCES Common Core of Data and EDGE public school geocodes; U.S. Census Bureau, Annual Survey of School System Finances and cartographic boundary files (places).
Analisa does not rate schools. Figures are what a school has (students, teachers, programs), placed among schools of the same level; state test results are compared only within a state.
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