Elementary · South Carolina

The Montessori School of Camden

Charter

The Montessori School of Camden, a public elementary school in Camden, South Carolina: grades pre-k–8, 112 students, 9.0 students per teacher (2024–25 school year). Part of Charter Institute at Erskine.

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
112
Teachers (FTE)
12.5
Students per teacher
9.0
Grades
Pre-K–8
Elementary

Fewer students per teacher than 95% of elementary schools in South Carolina

Median 13.4 · 691 schools compared

Fewer students per teacher than 96% of elementary schools in the US

Median 14.6 · 50,575 schools compared

Smaller than 98% of elementary schools in South Carolina

Median 505 · 691 schools compared

Smaller than 95% of elementary schools in the US

Median 415 · 51,933 schools compared

State test results

Share of students scoring proficient or above on South Carolina's tests, grades 3–8, 2024–25 school year.

Reading and writing

South Carolina: 60%

Not published: too few students tested.

New test or proficiency bar this year: not comparable with the year before.

SC Ready; proficient means Levels 3-4

Math

South Carolina: 44%

Not published: too few students tested.

SC Ready; proficient means Levels 3-4

Each state sets its own test and its own bar for “proficient”, so results compare only within a state. Results also follow family income closely: a school's share reflects its students' circumstances as much as its teaching.

Data sourced from the Education Data Center (www.eddatacenter.org), a partner project of the National Center for Civic Innovation, Inc. State Assessment Data Repository version 3.1. More information about these assessments over time, including participation and test changes, is available from the Education Data Center.

What it offers

Grades
Elementary · Grades Pre-K–8
Type
Charter school · Regular
Instruction
Some virtual classes
Area
Rural area near a city

Which school a home is assigned to is decided by the district's attendance zones; check with Charter Institute at Erskine.

Location

Address
2 Montessori Way, Camden, SC 29020
Phone
(803)432-6828
City or town
Camden

Nearby elementary schools

The closest public elementary schools by straight-line distance. Attendance zones are set by each district.

SchoolGradesStudentsStudents / teacherReadingMath
Pre-K–564414.758%50%
Jackson SchoolFree meals for all
Pre-K–553013.331%27%
Lugoff ElementaryFree meals for all
Pre-K–554315.164%64%
Pre-K–550514.266%61%
Pre-K–568815.367%59%
Pre-K–560715.660%49%

Reading and Math: share of tested students proficient or above on the state's own tests (grades 3–8, 2024–25 school year). Compare only within a state.

Data sourced from the Education Data Center (www.eddatacenter.org), a partner project of the National Center for Civic Innovation, Inc. State Assessment Data Repository version 3.1. More information about these assessments over time, including participation and test changes, is available from the Education Data Center.

Sources

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.

NCES 450390901701