Edith L. Frierson Montessori

This page covers Edith L. Frierson Montessori, a very small elementary school in Wadmalaw Island, South Carolina. It enrolls 165 students in 2024-25. The grades offered are pre-K through 8. The school is 69% below the average for elementary schools in South Carolina.

The district, Charleston 01, operates 81 schools serving 52,009 students.

The largest racial or ethnic group at Edith L. Frierson Montessori is White, with 49% of students. Other groups make up 27% Black, 12% multiracial, and 12% Hispanic. Charleston County as a whole is about 66% White, so the school's share is lower. Measured by the diversity index, the student body scores 66%.

The student-to-teacher ratio is 13.8:1. The school has 12 full-time-equivalent teachers. It is about the same as the 13.3:1 average for elementary schools in South Carolina.

For Charleston County, Census Bureau data show the median household earns about $88,494 a year, roughly 50% of adults have a four-year degree or more, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 7%. Public schools in Charleston County number 98, with about 55,933 students.

Measured in a straight line, Lowcountry Leadership Charter School is about 6.9 miles from Edith L. Frierson Montessori. Other public schools within ten miles: 7.

NCES describes the area around Edith L. Frierson Montessori as Rural: Distant, meaning in rural territory some distance from an urban area.

Enrollment was 165 in 2024-25. In 2020-21, it was 148. Its ratio of students to teachers was 14.8:1 in 2020-21, and 13.8:1 in 2024-25.

The allk12 page for Edith L. Frierson Montessori lets the school community talk about pickup and drop-off, after-school programs, and teacher feedback. Current and former families are welcome to add their experience.