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Honest take: what's the hardest part about being a student at Harbor View Elementary?
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Enrollment
621
Elementary
DISTRICT 528 · STATE 526
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·CHARLESTON 01·NCES 450144001214
Harbor View Elementary
1576 Harbor View Road, Charleston, SC 29412 · (843) 762-2749 · Charleston County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY12-CITYREGULAR SCHOOL621 STUDENTS
A
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Scored higher than 91% of South Carolina public elementary schools
- ATest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- ·Beats expectations Not available for this school, so the grade uses the other parts.
- ·Three-year trend Not available for this school, so the grade uses the other parts.
Grades compare a school only with schools in the same state, because every state gives its own test. How grades work · Top-graded South Carolina public elementary schools
Student : Teacher
14.7:1
42 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 12.9:1 · STATE 13.3:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
,
Title I proxy
DISTRICT 100% · STATE 77%
Community
1
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other elementary schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Pre-K | 36 | 6% |
| Kindergarten | 90 | 14% |
| Grade 1 | 92 | 15% |
| Grade 2 | 114 | 18% |
| Grade 3 | 91 | 15% |
| Grade 4 | 101 | 16% |
| Grade 5 | 97 | 16% |
This year's kindergarten class (90) is 7% smaller than its 5th grade class (97).
Student demographics
38%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 65% · STATE 67% · US 70%
Student head counts by race/ethnicity from federal NCES enrollment data. District, state, and US figures are each group's share of all public school students in that area (US excludes territories). Very small groups may be suppressed in the source, so categories do not always sum exactly to total enrollment.
Gender split
Test scores
SC READY 2024-25 . % Meets or Exceeds ExpectationsEnglish Language Arts
82.0%
SC avg 59.7% . +7.5pp since 2023
Math
74.3%
SC avg 44.2% . +2.3pp since 2023
What this means: On the SC READY, South Carolina's statewide test, about 82 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 74 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all South Carolina schools, those numbers are about 60 and 44. Reading and writing scores are up about 8 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 2 points.
SC READY results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 82.0% | 74.3% |
| 2023-24 | 74.5% | 72.0% |
% Meets or Exceeds Expectations, all students and all tested grades.
Source: SC READY. All students, all grades. See all years and grades →
Where Harbor View Elementary ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In South Carolina | In Charleston County |
|---|---|---|---|
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 74.3% | #53 of 635 ▲ 10 | #11 of 49 ▲ 2 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 82.0% | #47 of 635 ▲ 19 | #12 of 49 ▲ 3 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 621 | #221 of 709 | #20 of 57 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 14.7:1 | #471 of 656 | #33 of 47 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 37.8% | #542 of 656 | #30 of 47 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -4.9% | #314 of 395 | #19 of 26 |
Ranked against other public elementary schools. Online schools are left out of every list, and test-score lists leave out schools that serve specialized populations. Each rank links to the full list. Arrows under a test-score rank show places moved since the prior test year, among schools tested both years.
4-year change
SY 2020-21 vs SY 2024-25Enrollment
621
-3 (0%) vs 2020
-15% since 1990-91, when it was 734
Student : Teacher
14.7:1
was 14.2:1
Source: NCES Common Core of Data
Enrollment and staffing by year
| School year | Students | Teachers (FTE) | Students per teacher | Free and reduced lunch |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 621 | 42.3 | 14.7:1 | N/A |
| 2023-24 | 662 | 41.3 | 16.0:1 | 37% (244) |
| 2022-23 | 639 | 43 | 14.9:1 | 41% (259) |
| 2020-21 | 624 | 44 | 14.2:1 | 24% (148) |
| 2017-18 | 653 | 36.3 | 18.0:1 | 25% (161) |
| 2015-16 | 642 | 37 | 17.4:1 | 27% (175) |
| 2010-11 | 583 | 34 | 17.1:1 | 28% (163) |
| 2000-01 | 859 | 49 | 17.5:1 | 24% (210) |
| 1990-91 | 734 | 38 | 19.3:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Harbor View Elementary.
Since 2017-18: students down 5% (653 to 621); teachers up 17% (36.3 to 42.3).
About Harbor View Elementary
Charleston, South Carolina, is home to Harbor View Elementary, a mid-sized elementary school. There are 621 students enrolled, covering pre-K through 5.
Charleston 01 enrolls 52,009 students in 81 schools, including Harbor View Elementary.
The share of White students at Harbor View Elementary is 78%, a majority. Other students are 11% Black, 5% Hispanic, and 5% multiracial. That is higher than the 66% White share among all Charleston County residents. Its diversity index, the chance that two randomly chosen students belong to different racial or ethnic groups, is 38%.
Staffing at Harbor View Elementary comes to 42.3 full-time-equivalent teachers, or 14.7:1. The school's 14.7:1 compares with an average of 13.3:1 for elementary schools in South Carolina.
Harbor View Elementary earns an A on the allk12 Grade, which blends test scores, results against poverty-based expectations, and the three-year trend. It scored higher than 91% of South Carolina public elementary schools.
The school is in Charleston County, where the median household earns about $88,494 a year, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 50% of adults, and the poverty rate is about 7%. Across Charleston County, 98 public schools serve about 55,933 students.
Of the public schools around it, Harbor View Elementary is closest to Murray-LaSaine Montessori, about 1.3 miles away. Harbor View Elementary has at least 8 other public schools within five miles.
In the federal locale system, Harbor View Elementary is coded City: Mid-size, for schools inside a principal city with a population between 100,000 and 250,000.
There was little change in enrollment from 2020-21 (624) to 2024-25 (621).
The Harbor View Elementary discussion page is a place for homework, tutoring, and testing dates. You can also rate the school on this page.
Charleston County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
420,264
Census ACS
Median income
$88,494
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
50%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
7%
Below federal line
Schools in county
98
55,933 students
Quick facts
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Other Harbor View Elementary schools
One other US public school is named Harbor View Elementary. Harbor View Elementary is the largest of the 2.
- Harbor View ElementaryCorona Del Mar, CA · 344 students
Nearby schools
- Murray-LaSaine Montessori1.3 mi · 347
- Camp Road Middle1.5 mi · 901
- St. Andrew's School of Math and Science1.7 mi · 769
- Charleston Development Academy2.5 mi · 151
- Memminger Elementary2.6 mi · 438
- James Island Charter High2.6 mi · 1,612
Frequently asked questions
About Harbor View ElementaryHow large is Harbor View Elementary?
Harbor View Elementary enrolls approximately 621 students in grades PK-05.
What age range does Harbor View Elementary serve?
Harbor View Elementary serves students from grade PK through grade 05.
How many students per teacher at Harbor View Elementary?
Approximately 14.7:1 students per teacher at Harbor View Elementary.
What is the student diversity at Harbor View Elementary?
Student demographics at Harbor View Elementary are roughly 78% White, 5% Hispanic, 11% Black, 1% Asian, 5% Two or more.
Who oversees Harbor View Elementary?
Harbor View Elementary is overseen by Charleston 01 in Charleston County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.