Harbor View Elementary

As a mid-tier primary school in Charleston, South Carolina, Harbor View Elementary works with 621 students from grades pre-K through 5, one of the schools within Charleston 01.

Charleston 01 comprises 81 schools with combined enrollment of 52,009 students; Harbor View Elementary is among them.

On the student-mix side, Harbor View Elementary records that White students make up the majority at 78%. Beyond that, the school lists 11% Black, 5% Hispanic, 5% multiracial. That is considerably more White than the county at large, where the share is closer to 66%.

On the income-and-resources front, Staff filings list 42 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 14.7:1 students per teacher. That figure is higher than the state norm's 13.3:1 average.

In the broader community, Charleston County reports that median household earnings sit near $88,494, about 50% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 7%. Across Charleston County's 98 public schools (combined enrollment of about 55,933 students), Harbor View Elementary is one campus in the mix.

The closest other public school is Murray-LaSaine Montessori, roughly 1.3 miles away. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius.

The campus sits in a high-density setting.

Looking at the recent track record. Harbor View Elementary's enrollment has shrank 5% since 2018, when it stood at 653 (now 621). The student-to-teacher ratio fell from 18.0:1 in 2018 to 14.7:1 today.

In the discussion threads here, posts here usually surface around sports schedules, lunch menu changes, and school spirit week. Anyone with firsthand experience at this school can post or comment.