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What's the most underrated thing about Jennie Moore Elementary that outsiders don't know?
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Enrollment
993
Elementary
DISTRICT 528 · STATE 526
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·CHARLESTON 01·NCES 450144000214
Jennie Moore Elementary
2725 Bulrush Basket Lane, Mt. Pleasant, SC 29466 · (843) 849-2815 · Charleston County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBREGULAR SCHOOL993 STUDENTS
A
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Scored higher than 94% 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
15.3:1
65 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 | 55 | 6% |
| Kindergarten | 144 | 15% |
| Grade 1 | 133 | 13% |
| Grade 2 | 153 | 15% |
| Grade 3 | 170 | 17% |
| Grade 4 | 175 | 18% |
| Grade 5 | 163 | 16% |
This year's kindergarten class (144) is 12% smaller than its 5th grade class (163).
Student demographics
40%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
83.4%
SC avg 59.7% . +5.3pp since 2023
Math
80.3%
SC avg 44.2% . +4.7pp since 2023
What this means: On the SC READY, South Carolina's statewide test, about 83 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 80 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 5 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 5 points.
SC READY results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 83.4% | 80.3% |
| 2023-24 | 78.1% | 75.6% |
% Meets or Exceeds Expectations, all students and all tested grades.
Source: SC READY. All students, all grades. See all years and grades →
Where Jennie Moore Elementary ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In South Carolina | In Charleston County |
|---|---|---|---|
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 80.3% | #27 of 635 ▲ 14 | #8 of 49 ▲ 1 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 83.4% | #41 of 635 ▲ 1 | #11 of 49 ▲ 1 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 993 | #31 of 709 | #3 of 57 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 15.3:1 | #534 of 656 | #37 of 47 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 39.9% | #527 of 656 | #29 of 47 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -14.2% | #184 of 395 | #13 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
993
+42 (+4%) vs 2020
+48% since 1990-91, when it was 670
Student : Teacher
15.3:1
was 15.1:1
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 | 993 | 64.8 | 15.3:1 | N/A |
| 2023-24 | 999 | 62.5 | 16.0:1 | 21% (214) |
| 2022-23 | 1,004 | 63 | 15.9:1 | 24% (237) |
| 2020-21 | 951 | 63 | 15.1:1 | 12% (112) |
| 2017-18 | 1,157 | 65 | 17.8:1 | 13% (149) |
| 2015-16 | 1,123 | 58 | 19.4:1 | 14% (156) |
| 2010-11 | 726 | 42 | 17.3:1 | 21% (151) |
| 2000-01 | 551 | 39 | 14.1:1 | 40% (220) |
| 1990-91 | 670 | 43 | 15.6:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Jennie Moore Elementary.
Since 2017-18: students down 14% (1,157 to 993); teachers unchanged (65 to 64.8).
About Jennie Moore Elementary
Jennie Moore Elementary is an elementary school with a street address in Mt. Pleasant, South Carolina. It covers pre-K through 5, with a total enrollment of 993 students. Enrollment is 89% higher than the average for elementary schools in South Carolina, which is about 526.
Charleston 01 serves 52,009 students across 81 schools.
White students make up a majority at Jennie Moore Elementary, at 76%. Other students are 10% Black, 6% Hispanic, 5% multiracial, and 3% Asian. That is higher than the 66% White share among all Charleston County residents. The school's diversity index is 40%, meaning two students picked at random have a 40% chance of belonging to different racial or ethnic groups.
The school reports 64.8 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to about 15.3 students per teacher. That is 2.0 students per teacher above the 13.3:1 average for elementary schools in South Carolina.
allk12 grades Jennie Moore Elementary an A. The grade compares the school only with South Carolina public elementary schools, because each state gives its own test.
Census estimates describe Charleston County this way: the median household income is $88,494, about 50% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and the poverty rate is about 7%. In all, Charleston County has 98 public schools and roughly 55,933 students.
Laing Middle is the public school closest to Jennie Moore Elementary, about 0.2 miles away. There are at least 8 other public schools within five miles.
Under the NCES locale system, Jennie Moore Elementary is Suburb: Large.
Enrollment is up 4% from 2020-21, when Jennie Moore Elementary had 951 students, to 2024-25, when it had 993.
Families, students, and staff can use this page to discuss school safety, transportation, and start times at Jennie Moore Elementary. Alumni can share how the school prepared them.
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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Frequently asked questions
About Jennie Moore ElementaryHow large is Jennie Moore Elementary?
Jennie Moore Elementary enrolls approximately 993 students in grades PK-05.
Is Jennie Moore Elementary an elementary, middle, or high school?
Jennie Moore Elementary is an elementary school covering grades PK-05.
How many students per teacher at Jennie Moore Elementary?
Approximately 15.3:1 students per teacher at Jennie Moore Elementary.
How diverse is Jennie Moore Elementary?
Jennie Moore Elementary reports a student body of 76% White, 6% Hispanic, 10% Black, 3% Asian, 5% Two or more.
Is Jennie Moore Elementary public or private?
Jennie Moore Elementary is a public K-12 school, overseen by Charleston 01.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.