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Enrollment
580
Elementary
DISTRICT 528 · STATE 526
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·CHARLESTON 01·NCES 450144000208
Lambs Elementary
6800 Dorchester Road, North Charleston, SC 29458 · (843) 767-5900 · Charleston County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY12-CITYREGULAR SCHOOL580 STUDENTS
C-
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Scored higher than 18% of South Carolina public elementary schools
- C-Test 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
15.5:1
37 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 | 86 | 15% |
| Kindergarten | 99 | 17% |
| Grade 1 | 87 | 15% |
| Grade 2 | 72 | 12% |
| Grade 3 | 84 | 14% |
| Grade 4 | 90 | 16% |
| Grade 5 | 62 | 11% |
This year's kindergarten class (99) is 60% larger than its 5th grade class (62).
Student demographics
70%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
38.9%
SC avg 59.7% . -0.3pp since 2023
Math
32.1%
SC avg 44.2% . -3.5pp since 2023
What this means: On the SC READY, South Carolina's statewide test, about 39 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 32 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all South Carolina schools, those numbers are about 60 and 44. Reading and writing scores have held steady since 2023, while math scores are down about 4 points.
SC READY results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 38.9% | 32.1% |
| 2023-24 | 39.2% | 35.6% |
% Meets or Exceeds Expectations, all students and all tested grades.
Source: SC READY. All students, all grades. See all years and grades →
Where Lambs Elementary ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In South Carolina | In Charleston County |
|---|---|---|---|
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 32.1% | #515 of 635 ▼ 64 | #36 of 49 ▼ 7 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 38.9% | #579 of 635 ▼ 81 | #39 of 49 ▼ 7 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 580 | #253 of 709 | #22 of 57 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 15.5:1 | #550 of 656 | #38 of 47 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 69.6% | #67 of 656 | #2 of 47 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +41.8% | #17 of 187 | #4 of 21 |
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
580
+236 (+69%) vs 2020
-13% since 1990-91, when it was 663
Student : Teacher
15.5:1
was 11.5:1
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 | 580 | 37.4 | 15.5:1 | N/A |
| 2023-24 | 506 | 33 | 15.3:1 | 100% (506) |
| 2022-23 | 423 | 33 | 12.8:1 | 100% (423) |
| 2020-21 | 344 | 30 | 11.5:1 | 100% (344) |
| 2017-18 | 409 | 30 | 13.6:1 | 100% (409) |
| 2015-16 | 425 | 30 | 14.2:1 | 62% (263) |
| 2010-11 | 405 | 30 | 13.5:1 | 81% (327) |
| 2000-01 | 589 | 35 | 16.8:1 | 58% (344) |
| 1990-91 | 663 | 37 | 17.9:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Lambs Elementary.
Since 2017-18: students up 42% (409 to 580); teachers up 25% (30 to 37.4).
About Lambs Elementary
As a mid-sized elementary school, Lambs Elementary serves students in North Charleston, South Carolina. It teaches 580 students in pre-K through 5.
Lambs Elementary reports to Charleston 01, which has 81 schools and 52,009 students.
About 38% of students at Lambs Elementary are Hispanic, the largest single group. The rest of enrollment is 35% Black, 16% White, and 8% multiracial. Among all residents of Charleston County, the Hispanic share is about 7%. Its diversity index, the chance that two randomly chosen students belong to different racial or ethnic groups, is 70%.
The school had 37.4 full-time-equivalent teachers in 2024-25. Its student-to-teacher ratio is 15.5:1. The school's 15.5:1 compares with an average of 13.3:1 for elementary schools in South Carolina.
Among South Carolina public elementary schools, Lambs Elementary outscored 18%, which works out to a C- on the allk12 Grade.
In Charleston County, median household income comes to about $88,494, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 50% of adults, and the poverty rate is about 7%. The county's public schools total 98, with about 55,933 students.
Jerry Zucker Middle School of Science is about 0.7 miles from Lambs Elementary, the shortest distance to any other public school. Counting only straight-line distance, at least 8 other public schools are within five miles.
Locale data from NCES put Lambs Elementary inside a principal city with a population between 100,000 and 250,000 (City: Mid-size).
Enrollment was 344 in 2020-21 and 580 in 2024-25. Large swings like this can come from changes to the grades a school serves. The ratio was 11.5:1 in 2020-21 and 15.5:1 in 2024-25.
People can post here about special education services, counseling, and support programs and other school topics. Members of the school community can share what they know.
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 Lambs ElementaryWhat is the total enrollment at Lambs Elementary?
Lambs Elementary enrolls approximately 580 students in grades PK-05.
What grades does Lambs Elementary serve?
Lambs Elementary serves grades PK-05.
How many teachers does Lambs Elementary have?
Lambs Elementary employs 37 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 15.5:1.
What is the racial breakdown of students at Lambs Elementary?
At Lambs Elementary, the student body is approximately 16% White, 38% Hispanic, 35% Black, 2% Asian, 8% Two or more.
What district is Lambs Elementary in?
Lambs Elementary is part of Charleston 01.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.