Laurel Hill Primary

Laurel Hill Primary is a reasonably sized elementary school in Mt. Pleasant, South Carolina, part of Charleston 01. The school enrolls 691 students in grades pre-K through 2. That puts it 31% above the typical public school in South Carolina, which averages around 526 students.

Within Charleston 01, which oversees 81 schools and 52,009 students, Laurel Hill Primary is one campus in the system.

In terms of who attends, Laurel Hill Primary records that 80% of students identify as White, making the school strongly White-majority. Beyond that, the school reports 8% Hispanic, 6% multiracial, 4% Black, 3% Asian. That is visibly more White than the county at large, where the share is closer to 66%.

Looking at the economic backdrop, Laurel Hill Primary reports 45 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 15.5:1. The state averages around 13.3:1, so this campus is higher than the state norm typical.

In the surrounding community, the surrounding county (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 the poverty rate sits near 7%. In all, Charleston County runs 98 public schools (combined enrollment of about 55,933 students), of which Laurel Hill Primary is one.

Charles Pinckney Elementary is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.3 miles from this campus. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius.

Laurel Hill Primary operates from a bedroom-community location.

Five-year trend. Laurel Hill Primary's enrollment has climbed 5% since 2018, when it stood at 660 (now 691). Over the same period, the White share fell from 87% to 80%.

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