Lowcountry Montessori School

Set in Beaufort, South Carolina, Lowcountry Montessori School is a minimally staffed all-grades campus, run under SC Public Charter School District. It enrolls 408 students across grades pre-K through 12. That puts it 62% leaner than the typical public school in South Carolina, which averages around 1,077 students.

Within SC Public Charter School District, which oversees 43 schools and 21,383 students, Lowcountry Montessori School is one campus in the system.

On demographics, Lowcountry Montessori School shows that 70% of the student body identifies as White; the rest consists of 16% Black, 9% Hispanic. That mix tracks the wider county fairly closely.

On the resource side, The school currently runs with 29 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 14.2:1. The state averages about 13.7:1, putting this campus right in line with peers.

Across the wider county, the surrounding county (Beaufort County) records that median household income runs about $86,573, about 46% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and roughly 7% of residents live below the federal poverty line. In all, Beaufort County runs 35 public schools (combined enrollment of about 22,968 students), of which Lowcountry Montessori School is one.

Riverview Charter School is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.8 miles from this campus. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Lowcountry Montessori School.

The school occupies a high-density site. Lowcountry Montessori School operates as a public charter school, meaning it is publicly funded but governed independently of the surrounding district's traditional schools.

Five-year trend. Lowcountry Montessori School's enrollment has expanded 16% since 2018, when it stood at 351 (now 408). Over the same period, the White share contracted from 83% to 70%. Class-load math has narrowed: from 19.1:1 in 2018 to 14.2:1 in 2025.

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