Malcolm C. Hursey Montessori

Malcolm C. Hursey Montessori, an average-sized elementary school in North Charleston, South Carolina, overseen by Charleston 01, hosts 471 students, covering grades pre-K through 8.

Charleston 01 comprises 81 schools with combined enrollment of 52,009 students; Malcolm C. Hursey Montessori is among them.

Demographically, Malcolm C. Hursey Montessori logs that the most-represented group is White (43%), with the rest of the student body spread across multiple groups. The remainder reads as 34% Black, 13% Hispanic, 9% multiracial. By comparison, Charleston County as a whole is about 66% White, so the school skews visibly less White than its surroundings.

Looking at the economic backdrop, The school currently runs with 36 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 13.1:1. That tracks the state average closely.

Zooming out to the county, census data for Charleston County shows median household earnings sit near $88,494, 50% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 7%. Across Charleston County's 98 public schools (combined enrollment of about 55,933 students), Malcolm C. Hursey Montessori is one campus in the mix.

Meeting Street at Burns is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.9 miles from this campus. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Malcolm C. Hursey Montessori.

The school occupies a city-core site.

Trend over the last 7 years. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Malcolm C. Hursey Montessori has ticked up 29%, going from 365 students in 2018 to 471 in 2025. Over the same period, the Black share edged down from 48% to 34%.

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