Mary Ford Early Childhood Learning and Family Center

Mary Ford Early Childhood Learning and Family Center is a small elementary school in South Carolina, located in North Charleston. The school covers pre-K through kindergarten and reported 244 students in 2024-25. The school is 54% below the average for elementary schools in South Carolina.

Mary Ford Early Childhood Learning and Family Center is among 81 schools run by Charleston 01, which serves 52,009 students.

A large majority of enrollment at Mary Ford Early Childhood Learning and Family Center is Black, at 88%. Beyond that, enrollment is 7% Hispanic and 5% multiracial. The Black share of the county population is lower, at 23%. On the diversity index, which measures the chance that two random students are from different groups, Mary Ford Early Childhood Learning and Family Center scores 22%.

The school had 26.2 full-time-equivalent teachers in 2024-25. Its student-to-teacher ratio is 9.3:1. By comparison, the average for elementary schools in South Carolina is 13.3:1.

For Charleston County, Census Bureau data show median household income comes to about $88,494, about 50% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and the poverty rate is about 7%. The county has 98 public schools and about 55,933 students.

Greg Mathis Charter High is about 0.4 miles from Mary Ford Early Childhood Learning and Family Center, the shortest distance to any other public school. The five-mile area around Mary Ford Early Childhood Learning and Family Center holds at least 8 other public schools.

On the NCES locale scale, the school is City: Mid-size.

The school's enrollment rose 15% from 2020-21 to 2024-25.

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