Murray-LaSaine Montessori

Murray-LaSaine Montessori is a K-5 school of cozy scale in Charleston, South Carolina, part of Charleston 01, caters to 347 students in grades pre-K through 8. By comparison, South Carolina's public schools average about 526 students each, so Murray-LaSaine Montessori sits 34% smaller than that benchmark.

Murray-LaSaine Montessori is one of 81 schools operated by Charleston 01, a district that enrolls 52,009 students overall.

In terms of who attends, Murray-LaSaine Montessori reports that 82% of students identify as White, making the school strongly White-majority. Beyond that, the school records 8% Black, 6% Hispanic, 4% multiracial. That is meaningfully more White than the county at large, where the share is closer to 66%.

In terms of school funding signals, The school currently runs with 25 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 14.2:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 13.3:1, putting Murray-LaSaine Montessori higher than the state norm the norm.

In the broader community, community-level numbers for Charleston County indicate 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%. Murray-LaSaine Montessori is one of 98 public schools in Charleston County (combined enrollment of about 55,933 students).

Camp Road Middle is the nearest neighboring public school, about 1.0 miles from this campus. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Murray-LaSaine Montessori.

The school occupies a city-core site.

Five-year trend. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Murray-LaSaine Montessori has showed little movement, going from 354 students in 2018 to 347 in 2025. Black enrollment moved from 25% to 8% across the same window.

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