North Charleston Creative Arts Elementary

North Charleston Creative Arts Elementary operates as a close-knit elementary school in North Charleston, South Carolina, one of the schools within Charleston 01. Current enrollment sits at 399 students spanning grades pre-K through 5. Compared to the state average of about 526 students per school, that is 24% leaner than typical.

Charleston 01 comprises 81 schools with combined enrollment of 52,009 students; North Charleston Creative Arts Elementary is among them.

On the student-mix side, North Charleston Creative Arts Elementary records that the largest single group is Black at 44%, but no single group is in the majority. Other groups include 27% Hispanic, 20% White, 9% multiracial. That is meaningfully more Black than the county at large, where the share is closer to 23%.

On the resource side, On paper, North Charleston Creative Arts Elementary has 38 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 10.5:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 13.3:1, putting North Charleston Creative Arts Elementary tighter than the state norm the norm.

In the surrounding community, ACS estimates for Charleston County put median household income runs about $88,494, 50% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 7%. North Charleston Creative Arts Elementary is one of 98 public schools in Charleston County (combined enrollment of about 55,933 students).

Nearest neighbor: Charleston School of the Arts, around 0.3 miles off. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius.

The school occupies a downtown site.

Looking at the recent track record. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at North Charleston Creative Arts Elementary has shrank 20%, going from 500 students in 2018 to 399 in 2025. Hispanic enrollment moved from 11% to 27% across the same window. Class-load math has tightened: from 13.2:1 in 2018 to 10.5:1 in 2025.

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