Pinehurst Elementary

Pinehurst Elementary, a mid-tier elementary school in North Charleston, South Carolina, one of the schools within Charleston 01, caters to 758 students, covering grades 1 through 5. Compared to the state average of about 526 students per school, that is 44% larger than typical.

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

Demographically, Pinehurst Elementary shows that the largest single group is Hispanic, at 79% of enrollment. Other groups include 15% Black, 4% White. By comparison, Charleston County as a whole is about 7% Hispanic, so the school skews meaningfully more Hispanic than its surroundings.

In terms of school funding signals, Staff filings list 66 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 11.5:1 students per teacher. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 13.3:1 average.

Around the school, Charleston County reports that median household earnings sit near $88,494, 50% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 7%. Pinehurst Elementary is one of 98 public schools in Charleston County (combined enrollment of about 55,933 students).

The closest other public school is Northwoods Middle, roughly 0.1 miles away. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius.

Geographically, the school is in a city-core area.

Looking at the recent track record. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Pinehurst Elementary has held roughly steady, going from 775 students in 2018 to 758 in 2025. Over the same period, the Hispanic share increased from 67% to 79%. Class-load math has narrowed: from 14.6:1 in 2018 to 11.5:1 in 2025.

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