📍 3100 Carner Avenue, North Charleston, Charleston County, 29405
Chicora Elementary is a State/Public serving elementary age pupils, located in North Charleston, Charleston County. The school has 320 pupils enrolled. It is part of the Charleston 01 school district. It serves grades 1–5 in an urban setting. The school employs 33 full-time-equivalent teachers, a student-teacher ratio of 9.7:1. 9% are proficient in maths. Technology infrastructure includes fiber internet, campus-wide Wi-Fi, devices for students.
Chicora Elementary enrolls 320 students across grades 1–5. The student body is 51% male and 49% female. A teaching staff of 33 full-time-equivalent teachers supports the school, giving a student-teacher ratio of 9.7:1.
By race and ethnicity, the student body is 89% Black or African American, 7.2% Hispanic or Latino and 2.2% White.
| Race / ethnicity | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Black or African American | 285 | 89% |
| Hispanic or Latino | 23 | 7.2% |
| White | 7 | 2.2% |
| Two or more races | 5 | 1.6% |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data.
320 of the school's 320 students (100%) qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. Of these, 320 qualify for free lunch and 0 for a reduced price. Free and reduced-price lunch eligibility is a widely used indicator of the share of students from lower-income households.
Chicora Elementary is located in an urban setting (NCES locale: City, Midsize). Virtual instruction: Supplemental Virtual. The school runs a schoolwide Title I program, which provides federal funding to support students from low-income families. For civic and policy purposes, the school sits in congressional district SC-60, state senate district 42, state house district 109.
Chicora Elementary is one of 82 schools in Charleston 01, based in Charleston, South Carolina. The district serves 50,856 students district-wide and employs 3,791 full-time-equivalent teachers. With 320 students, Chicora Elementary is smaller than the district average of about 620 students per school.
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Proficiency based on state assessments.
Setting: City - Midsize