📍 3464 River Road, Johns Island, Charleston County, 29455
Mt. Zion Elementary is a State/Public serving elementary age pupils, located in Johns Island, Charleston County. The school has 258 pupils enrolled. It is part of the Charleston 01 school district. It serves grades Pre-K–5 in a rural setting. The school employs 20.5 full-time-equivalent teachers, a student-teacher ratio of 12.6:1. 32% of students are proficient in reading. 37% are proficient in maths. Technology infrastructure includes fiber internet, campus-wide Wi-Fi, devices for students.
Mt. Zion Elementary enrolls 258 students across grades Pre-K–5. The student body is 47% male and 53% female. A teaching staff of 20.5 full-time-equivalent teachers supports the school, giving a student-teacher ratio of 12.6:1.
By race and ethnicity, the student body is 40% Hispanic or Latino, 35% White and 20% Black or African American.
| Race / ethnicity | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Hispanic or Latino | 102 | 40% |
| White | 91 | 35% |
| Black or African American | 51 | 20% |
| Two or more races | 14 | 5.4% |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data.
258 of the school's 258 students (100%) qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. Of these, 258 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.
Mt. Zion Elementary is located in a rural setting (NCES locale: Rural, Fringe). 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-10, state senate district 45, state house district 119.
Mt. Zion 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 258 students, Mt. Zion 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: Rural - Fringe
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