Murray-LaSaine Montessori, Charleston: zone, report card and calendar

Last checked Oct. 16, 2026. Sources: the school’s website; the school’s administrators page; Charleston County School District’s school lookup tool, 2026-27 academic calendar and 2026-27 bell schedule; the S.C. Department of Education’s 2024-25 report card data files; the federal NCES school directory.

Murray-LaSaine Montessori is a public Montessori school in Charleston County School District, on Riverland Drive on James Island. Its administrators page says the school moved from a dual-track traditional and Montessori magnet to full Montessori and added grades 6 to 8. On South Carolina’s 2024-25 report card it was rated Good for its middle grades, with 53 points, and Good for its elementary grades, with 57 points.

Who to call

• Front office: 843-762-2765, 691 Riverland Drive
• School website: murraylasaine.ccsdschools.com
• Enrolling a new student: register at the zoned school; the district lists what to bring on its required documents page. District office: 843-937-6300
• Which school is my address zoned for? the district’s school lookup tool
• Buses: the district’s transportation page, with its 2026-27 bus stop locator

Principal

Principal Meredith Wallace, according to the school’s administrators page.

Enrollment and teachers

• State count: 347 students in the 2024-25 school year, according to the state’s report card data.
• Federal count: 338 students in the 2023-24 school year, with 24 full-time-equivalent teachers, according to the NCES directory. That is about 14 students per teacher.

State report card

South Carolina rates every public school each year as Excellent, Good, Average, Below Average or Unsatisfactory. An Excellent rating means “school performance substantially exceeds the criteria to ensure all students meet the Profile of the SC Graduate,” according to the state’s report card site. The overall rating is built from indicators such as academic achievement, preparing for success, student progress, English learners’ progress and school climate, with graduation rate and college and career readiness added for high schools.

2024-25 rating for middle grades: Good, 53 points. On the state’s middle school scale, Excellent 56 to 100, Good 48 to 55, Average 36 to 47, Below Average 29 to 35 and Unsatisfactory 28 and below.

On the spring 2025 SC READY tests in grades 6 to 8, 85.4% of students met or exceeded expectations in English language arts and 43.9% in math, according to the state’s report card data.

2024-25 rating for elementary grades: Good, 57 points. On the state’s elementary scale, Excellent 61 to 100, Good 53 to 60, Average 42 to 52, Below Average 34 to 41 and Unsatisfactory 33 and below.

On the spring 2025 SC READY tests in grades 3 to 5, 79.7% of students met or exceeded expectations in English language arts and 56.8% in math; on the state science test, 68.4% did, according to the state’s report card data.

Across Charleston County School District, in grades 3 to 8, the figures were 67.6% in English, 56.2% in math and 57.2% in science.

The full report cards, with test results by group, teacher data, school safety and spending, are on the state’s SC School Report Cards site: middle grades card and elementary grades card. The state publishes new ratings each fall.

Attendance zone

Check an address with the district’s school lookup tool, which the district links from its lookup page.

In the district’s zone layers, Murray-LaSaine is listed for kindergarten to fifth grade in parts of the Harbor View and James Island Elementary zones, and it is the constituent Montessori option for James Island. The district’s application page says Montessori seats for 3- and 4-year-olds and for middle grades need a School Choice application, “even if the student resides in the enrollment zone of the Montessori school.” The James Island zones feed Camp Road Middle and James Island Charter High.

We did not find a published feeder list on the district’s site, so these pairings come from the district’s own zone layers, for 2025-26 and 2026-27; where a zone is split, the street address decides.

Calendar and school hours

Murray-LaSaine Montessori follows Charleston County School District’s 2026-27 calendar. Coming dates from the academic calendar (PDF):

• Tuesday, Nov. 3: Election Day, schools closed
• Nov. 23-24: no school; both are weather make-up days if the district needs them
• Nov. 25-27: fall break
• Friday, Dec. 18: half day
• Dec. 21 to Jan. 1: winter break; students return Tuesday, Jan. 5

School hours: 7:25 a.m. to 2:25 p.m., with arrival from 7 a.m., according to the district’s 2026-27 bell schedule (PDF). Early-release days end at 12:25 p.m. and half days at 10:40 a.m.

More

• The district’s elementary schools page
• Every public school in Charleston, with zones and report cards
• Our Charleston schools guide for the district calendars, enrollment and the school board

Frequently asked questions

What grades does Murray-LaSaine Montessori serve?

Murray-LaSaine Montessori serves pre-K through eighth grade, according to the state’s 2024-25 report card.

What is Murray-LaSaine Montessori’s school rating?

Murray-LaSaine Montessori was rated Good for its middle grades, with 53 points, and Good for its elementary grades, with 57 points, on South Carolina’s 2024-25 school report card, the latest the state has published.

Which high school does Murray-LaSaine Montessori feed into?

In Charleston County School District’s zone layers, the Murray-LaSaine Montessori zone feeds Camp Road Middle and then James Island Charter High.

What time does Murray-LaSaine Montessori start?

The school day runs 7:25 a.m. to 2:25 p.m., with arrival from 7 a.m., according to the district’s 2026-27 bell schedule.