Schools · Charleston
Charleston, SC schools
56 public, charter and private schools in Charleston. Search by name or narrow by level, type or district.
TownTapestry School GradeNew
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Charleston’s School Grade: A-
The public schools Charleston’s kids attend, from kindergarten through graduation, outperform 76% of South Carolina’s districts on state tests and graduation. Among towns with similar incomes, they sit near the middle.
A-Test scoresBGraduation
South Carolina school districts we grade (86)Better than 76%
Lower resultsHigher results
South Carolina towns with similar household incomes (92)Better than 55%
High confidence. Built on 36,779 tested students and a graduating class of 2,517; ordinary year-to-year swings are unlikely to change the grade.
How the School Grade works
- Results, not inputs. Math and reading proficiency on South Carolina’s state tests, each against the state average, plus the four-year graduation rate. Spending and class size are shown below but don’t count toward the grade. Tests: 2020–21; graduation: class of 2020.
- The whole path. A town’s grade follows its kids: every district that serves it, weighted by the number of students tested in each. Tests count 60% and graduation 40%.
- Graded within the state. Each state writes its own tests, so districts are lined up against the rest of South Carolina only. A+ top 5%A next 10%A- next 10%B B+ to B−, next 30%C C+ to C−, next 30%D D and D−, bottom 15%
- Individual schools are graded the same way on their own test results, against every public school in South Carolina with 25+ students. Private schools aren’t graded: they don’t take the state tests.
- What a grade can’t tell you. Test results track family income closely, so a high grade partly reflects who lives in a town. That’s why we also compare towns with similar incomes. Visit, ask other parents, and read neighbor reviews. It’s our own summary of U.S. Department of Education data, not an official rating.
Test scores · 2020–21
State test results
Math (Charleston County)48%
State average 38.3%
Math (Berkeley County)35%
State average 38.3%
Graduation · class of 2020
87% graduate on time
Graduation rate
87%
SC: 82%
Graduating class
2,517
students
The share of students who started ninth grade together and earned a regular diploma within four years. #50 of 160 SC towns →
Districts
Two districts serve Charleston
Charleston County School DistrictGrades PK–12 · 83 schools · 50,856 students
$18,199 per studentSC $15,090ABerkeley County School DistrictGrades PK–12 · 46 schools · 39,423 students
$13,371 per studentSC $15,090BEach district’s own page has its spending, test scores, enrollment and every school.
Every school
All 56 schools in Charleston
Showing 1–30 of 56 schools
Orange Grove Charter SchoolElementary · Grades PK–8 · 1,170 students
ACharterDaniel Island SchoolElementary · Grades K–8 · 1,151 students
A+PublicStiles Point ElementaryElementary · Grades PK–5 · 866 students
APublicAngel Oak ElementaryElementary · Grades PK–5 · 828 students
C+PublicSt. Andrew's School of Math and ScienceElementary · Grades PK–5 · 769 students
A-PublicSpringfield ElementaryElementary · Grades PK–5 · 679 students
B-PublicDrayton Hall ElementaryElementary · Grades PK–5 · 640 students
A-PublicHarbor View ElementaryElementary · Grades PK–5 · 621 students
APublicAshley River Creative Arts ElementaryElementary · Grades PK–5 · 618 students
APublicOakland ElementaryElementary · Grades PK–5 · 556 students
BPublicPhilip Simmons ElementaryElementary · Grades PK–4 · 535 students
A-PublicMemminger ElementaryElementary · Grades PK–5 · 438 students
DPublicCarolina Voyager CharterElementary · Grades K–8 · 402 students
BCharterJames Simons MontessoriElementary · Grades PK–8 · 392 students
C+PublicSanders-Clyde ElementaryElementary · Grades PK–5 · 369 students
DPublicMurray-LaSaine MontessoriElementary · Grades PK–8 · 347 students
B+PublicStono Park ElementaryElementary · Grades PK–5 · 337 students
C-PublicMontessori Community SchoolElementary · Grades PK–8 · 280 students
APublicMitchell ElementaryElementary · Grades PK–5 · 188 students
DPublicCharleston ProgressiveElementary · Grades PK–5 · 184 students
CPublicCharleston Development AcademyElementary · Grades PK–8 · 151 students
C+CharterC. E. Williams Middle School for Creative and Scientific ArtMiddle · Grades 6–8 · 1,299 students
CPublicBuist AcademyMiddle · Grades 3–8 · 521 students
A+PublicPhilip Simmons MiddleMiddle · Grades 5–8 · 473 students
B-PublicHaut Gap MiddleMiddle · Grades 6–8 · 412 students
B-PublicSimmons Pinckney MiddleMiddle · Grades 6–8 · 190 students
D-PublicWest Ashley HighHigh · Grades 9–12 · 2,069 students
APublicJames Island Charter HighHigh · Grades 9–12 · 1,612 students
A+CharterPhilip Simmons HighHigh · Grades 9–12 · 797 students
APublicCharleston Charter School for Math and ScienceHigh · Grades 6–12 · 573 students
B-CharterSchool data from the U.S. Department of Education (NCES). Ratings are from neighbors on TownTapestry.