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Charleston, SC schools

56 public, charter and private schools in Charleston. Search by name or narrow by level, type or district.

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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

Each 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
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Orange Grove Charter SchoolElementary · Grades PK–8 · 1,170 students
ACharter
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Daniel Island SchoolElementary · Grades K–8 · 1,151 students
A+Public
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Stiles Point ElementaryElementary · Grades PK–5 · 866 students
APublic
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Angel Oak ElementaryElementary · Grades PK–5 · 828 students
C+Public
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St. Andrew's School of Math and ScienceElementary · Grades PK–5 · 769 students
A-Public
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Springfield ElementaryElementary · Grades PK–5 · 679 students
B-Public
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Drayton Hall ElementaryElementary · Grades PK–5 · 640 students
A-Public
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Harbor View ElementaryElementary · Grades PK–5 · 621 students
APublic
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Ashley River Creative Arts ElementaryElementary · Grades PK–5 · 618 students
APublic
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Oakland ElementaryElementary · Grades PK–5 · 556 students
BPublic
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Philip Simmons ElementaryElementary · Grades PK–4 · 535 students
A-Public
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Memminger ElementaryElementary · Grades PK–5 · 438 students
DPublic
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Carolina Voyager CharterElementary · Grades K–8 · 402 students
BCharter
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James Simons MontessoriElementary · Grades PK–8 · 392 students
C+Public
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Sanders-Clyde ElementaryElementary · Grades PK–5 · 369 students
DPublic
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Murray-LaSaine MontessoriElementary · Grades PK–8 · 347 students
B+Public
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Stono Park ElementaryElementary · Grades PK–5 · 337 students
C-Public
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Montessori Community SchoolElementary · Grades PK–8 · 280 students
APublic
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Mitchell ElementaryElementary · Grades PK–5 · 188 students
DPublic
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Charleston ProgressiveElementary · Grades PK–5 · 184 students
CPublic
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Charleston Development AcademyElementary · Grades PK–8 · 151 students
C+Charter
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C. E. Williams Middle School for Creative and Scientific ArtMiddle · Grades 6–8 · 1,299 students
CPublic
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Buist AcademyMiddle · Grades 3–8 · 521 students
A+Public
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Philip Simmons MiddleMiddle · Grades 5–8 · 473 students
B-Public
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Haut Gap MiddleMiddle · Grades 6–8 · 412 students
B-Public
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Simmons Pinckney MiddleMiddle · Grades 6–8 · 190 students
D-Public
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West Ashley HighHigh · Grades 9–12 · 2,069 students
APublic
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James Island Charter HighHigh · Grades 9–12 · 1,612 students
A+Charter
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Philip Simmons HighHigh · Grades 9–12 · 797 students
APublic
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Charleston Charter School for Math and ScienceHigh · Grades 6–12 · 573 students
B-Charter

School data from the U.S. Department of Education (NCES). Ratings are from neighbors on TownTapestry.

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