Schools · Mount Pleasant
Mount Pleasant, SC schools
26 public, charter and private schools in Mount Pleasant. Search by name or narrow by level, type or district.
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Mount Pleasant’s School Grade: A
The public schools Mount Pleasant’s kids attend, from kindergarten through graduation, outperform 86% of South Carolina’s districts on state tests and graduation. Among towns with similar incomes, they rank near the top.
ATest scoresBGraduation
South Carolina school districts we grade (86)Better than 86%
Lower resultsHigher results
South Carolina towns with similar household incomes (41)Better than 68%
High confidence. Built on 23,267 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%
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
The district serving Mount Pleasant
Each district’s own page has its spending, test scores, enrollment and every school.
Every school
All 26 schools in Mount Pleasant
Showing 1–26 of 26 schools
Jennie Moore ElementaryElementary · Grades PK–5 · 993 students
APublicCarolina Park ElementaryElementary · Grades K–5 · 931 students
APublicJames B. Edwards ElementaryElementary · Grades PK–5 · 767 students
APublicMamie P. Whitesides ElementaryElementary · Grades PK–5 · 767 students
A+PublicLaurel Hill PrimaryElementary · Grades PK–2 · 691 students
PublicBelle Hall ElementaryElementary · Grades PK–5 · 649 students
A+PublicCharles Pinckney ElementaryElementary · Grades 3–5 · 644 students
A+PublicMt. Pleasant AcademyElementary · Grades PK–5 · 630 students
A+PublicEast Cooper Montessori CharterElementary · Grades PK–8 · 433 students
A+CharterMoultrie MiddleMiddle · Grades 6–8 · 1,130 students
APublicThomas C. Cario MiddleMiddle · Grades 6–8 · 1,105 students
APublicLaing MiddleMiddle · Grades 6–8 · 986 students
APublicWando HighHigh · Grades 9–12 · 2,588 students
A+PublicLucy Garrett Beckham HighHigh · Grades 9–12 · 1,757 students
B-PublicOceanside Collegiate AcademyHigh · Grades 9–12 · 623 students
CharterEast Cooper Center for Advanced StudiesHigh · Grades 9–12
PublicCHRIST OUR KING-STELLA MANS SCHOOL
PrivateO'QUINN SCHOOLS OF PORTER-GAUD (2 CAMPUSES)
PrivatePALMETTO CHRISTIAN ACADEMY
PrivatePALMETTO CHRISTIAN ACADEMY
PrivateST ANDREW'S DAY SCHOOL
PrivateSUNDROPS MONTESSORI BRIDGE CAMPUS
PrivateSUNDROPS MONTESSORI SCHOOL
PrivateTHE PROMISE SCHOOL
PrivateTRIDENT ACADEMY
PrivateUNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF THE LOWCOUNTRY
PrivateSchool data from the U.S. Department of Education (NCES). Ratings are from neighbors on TownTapestry.