Schools · Summerville
Summerville, SC schools
16 public, charter and private schools in Summerville. Search by name or narrow by level, type or district.
TownTapestry School GradeNew
B+
Summerville’s School Grade: B+
The public schools Summerville’s kids attend, from kindergarten through graduation, outperform 67% of South Carolina’s districts on state tests and graduation. Among towns with similar incomes, they sit near the middle.
B+Test scoresCGraduation
South Carolina school districts we grade (86)Better than 67%
Lower resultsHigher results
South Carolina towns with similar household incomes (118)Better than 45%
High confidence. Built on 25,974 tested students and a graduating class of 2,462; 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 (Dorchester School District 2)40%
State average 38.3%
Math (Berkeley County)35%
State average 38.3%
Graduation · class of 2020
84% graduate on time
Graduation rate
84%
SC: 82%
Graduating class
2,462
students
The share of students who started ninth grade together and earned a regular diploma within four years. #13 of 160 SC towns →
Districts
Two districts serve Summerville
Dorchester School District 2Grades PK–12 · 25 schools · 25,928 students
$12,547 per studentSC $15,090A-Berkeley 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 16 schools in Summerville
Showing 1–16 of 16 schools
Newington ElementaryElementary · Grades PK–5 · 862 students
BPublicDr. Eugene Sires ElementaryElementary · Grades PK–5 · 791 students
B-PublicFlowertown ElementaryElementary · Grades PK–5 · 783 students
BPublicOakbrook ElementaryElementary · Grades PK–5 · 649 students
C+PublicAlston-Bailey ElementaryElementary · Grades PK–5 · 646 students
B-PublicSummerville PrepElementary · Grades K–8 · 595 students
CharterJames H. Spann ElementaryElementary · Grades PK–5 · 577 students
B-PublicSummerville ElementaryElementary · Grades PK–5 · 548 students
BPublicSummerville Catholic SchoolElementary · Grades PK–8 · 252 students
PrivateBethany Child Development CenterElementary · Grades PK–K · 157 students
PrivateTrinity Classical AcademyElementary · Grades K–8 · 122 students
PrivateOakbrook MiddleMiddle · Grades 6–8 · 861 students
C+PublicGregg MiddleMiddle · Grades 6–8 · 810 students
C+PublicAlston MiddleMiddle · Grades 6–8 · 732 students
C+PublicSummerville HighHigh · Grades 9–12 · 3,361 students
A+PublicLowcountry Connection AcademyOther · Grades K–12 · 743 students
CharterSchool data from the U.S. Department of Education (NCES). Ratings are from neighbors on TownTapestry.