Best Public Schools in Charleston, South Carolina & Rankings

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School													Students/Teachers											Ranking (2023)				Ranking (2022)				SC READY English Language Arts (2023)						SC READY Mathematics (2023)						EOCEP Algebra 1/Mathematics for the Technologies 2 (2023)	EOCEP Biology 1/Applied Biology 2 (2023)	EOCEP English 1 (2023)	EOCEP English 2 (2023)	SCPASS Science (2023)		Per Pupil Expenditures (2023)
Name	Type	Grades	Address	City	Zip	County	District	Is Charter	Is Magnet	Is Virtual	Is Title I	Phone	Enrollment	Full-time Teachers	Student/ Teacher Ratio	Free/Discounted Lunch Recipients	White	Black	Hispanic	Asian	American Indian	Pacific Islander	Two or More Races	Average Standard Score (2023)	Statewide Rank (2023)	State Percentile (2023)	SchoolDigger Rating (2023)	Average Standard Score (2022)	Statewide Rank (2022)	State Percentile (2022)	Rank Change from Previous Year	SC READY English Language Arts 3rd Grade	SC READY English Language Arts 4th Grade	SC READY English Language Arts 5th Grade	SC READY English Language Arts 6th Grade	SC READY English Language Arts 7th Grade	SC READY English Language Arts 8th Grade	SC READY Mathematics 3rd Grade	SC READY Mathematics 4th Grade	SC READY Mathematics 5th Grade	SC READY Mathematics 6th Grade	SC READY Mathematics 7th Grade	SC READY Mathematics 8th Grade	EOCEP Algebra 1/Mathematics for the Technologies 2 End of Course	EOCEP Biology 1/Applied Biology 2 End of Course	EOCEP English 1 End of Course	EOCEP English 2 End of Course	SCPASS Science 4th Grade	SCPASS Science 6th Grade	Per Pupil Expenditures: Total	Personnel Spending from Federal Funds	Non-Personnel Spending from Federal Funds	Sub-total from Federal Funds	Personnel Spending from State and Local Funds	Non-Personnel from State and Local Funds	Sub-total Spending from State and Local Funds
Daniel Island School	Public	PK, KG-8	2365 Daniel Island Drive	Charleston	29492	Berkeley County	Berkeley 01	No	No	No	No	(843) 471-2301	1,172	69	16.9	4.9%	1,029 (87.8%)	36 (3.1%)	35 (3.0%)	30 (2.6%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	42 (3.6%)	97.4	5^th of 644 public elementary schools	99.2%		97.4	9^th of 625 public elementary schools	98.6%	4	85.3	91.1	82.3	92.8	86.5	84.4	81.4	82.1	78.0	82.9	67.0	63.3	100.0				82.1	88.2	$10,428	$698	$543	$1,241	$7,709	$1,478	$9,187
Philip Simmons High	Public	9-12	3080 River Village Drive	Charleston	29492	Berkeley County	Berkeley 01	No	No	No	No	(843) 471-2960	731	50	14.5	21.8%	485 (66.3%)	169 (23.1%)	41 (5.6%)	5 (0.7%)	1 (0.1%)	0 (0.0%)	30 (4.1%)	71	49^th of 237 public high schools	79.3%		67.8	50^th of 226 public high schools	77.9%	1													60.5	67.0	90.1	77.7			$11,345	$517	$578	$1,095	$8,738	$1,512	$10,250
Memminger Elementary	Public, Magnet	PK, KG-5	20 Beaufain Street	Charleston	29401	Charleston County	Charleston 01	No	Yes	No	Yes	(843) 724-7778	332	40	8.3	100.0%	101 (30.4%)	214 (64.5%)	6 (1.8%)	1 (0.3%)	1 (0.3%)	0 (0.0%)	9 (2.7%)	26.6	476^th of 644 public elementary schools	26.1%		17.6	520^th of 625 public elementary schools	16.8%	44	37.8	42.3	29.4				51.3	38.5	11.8								38.4		$26,747	$3,275	$2,041	$5,316	$17,364	$4,068	$21,432
Mitchell Elementary	Public, Magnet	PK, KG-5	2 Perry Street	Charleston	29403	Charleston County	Charleston 01	No	Yes	No	Yes	(843) 724-7261	216	28	7.6	100.0%	8 (3.7%)	202 (93.5%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.5%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	5 (2.3%)	10.8	600^th of 644 public elementary schools	6.8%		11.7	566^th of 625 public elementary schools	9.4%	34	30.6	17.2	13.2				48.6	13.9	10.5								11.1		$26,419	$4,249	$1,525	$5,775	$16,737	$3,907	$20,645
Murray-LaSaine Montessori	Public	PK, KG-8	691 Riverland Drive	Charleston	29412	Charleston County	Charleston 01	No	No	No	No	(843) 762-2765	354	25	14.1		299 (84.5%)	36 (10.2%)	9 (2.5%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.3%)	0 (0.0%)	9 (2.5%)	80.3	118^th of 644 public elementary schools	81.7%		80.7	110^th of 625 public elementary schools	82.4%	8	61.1	89.8	85.0	73.9			41.6	66.6	62.5	60.9							66.7	43.5	$17,923	$1,103	$1,155	$2,258	$12,265	$3,400	$15,665
Oakland Elementary	Public	PK, KG-5	505-A Arlington Drive	Charleston	29414	Charleston County	Charleston 01	No	No	No	Yes	(843) 763-1510	549	44	12.6	100.0%	284 (51.7%)	177 (32.2%)	37 (6.7%)	18 (3.3%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.2%)	32 (5.8%)	58.4	258^th of 644 public elementary schools	59.9%		71.7	169^th of 625 public elementary schools	73.0%	89	50.7	75.8	47.9				38.0	71.2	35.6								65.2		$16,200	$1,881	$1,030	$2,912	$10,765	$2,523	$13,289
Sanders-Clyde Elementary	Public	PK, KG-5	805 Morrison Drive	Charleston	29403	Charleston County	Charleston 01	No	No	No	Yes	(843) 724-7783	394	42	9.4	100.0%	9 (2.3%)	362 (91.9%)	12 (3.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	11 (2.8%)	5.5	637^th of 644 public elementary schools	1.1%		10.1	582^nd of 625 public elementary schools	6.9%	55	17.0	24.5	21.0				17.1	17.7	18.4								13.3		$27,279	$3,709	$1,840	$5,549	$17,726	$4,004	$21,730
James Simons Montessori	Public	PK, KG-8	741 King Street	Charleston	29403	Charleston County	Charleston 01	No	No	No	Yes	(843) 724-7763	376	28	13.2	100.0%	204 (54.3%)	147 (39.1%)	13 (3.5%)	4 (1.1%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	8 (2.1%)	62.3	233^rd of 644 public elementary schools	63.8%		56.1	265^th of 625 public elementary schools	57.6%	32	83.8	66.7	58.1	56.0			64.9	50.0	38.7	24.0							45.9	36.0	$20,866	$1,755	$1,672	$3,428	$14,819	$2,620	$17,439
Springfield Elementary	Public	PK, KG-5	2130 Pinehurst Avenue	Charleston	29414	Charleston County	Charleston 01	No	No	No	Yes	(843) 763-1538	641	48	13.4	100.0%	262 (40.9%)	242 (37.8%)	85 (13.3%)	15 (2.3%)	3 (0.5%)	2 (0.3%)	32 (5.0%)	46.2	338^th of 644 public elementary schools	47.5%		53.1	287^th of 625 public elementary schools	54.1%	51	43.0	53.5	58.9				54.6	32.9	43.3								37.0		$15,350	$1,563	$991	$2,554	$10,398	$2,399	$12,796
St. Andrew's School of Math and Science	Public, Magnet	PK, KG-5	30 Chadwick Drive	Charleston	29407	Charleston County	Charleston 01	No	Yes	No	No	(843) 763-1503	739	48	15.5	28.6%	437 (59.1%)	193 (26.1%)	61 (8.3%)	11 (1.5%)	0 (0.0%)	2 (0.3%)	35 (4.7%)	88.9	70^th of 644 public elementary schools	89.1%		87.2	74^th of 625 public elementary schools	88.2%	4	78.7	76.0	64.9				77.9	70.4	62.3								72.8		$12,316	$1,118	$820	$1,939	$8,314	$2,063	$10,378
Stiles Point Elementary	Public	PK, KG-5	883-A Mikell Drive	Charleston	29412	Charleston County	Charleston 01	No	No	No	No	(843) 762-2767	776	45	17.4	8.2%	679 (87.5%)	43 (5.5%)	18 (2.3%)	6 (0.8%)	1 (0.1%)	2 (0.3%)	27 (3.5%)	95.5	16^th of 644 public elementary schools	97.5%		94.5	28^th of 625 public elementary schools	95.5%	12	85.1	88.3	80.4				90.9	72.3	72.9								70.3		$12,087	$1,250	$853	$2,103	$8,303	$1,681	$9,984
Stono Park Elementary	Public	PK, KG-5	314 Huntley Drive	Charleston	29407	Charleston County	Charleston 01	No	No	No	Yes	(843) 763-1507	408	34	12.0	100.0%	54 (13.2%)	315 (77.2%)	19 (4.7%)	4 (1.0%)	1 (0.2%)	0 (0.0%)	15 (3.7%)	31.9	439^th of 644 public elementary schools	31.8%		24.6	468^th of 625 public elementary schools	25.1%	29	30.0	50.9	21.8				56.0	36.8	15.2								45.6		$22,015	$3,749	$1,976	$5,725	$13,267	$3,023	$16,290
Charleston Progressive	Public, Magnet	PK, KG-5	382 Meeting Street	Charleston	29403	Charleston County	Charleston 01	No	Yes	No	Yes	(843) 720-2967	235	23	10.2	100.0%	3 (1.3%)	229 (97.4%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	3 (1.3%)	32.3	437^th of 644 public elementary schools	32.1%		40.7	367^th of 625 public elementary schools	41.3%	70	47.1	55.2	40.7				44.1	20.7	37.0								27.5		$25,161	$2,601	$1,702	$4,303	$15,933	$4,925	$20,858
C. E. Williams Middle School for Creative and Scientific Art	Public, Magnet	6-8	3090 Sanders Road	Charleston	29414	Charleston County	Charleston 01	No	Yes	No	Yes	(843) 763-1529	1,207	94	12.8	52.6%	456 (37.8%)	556 (46.1%)	91 (7.5%)	23 (1.9%)	1 (0.1%)	5 (0.4%)	75 (6.2%)	50.4	150^th of 325 public middle schools	53.8%		41.8	173^rd of 310 public middle schools	44.2%	23				61.6	42.5	43.4				37.6	24.5	21.8	78.6					50.0	$15,546	$1,530	$1,018	$2,548	$9,868	$3,130	$12,998
West Ashley High	Public	9-12	4060 West Wildcat Boulevard	Charleston	29414	Charleston County	Charleston 01	No	No	No	No	(843) 573-1201	1,840	114	16.1	100.0%	855 (46.5%)	741 (40.3%)	139 (7.6%)	31 (1.7%)	3 (0.2%)	10 (0.5%)	61 (3.3%)	67.4	55^th of 237 public high schools	76.8%		65.2	58^th of 226 public high schools	74.3%	3													76.9	70.3	82.8	74.4			$13,804	$911	$1,021	$1,933	$9,368	$2,503	$11,871
James Island Elementary	Public	PK, KG-5	1872 Grimball Road	Charleston	29412	Charleston County	Charleston 01	No	No	No	No	(843) 762-8240	529	40	13.3	28.7%	334 (63.1%)	155 (29.3%)	13 (2.5%)	9 (1.7%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.2%)	17 (3.2%)	61.5	234^th of 644 public elementary schools	63.7%		68	188^th of 625 public elementary schools	69.9%	46	68.2	53.3	62.4				60.3	40.3	52.0								45.5		$17,302	$2,544	$1,016	$3,560	$11,178	$2,563	$13,742
Charleston Development Academy	Public, Charter	PK, KG-8	233 Line Street	Charleston	29403	Charleston County	Charleston 01	Yes	No	No	Yes	(843) 722-2689	152	15	10.2	100.0%	3 (2.0%)	149 (98.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	66.7	208^th of 644 public elementary schools	67.7%					(n/a)				61.9						28.6								61.9	$16,824	$1,901	$540	$2,442	$10,821	$3,562	$14,383
Drayton Hall Elementary	Public	PK, KG-5	3138 Ashley River Road	Charleston	29414	Charleston County	Charleston 01	No	No	No	No	(843) 852-0678	606	39	15.7	22.9%	435 (71.8%)	84 (13.9%)	42 (6.9%)	12 (2.0%)	0 (0.0%)	3 (0.5%)	30 (5.0%)	89.5	64^th of 644 public elementary schools	90.1%		80.6	111^th of 625 public elementary schools	82.2%	47	70.8	74.8	77.0				76.4	70.6	67.8								65.2		$14,033	$1,050	$813	$1,863	$9,763	$2,406	$12,170
James Island Charter High	Public, Charter	9-12	1000 Ft. Johnson Road	Charleston	29412	Charleston County	Charleston 01	Yes	No	No	No	(843) 762-2754	1,611	103	15.6	21.1%	1,153 (71.6%)	331 (20.5%)	68 (4.2%)	11 (0.7%)	4 (0.2%)	1 (0.1%)	43 (2.7%)	73.9	41^st of 237 public high schools	82.7%		75.6	28^th of 226 public high schools	87.6%	13													74.8	74.3	89.7	73.4			$14,988	$708	$1,880	$2,588	$8,857	$3,543	$12,400
Harbor View Elementary	Public	PK, KG-5	1576 Harbor View Road	Charleston	29412	Charleston County	Charleston 01	No	No	No	No	(843) 762-2749	629	44	14.4		494 (78.5%)	69 (11.0%)	23 (3.7%)	8 (1.3%)	0 (0.0%)	2 (0.3%)	33 (5.2%)	89	67^th of 644 public elementary schools	89.6%		92.8	45^th of 625 public elementary schools	92.8%	22	68.9	75.3	82.8				69.9	77.8	64.5								64.9		$13,955	$1,566	$861	$2,426	$9,417	$2,112	$11,529
Burke High	Public, Magnet	9-12	244 President Street	Charleston	29403	Charleston County	Charleston 01	No	Yes	No	Yes	(843) 579-4815	355	59	6.0	100.0%	12 (3.4%)	335 (94.4%)	4 (1.1%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	4 (1.1%)	17.5	196^th of 237 public high schools	17.3%		14.3	196^th of 226 public high schools	13.3%														67.2	34.1	67.4	24.7			$31,955	$2,688	$2,574	$5,262	$19,640	$7,053	$26,693
Ashley River Creative Arts Elementary	Public, Magnet	PK, KG-5	1871 Wallace School Road	Charleston	29407	Charleston County	Charleston 01	No	Yes	No	No	(843) 763-1555	568	43	13.1	13.2%	409 (72.0%)	82 (14.4%)	29 (5.1%)	16 (2.8%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	32 (5.6%)	93.7	31^st of 644 public elementary schools	95.2%		94.6	27^th of 625 public elementary schools	95.7%	4	76.3	79.0	86.3				74.2	69.5	81.0								80.0		$15,874	$1,332	$903	$2,235	$11,092	$2,547	$13,639
Buist Academy	Public, Magnet	3-8	103 Calhoun Street	Charleston	29401	Charleston County	Charleston 01	No	Yes	No	No	(843) 724-7750	560	38	14.9	8.0%	406 (72.5%)	71 (12.7%)	26 (4.6%)	28 (5.0%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.2%)	28 (5.0%)	99.8	1^st of 325 public middle schools	99.7%		99.8	1^st of 310 public middle schools	99.7%				95.2	96.3	98.1	92.3		96.4	92.8	93.6	86.3	88.4	98.9					93.5	$12,906	$489	$771	$1,260	$9,282	$2,364	$11,645
Orange Grove Charter School	Public, Charter	PK, KG-8	1225 Orange Branch Road	Charleston	29407	Charleston County	Charleston 01	Yes	No	No	No	(843) 763-1520	1,153	74	15.6	9.5%	902 (78.2%)	138 (12.0%)	54 (4.7%)	21 (1.8%)	0 (0.0%)	5 (0.4%)	33 (2.9%)	96.2	12^th of 644 public elementary schools	98.1%		97.4	7^th of 625 public elementary schools	98.9%	5	85.7	84.5	90.5	83.5	81.3	85.0	87.2	81.4	87.3	56.2	72.3	56.7	100.0				79.1	71.1	$12,178	$1,172	$540	$1,712	$8,835	$1,631	$10,466
Charleston Charter School for Math and Science	Public, Charter	6-12	1002 King Street	Charleston	29403	Charleston County	Charleston 01	Yes	No	No	No	(843) 720-3085	547	52	10.5	50.1%	185 (33.8%)	296 (54.1%)	48 (8.8%)	5 (0.9%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	13 (2.4%)	61.5	75^th of 237 public high schools	68.4%		59.8	68^th of 226 public high schools	69.9%	7				55.3	57.7	61.6				47.4	29.2	53.8	79.5	60.2	90.1	57.3		44.8	$14,691	$1,078	$836	$1,914	$10,082	$2,696	$12,777
Pattison's Academy for Comprehensive Education	Public, Charter, Alternative	K-12	721 Wappoo Road	Charleston	29407	Charleston County	Charleston 01	Yes	No	No	Yes	(843) 402-7850	41	7	5.8	29.3%	15 (36.6%)	17 (41.5%)	7 (17.1%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	2 (4.9%)								(n/a)																			$64,633	$4,273	$1,108	$5,381	$40,191	$19,061	$59,252
Montessori Community School	Public, Magnet	PK, KG-8	2122 Wood Avenue	Charleston	29414	Charleston County	Charleston 01	No	Yes	No	No	(843) 769-0346	264	18	14.6	11.4%	228 (86.4%)	14 (5.3%)	2 (0.8%)	2 (0.8%)	0 (0.0%)	3 (1.1%)	15 (5.7%)	96.9	9^th of 644 public elementary schools	98.6%		94	34^th of 625 public elementary schools	94.6%	25	91.3	96.3	84.6	80.7	86.9	86.4	78.2	88.9	69.2	73.1	73.9	72.7					92.5	76.9	$18,839	$1,328	$1,297	$2,626	$13,542	$2,671	$16,213
Carolina Voyager Charter	Public, Charter	K-8	721 Wappoo Road	Charleston	29407	Charleston County	Charleston 01	Yes	No	No	No	(843) 203-3891	381	29	13.0	27.0%	256 (67.2%)	75 (19.7%)	20 (5.2%)	5 (1.3%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.3%)	24 (6.3%)	50.4	311^th of 644 public elementary schools	51.7%		67.9	191^st of 625 public elementary schools	69.4%	120	71.7	52.2	55.8	56.5	55.9	65.0	60.9	39.1	41.9	28.2	20.9	35.0					32.6	28.3	$11,104	$1,150	$1,137	$2,287	$7,049	$1,767	$8,816
Simmons Pinckney Middle	Public	6-8	244 President Street	Charleston	29403	Charleston County	Charleston 01	No	No	No	Yes	(843) 724-7789	262	26	10.0	100.0%	5 (1.9%)	244 (93.1%)	6 (2.3%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	7 (2.7%)	6.1	324^th of 325 public middle schools	0.3%		7.8	308^th of 310 public middle schools	0.6%	16				18.8	13.1	24.6				11.6	2.6	7.1						5.7	$22,040	$2,730	$1,049	$3,778	$15,295	$2,967	$18,261
Camp Road Middle	Public	6-8	1825 Camp Road	Charleston	29412	Charleston County	Charleston 01	No	No	No	No	(843) 762-2784	833	50	16.5	20.9%	628 (75.4%)	143 (17.2%)	23 (2.8%)	7 (0.8%)	3 (0.4%)	2 (0.2%)	27 (3.2%)	82.6	52^nd of 325 public middle schools	84.0%		80.8	55^th of 310 public middle schools	82.3%	3				67.3	57.9	63.0				55.8	47.8	43.4	96.5					63.3	$13,546	$1,715	$1,017	$2,732	$8,455	$2,359	$10,814
West Ashley Center for Advance Studies	Public	9-12	4066 West Wildcat Boulevard	Charleston	29414	Charleston County	Charleston 01	No	No	No	No	(843) 852-2524	0	13	.0		0 ()	0 ()	0 ()	0 ()	0 ()	0 ()	0 ()								(n/a)
Charleston Advancement Academy High School	Public, Charter	9-12	1484 Camp Road	Charleston	29412	Charleston County	School Public Charter School District	Yes	No	No	Yes	(843) 494-5521	453	12	37.7	84.1%	145 (32.0%)	217 (47.9%)	76 (16.8%)	2 (0.4%)	1 (0.2%)	1 (0.2%)	11 (2.4%)	5.9	228^th of 237 public high schools	3.8%		3.8	225^th of 226 public high schools	0.4%	3													3.9	38.7	56.3	23.4
Compass Collegiate Academy	Public, Charter	K-2	34 Race Street	Charleston	29403	Charleston County	School Public Charter School District	Yes	No	No	No	(843) 410-9765	55	5	11.7	63.6%	16 (29.1%)	32 (58.2%)	2 (3.6%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	5 (9.1%)								(n/a)

City	Distance	# of Schools	Statewide Rank
Mount Pleasant	4.01 mi	18	8^th
North Charleston	4.92 mi	31	140^th
Sullivans Island	5.99 mi	1	1^st
Johns Island	9.04 mi	4	95^th
Hanahan	9.43 mi	4	69^th

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Charleston Charter School for Math and Science

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C. E. Williams Middle School for Creative and Scientific Art

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