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Best High Schools in Berkeley County, SC

At a glance

Schools

11,890

Students

Districts

Top rankedPhilip Simmons High57^th of 235 South Carolina high schools

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Biggest riser

Goose Creek High up 15 spots statewide this year

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Smallest classes

Cross High 9.4 students per teacher

SchoolDigger ratings

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1 school without a SchoolDigger rating (too few tested students)

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School													Students/Teachers											Ranking (2025)				Ranking (2024)				SC READY English Language Arts (2025)		SC READY Mathematics (2025)		EOCEP Algebra 1/Mathematics for the Technologies 2 (2025)	EOCEP English 1 (2025)	EOCEP U.S. History and the Constitution (2025)	EOCEP English 2 (2025)	Per Pupil Expenditures (2025)
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 (2025)	Statewide Rank (2025)	State Percentile (2025)	SchoolDigger Rating (2025)	Average Standard Score (2024)	Statewide Rank (2024)	State Percentile (2024)	Rank Change from Previous Year	SC READY English Language Arts 7th Grade	SC READY English Language Arts 8th Grade	SC READY Mathematics 7th Grade	SC READY Mathematics 8th Grade	EOCEP Algebra 1/Mathematics for the Technologies 2 End of Course	EOCEP English 1 End of Course	EOCEP U.S. History and the Constitution End of Course	EOCEP English 2 End of Course	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
MacDougall High	Public	9-12	1516 Old Gilliard Road	Ridgeville	29472	Berkeley County	Dept Of Correction N04	No	No	No	Yes	(803) 737-3036	4	4	1.1		0 (0.0%)	4 (100.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)								(n/a)
Timberland High	Public	9-12	1418 Gravel Hill Road	Saint Stephen	29479	Berkeley County	Berkeley 01	No	No	No	Yes	(843) 567-8110	718	44	16.3		346 (48.2%)	301 (41.9%)	30 (4.2%)	1 (0.1%)	4 (0.6%)	0 (0.0%)	36 (5.0%)	20.5	189^th of 235 public high schools	19.6%		22.7	180^th of 235 public high schools	23.4%	9					44.6	39.7	41.3	84.4	$16,643	$1,032	$1,156	$2,188	$12,134	$2,320	$14,455
Berkeley High	Public	9-12	406 West Main Street	Moncks Corner	29461	Berkeley County	Berkeley 01	No	No	No	No	(843) 899-8800	2,047	112	18.2		861 (42.1%)	840 (41.0%)	169 (8.3%)	20 (1.0%)	3 (0.1%)	2 (0.1%)	152 (7.4%)	41	136^th of 235 public high schools	42.1%		39.3	135^th of 235 public high schools	42.6%	1					62.4	56.1	61.4	84.4	$12,313	$436	$912	$1,348	$9,020	$1,946	$10,966
Cross High	Public	7-12	1293 Old Highway 6	Cross	29436	Berkeley County	Berkeley 01	No	No	No	Yes	(843) 899-8900	273	29	9.4		44 (16.1%)	197 (72.2%)	20 (7.3%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	12 (4.4%)	38.7	144^th of 235 public high schools	38.7%		37.4	140^th of 235 public high schools	40.4%	4	37.5	31.1	17.5	6.6	84.0	47.5	40.9	85.5	$23,136	$1,825	$1,493	$3,318	$16,614	$3,205	$19,818
Goose Creek High	Public, Magnet	9-12	1137 Red Bank Road	Goose Creek	29445	Berkeley County	Berkeley 01	No	Yes	No	No	(843) 553-5300	1,973	119	16.6		544 (27.6%)	726 (36.8%)	451 (22.9%)	36 (1.8%)	9 (0.5%)	4 (0.2%)	203 (10.3%)	40.5	140^th of 235 public high schools	40.4%		32	155^th of 235 public high schools	34.0%	15					53.0	67.1	55.5	83.9	$11,827	$411	$854	$1,265	$8,643	$1,920	$10,562
Hanahan High	Public	9-12	6015 Murray Drive	Hanahan	29410	Berkeley County	Berkeley 01	No	No	No	No	(843) 820-3710	1,061	64	16.5		537 (50.6%)	109 (10.3%)	261 (24.6%)	38 (3.6%)	16 (1.5%)	2 (0.2%)	98 (9.2%)	50.5	107^th of 235 public high schools	54.5%		45.2	120^th of 235 public high schools	48.9%	13					67.2	67.0	66.2	82.8	$14,018	$617	$780	$1,397	$10,911	$1,709	$12,620
Stratford High	Public	9-12	951 Crowfield Boulevard	Goose Creek	29445	Berkeley County	Berkeley 01	No	No	No	No	(843) 820-4000	2,605	163	15.9		1,010 (38.8%)	711 (27.3%)	571 (21.9%)	44 (1.7%)	12 (0.5%)	3 (0.1%)	254 (9.8%)	42.9	130^th of 235 public high schools	44.7%		51.7	94^th of 235 public high schools	60.0%	36					59.6	65.0	56.3	84.3	$12,626	$450	$900	$1,350	$9,531	$1,745	$11,275
Cane Bay High	Public	9-12	1624 State Road	Summerville	29483	Berkeley County	Berkeley 01	No	No	No	No	(843) 899-8786	2,412	137	17.6		1,266 (52.5%)	536 (22.2%)	322 (13.3%)	52 (2.2%)	6 (0.2%)	2 (0.1%)	228 (9.5%)	55	88^th of 235 public high schools	62.6%		60.2	75^th of 235 public high schools	68.1%	13					58.5	69.0	63.8	91.9	$12,494	$488	$708	$1,197	$9,524	$1,774	$11,297
Philip Simmons High	Public	9-12	3080 River Village Drive	Charleston	29492	Berkeley County	Berkeley 01	No	No	No	No	(843) 471-2960	797	55	14.4		546 (68.5%)	170 (21.3%)	35 (4.4%)	11 (1.4%)	4 (0.5%)	0 (0.0%)	31 (3.9%)	66.6	57^th of 235 public high schools	75.7%		65.9	57^th of 235 public high schools	75.7%						57.2	79.6	75.5	92.2	$14,622	$563	$824	$1,387	$10,936	$2,299	$13,235

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SchoolDigger data sources: National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Department of Education, the U.S. Census Bureau and the South Carolina Department of Education.

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