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Best public schools in Charleston, SC

32 public schools in Charleston: 13 elementary · 3 middle · 6 high · 8 K-8 · 2 combined. Ranked by our score, based on 2025-26 state test results.

High school end-of-course results are not in our data yet, so South Carolina high schools have no score.

Rankings renumber to share equal ranks and fill gaps when schools are hidden. Scores compare each school with schools of the same type across South Carolina.

Elementary schools

13 schools in Charleston, best first
1
Stiles Point Elementary 99.6
Charleston 01 · Grades PK-5 · 813 students
ELA 92%Math 89%Science 85%
#3 of 585 in South Carolina
2
Harbor View Elementary 94.3
Charleston 01 · Grades PK-5 · 662 students
ELA 83%Math 75%Science 81%
#34 of 585 in South Carolina
3
Drayton Hall Elementary 94.1
Charleston 01 · Grades PK-5 · 655 students
ELA 85%Math 74%Science 75%
#35 of 585 in South Carolina
4
Ashley River Creative Arts Elementary 87.8
Charleston 01 · Grades PK-5 · 617 students
ELA 78%Math 74%Science 71%
#72 of 585 in South Carolina
5
St. Andrew's School of Math and Science 84.2
Charleston 01 · Grades PK-5 · 733 students
ELA 75%Math 71%Science 73%
#93 of 585 in South Carolina
6
Oakland Elementary 82.8
Charleston 01 · Grades PK-5 · 525 students
ELA 77%Math 66%Science 68%
#101 of 585 in South Carolina
7
James Island Elementary 78.7
Charleston 01 · Grades PK-5 · 616 students
ELA 71%Math 69%Science 66%
#125 of 585 in South Carolina
8
Charleston Progressive 58.0
Charleston 01 · Grades PK-5 · 203 students
ELA 65%Math 48%Science 65%
#246 of 585 in South Carolina
9
Springfield Elementary 53.1
Charleston 01 · Grades PK-5 · 674 students
ELA 59%Math 54%Science 52%
#275 of 585 in South Carolina
10
Memminger Elementary 33.4
Charleston 01 · Grades PK-5 · 415 students
ELA 49%Math 44%Science 53%
#390 of 585 in South Carolina
11
Sanders-Clyde Elementary 26.4
Charleston 01 · Grades PK-5 · 353 students
ELA 48%Math 40%Science 43%
#431 of 585 in South Carolina
12
Stono Park Elementary 22.5
Charleston 01 · Grades PK-5 · 371 students
ELA 46%Math 39%Science 37%
#454 of 585 in South Carolina
13
Mitchell Elementary 1.8
Charleston 01 · Grades PK-5 · 200 students
ELA 32%Math 26%Science 19%
#575 of 585 in South Carolina

Middle schools

3 schools in Charleston, best first
1
Camp Road Middle 92.9
Charleston 01 · Grades 6-8 · 857 students
ELA 76%Math 65%Science 69%
#17 of 234 in South Carolina
2
C. E. Williams Middle School for Creative and Scientific Art 51.9
Charleston 01 · Grades 6-8 · 1,241 students
ELA 54%Math 40%Science 53%
#113 of 234 in South Carolina
3
Simmons Pinckney Middle 0.6
Charleston 01 · Grades 6-8 · 199 students
ELA 24%Math 12%Science 16%
#233 of 234 in South Carolina

High schools

6 schools in Charleston
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Berkeley County Middle College High —
Berkeley 01 · Grades 11-12 · 96 students
No published test results
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Burke High —
Charleston 01 · Grades 9-12 · 359 students
No published test results
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James Island Charter High —
Charleston 01 · Grades 9-12 · Charter · 1,597 students
No published test results
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Philip Simmons High —
Berkeley 01 · Grades 9-12 · 809 students
No published test results
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West Ashley Center for Advance Studies —
Charleston 01 · Grades 9-12 · 0 students
No published test results
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West Ashley High —
Charleston 01 · Grades 9-12 · 2,043 students
No published test results

K-8 schools

8 schools in Charleston, best first
1
Buist Academy 99.2
Charleston 01 · Grades 3-8 · 537 students
ELA 99%Math 98%Science 99%
#1 of 61 in South Carolina
2
Montessori Community School 95.9
Charleston 01 · Grades PK-8 · 281 students
ELA 91%Math 79%Science 87%
#3 of 61 in South Carolina
3
Orange Grove Charter School 94.3
Charleston 01 · Grades PK-8 · Charter · 1,169 students
ELA 89%Math 85%Science 77%
#4 of 61 in South Carolina
4
Daniel Island School 92.6
Berkeley 01 · Grades K-8 · 1,146 students
ELA 88%Math 81%Science 85%
#5 of 61 in South Carolina
5
Murray-LaSaine Montessori 76.2
Charleston 01 · Grades PK-8 · 338 students
ELA 78%Math 59%Science 70%
#15 of 61 in South Carolina
6
Carolina Voyager Charter 74.6
Charleston 01 · Grades K-8 · Charter · 392 students
ELA 73%Math 63%Science 67%
#16 of 61 in South Carolina
7
James Simons Montessori 68.0
Charleston 01 · Grades PK-8 · 371 students
ELA 74%Math 50%Science 57%
#20 of 61 in South Carolina
8
Charleston Development Academy 38.5
Charleston 01 · Grades PK-8 · Charter · 168 students
ELA 61%Math 15%Science 42%
#38 of 61 in South Carolina

Combined schools

2 schools in Charleston
1
Charleston Charter School for Math and Science 77.4
Charleston 01 · Grades 6-12 · Charter · 559 students
ELA 60%Math 49%Science 53%
#10 of 42 in South Carolina
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Pattison's Academy for Comprehensive Education —
Charleston 01 · Grades PK-12 · Charter · 50 students
No published test results

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