The 30 public schools with North Charleston addresses in Charleston County and Dorchester Two, with grades, enrollment and state ratings.

Last checked Oct. 12, 2026. Sources: Charleston County School District’s school lookup tool, schools pages, application windows and pre-K expansion page; Dorchester School District Two’s find my school page and Dorchester County’s attendance zone lookup; each school’s own website; the S.C. Department of Education’s 2024-25 report card data files; the federal NCES school directory and Private School Survey.

The city of North Charleston does not run schools. Homes in the Charleston County part of the city, most of it, are served by Charleston County School District (CCSD), 843-937-6300. Homes in the Dorchester County part, including Coosaw Creek and Wescott, are served by Dorchester School District Two, 843-873-2901. A small part of the city is in Berkeley County, served by the Berkeley County School District.

School zones do not follow the city limits. Each district draws its own elementary, middle and high school zones, and several schools that serve city addresses sit outside the city, while some schools inside it take students from across the county by application.

Find your school

Below are the 26 CCSD schools and 4 Dorchester School District Two schools with North Charleston addresses, each with its own page: address, principal, enrollment, state report card, zone and feeder schools, calendar and school hours. Tables are in alphabetical order. The rating column gives the school’s overall rating and points on South Carolina’s 2024-25 report card, which rates schools Excellent, Good, Average, Below Average or Unsatisfactory; schools with middle and high school grades get a rating for each.

High schools

School Address Grades Students, 2024-25 State rating, 2024-25 Zone
Academic Magnet High 5109 W. Enterprise St. 9 to 12 740 Excellent, 98 None; apply
Charleston County School of the Arts 5109-B W. Enterprise St. 6 to 12 1,102 Excellent, 90 (high); Excellent, 78 (middle) None; apply
Fort Dorchester High (Dorchester Two) 8500 Patriot Blvd. 9 to 12 2,344 Excellent, 71 Dorchester lookup
Military Magnet Academy 2950 Carner Ave. 6 to 12 393 Good, 66 (high); Good, 48 (middle) None; apply
North Charleston High 1087 E. Montague Ave. 9 to 12 829 Below Average, 47 CCSD lookup
R.B. Stall High 3625 Ashley Phosphate Road 9 to 12 2,135 Below Average, 47 CCSD lookup

Academic Magnet, the Charleston County School of the Arts and Military Magnet Academy take students from across the county by application and have no attendance zone. On CCSD’s zone layers, most of the Charleston County side of the city by land area is zoned for R.B. Stall High and much of the southern part for North Charleston High.

Middle schools

School Address Grades Students, 2024-25 State rating, 2024-25 Zone
Deer Park Middle 2263 Otranto Road 6 to 8 315 Average, 41 CCSD lookup
Jerry Zucker Middle School of Science 6401 Dorchester Road 6 to 8 513 Average, 40 CCSD lookup
Morningside Middle 1999 Singley Lane 6 to 8 552 Below Average, 32 CCSD lookup
Northwoods Middle 7763 Northside Drive 6 to 8 708 Below Average, 34 CCSD lookup
River Oaks Middle (Dorchester Two) 8642 River Oaks Drive 6 to 8 728 Average, 43 Dorchester lookup

Malcolm C. Hursey Montessori and Meeting Street Brentwood, listed with the elementary schools, also run through eighth grade.

Elementary schools

School Address Grades Students, 2024-25 State rating, 2024-25 Zone
A.C. Corcoran Elementary 8585 Vistavia Road Pre-K to 5 743 Below Average, 35 CCSD lookup
Chicora Elementary 3100 Carner Ave. 1 to 5 316 Below Average, 41 CCSD lookup
Eagle Nest Elementary (Dorchester Two) 8640 River Oaks Drive Pre-K to 5 653 Average, 44 Dorchester lookup
Hunley Park Elementary 1000 Michigan Ave. Pre-K to 5 487 Average, 51 CCSD lookup
Lambs Elementary 6800 Dorchester Road Pre-K to 5 580 Average, 50 CCSD lookup
Malcolm C. Hursey Montessori 3910 Verde Ave. Pre-K to 8 471 Good, 54 (middle); Average, 47 (elementary) Mostly choice; lookup
Mary Ford Early Learning and Family Center 3180 Thomasina McPherson Blvd. Pre-K to K 244 No rating, pre-K and K CCSD lookup
Matilda F. Dunston Elementary 1825 Remount Road Pre-K to 5 569 Below Average, 37 CCSD lookup
Meeting Street Brentwood 2685 Leeds Ave. Pre-K to 8 806 Good, 51 (middle); Average, 46 (elementary) CCSD lookup
Meeting Street Elementary, Burns 3750 Dorchester Road Pre-K to 5 295 Good, 56 CCSD lookup
Midland Park Primary 2415 Midland Park Road Pre-K to K 357 No rating, pre-K and K CCSD lookup
North Charleston Creative Arts Elementary 5200 Lackawanna Blvd. Pre-K to 5 399 Average, 45 CCSD lookup
North Charleston Elementary 4921 Durant Ave. Pre-K to 5 329 Good, 54 CCSD lookup
Pepperhill Elementary 3300 Creola Road Pre-K to 5 453 Below Average, 37 CCSD lookup
Pinehurst Elementary 7753 Northside Drive 1 to 5 758 Average, 51 CCSD lookup
W.B. Goodwin Elementary 5501 Dorchester Road Pre-K to 5 423 Average, 43 CCSD lookup
Windsor Hill Arts Infused Elementary (Dorchester Two) 8600 William Moultrie Blvd. Pre-K to 5 622 Good, 57 Dorchester lookup

Mary Ford and Midland Park take the youngest students, and their zones are paired with Chicora and Pinehurst for first through fifth grade. Hunley Park is turning into an early learning center, and CCSD is weighing attendance line changes in the Park Circle area for 2027-28 to make room for more pre-K classes; no change has been adopted, according to the district’s pre-K expansion page. Each school’s page has the details.

Charter schools

District charter schools. These two are chartered through Charleston County School District and have no attendance zone.

School Address Grades Students, 2024-25 State rating, 2024-25 Zone
Allegro Charter School of Music 4542 Simms St. 6 to 12 250 Excellent, 74 (high); Average, 45 (middle) None; charter
Greg Mathis Charter High 2872 Azalea Drive 9 to 12 71 Unsatisfactory, 24 None; charter

Statewide charter schools. These schools with North Charleston addresses are chartered by the South Carolina Public Charter School District, not CCSD, and have no attendance zone. Figures are from the state’s 2024-25 report card data, which lists the websites linked here; each school publishes its own admission rules.

School Address Grades Students, 2024-25 State rating, 2024-25
Compass Collegiate Academy 5010 Wetland Crossing K to 4 155 Average, 48
Green Charter School Lowcountry 8717 Old University Blvd. K to 8 301 Average, 45 (elementary); Average, 39 (middle)
Learn4life High School-Charleston 6209 Rivers Ave. 9 to 12 169 Unsatisfactory, 11
Lowcountry Acceleration Academy 5935 Rivers Ave., Suite 101A 9 to 12 619 Unsatisfactory, 8
Movement School Bridge View Elementary 4275 Bridge View Drive K to 1 79 No rating, K to 1
Palmetto Scholars Academy 7499 Dorchester Road 6 to 12 507 Excellent, 75 (high); Average, 42 (middle)

Zoned schools outside the city

These schools sit outside North Charleston but their zones take in parts of the city, according to the districts’ zone layers:

  • Ladson Elementary, 3321 Ladson Road, Ladson: Below Average, 40 points, in 2024-25. Its zone covers part of the northern end of the city and feeds Deer Park Middle and R.B. Stall High. For 2026-27, CCSD’s zone data lists Ladson Primary for 4K and kindergarten.
  • West Ashley High, 4060 W. Wildcat Blvd., Charleston: Excellent, 67 points. Parts of the city west of the Ashley River are in its zone.
  • Ashley Ridge High, 9800 Delemar Highway, Summerville: Excellent, 69 points. The far western, largely undeveloped part of the city in Dorchester County is in its zone.

Two more public programs are on city land: CCSD’s Cooper River Center for Advanced Studies, a career and technology center at 1088 E. Montague Ave., and Berkeley County School District’s Berkeley Middle College High, for 11th and 12th grade on the Trident Technical College campus at 7000 Rivers Ave., rated Excellent, 96 points.

Enrollment by school

Bar chart of 2024-25 enrollment at the 30 public schools with North Charleston addresses in alphabetical order, from 71 at Greg Mathis Charter High to 2,344 at Fort Dorchester High

Fort Dorchester High had the most students in 2024-25, 2,344, and Greg Mathis Charter High the fewest, 71, according to the state’s report card data.

Private schools

These private schools have North Charleston addresses in the U.S. Department of Education’s Private School Survey for 2023-24, with the grades the survey lists. Private schools do not receive state report card ratings.

  • Cathedral Academy, 3790 Ashley Phosphate Road: Pre-K to 12
  • Charleston Bilingual Academy, 4602 Durant Ave.: Pre-K to 7
  • Charleston Classical School, 1179 Remount Road: K to 5
  • Northside Christian School, 7800 Northside Drive: Pre-K to 12
  • Owens Christian Academy, 3377 Ridgeway St.: Pre-K to 1
  • RiverPointe Christian Academy, 8310 Dorchester Road: Pre-K to 12

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Frequently asked questions

What school district is North Charleston in?

Most of North Charleston, the part in Charleston County, is served by Charleston County School District, 843-937-6300. The Dorchester County part of the city is served by Dorchester School District Two, 843-873-2901.

Which high school serves my North Charleston address?

On the districts’ zone layers, most of the Charleston County side is zoned for R.B. Stall High or North Charleston High, and the Dorchester County side for Fort Dorchester High. Zones do not follow the city limits, so check the address with the CCSD school lookup tool or Dorchester County’s attendance zone lookup.

How are North Charleston schools rated?

South Carolina rates each school Excellent, Good, Average, Below Average or Unsatisfactory on its report card. On the 2024-25 cards, Academic Magnet High, the School of the Arts and Fort Dorchester High were among the schools rated Excellent. Every school’s rating is in the tables on this page.

Are there charter schools in North Charleston?

Yes. Allegro Charter School of Music and Greg Mathis Charter High are Charleston County School District charter schools, and six schools chartered by the South Carolina Public Charter School District have North Charleston addresses, including Palmetto Scholars Academy.