Eagle Nest Elementary, North Charleston: zone and report card

Last checked Oct. 12, 2026. Sources: the school’s website, about page, staff directory and bell schedule; Dorchester School District Two’s find my school page and 2026-27 calendar, and Dorchester County’s attendance zone lookup; the S.C. Department of Education’s 2024-25 report card data files; the federal NCES school directory.

Eagle Nest Elementary is a Dorchester School District Two elementary school on River Oaks Drive, next to River Oaks Middle, in the Dorchester County part of North Charleston. It earned an Average overall rating, with 44 points, on South Carolina’s 2024-25 report card. The school’s about page says it was first called Appian Way Elementary, but construction was delayed when a bald eagle’s nest was found on the property, and the name was changed.

Who to call

• Front office: 843-695-2460, 8640 River Oaks Drive
• School website: enes.ddtwo.org
• Enrolling a new student: the district’s registration page; district office 843-873-2901
• Which school is my address zoned for? Dorchester County’s attendance zone lookup, linked from the district’s find my school page
• Buses: the Oakbrook bus dispatch center, 843-873-6196, then press 2, according to the district’s transportation page

Principal

Principal Marcel “Marcy” Brown, according to the district’s find my school page and the school’s staff directory.

Enrollment and teachers

• State count: 653 students in the 2024-25 school year, according to the state’s report card data.
• Federal count: 681 students in the 2023-24 school year, with 47 full-time-equivalent teachers, according to the NCES directory. That is about 14 students per teacher.

State report card

South Carolina rates every public school each year as Excellent, Good, Average, Below Average or Unsatisfactory. An Excellent rating means “school performance substantially exceeds the criteria to ensure all students meet the Profile of the SC Graduate,” according to the state’s report card site. The overall rating is built from indicators such as academic achievement, preparing for success, student progress, English learners’ progress and school climate, with graduation rate and college and career readiness added for high schools.

2024-25 rating: Average, 44 points. On the state’s elementary scale, Excellent 61 to 100, Good 53 to 60, Average 42 to 52, Below Average 34 to 41 and Unsatisfactory 33 and below.

On the spring 2025 SC READY tests in grades 3 to 5, 53.1% of students met or exceeded expectations in English language arts and 32.8% in math; on the state science test, 45.5% did, according to the state’s report card data. Across the district, in grades 3 to 8, the figures were 66.5% in English, 49.5% in math and 56.3% in science.

The full report card, with test results by group, teacher data, school safety and spending, is on the state’s SC School Report Cards site. The state publishes new ratings each fall.

Attendance zone

Check an address with Dorchester County’s attendance zone lookup, linked from the district’s find my school page. In the zone layers behind that lookup, the Eagle Nest zone lies in the River Oaks Middle and Fort Dorchester High zones. We did not find a published feeder list, so this pairing comes from laying the county’s zone layers over each other.

Calendar and school hours

Eagle Nest follows Dorchester School District Two’s 2026-27 calendar. Coming dates from the district’s calendar:

• Wednesday, Oct. 28: early release, all schools
• Tuesday, Nov. 3: Election Day holiday
• Nov. 23-27: Thanksgiving break
• Wednesday, Dec. 9: early release for elementary schools
• Friday, Dec. 18: half day, end of the first semester
• Dec. 21 to Jan. 1: winter break; Monday, Jan. 4, is a staff day with no students

School hours: 7:15 a.m. to 2:15 p.m., and 7:15 to 11 a.m. on early-release days, according to the school’s bell schedule.

More

• Dorchester School District Two’s find my school page
• Every public school in North Charleston, with zones and report cards
• Our North Charleston schools guide for the district calendars, enrollment and the school board

Frequently asked questions

What grades does Eagle Nest serve?

Eagle Nest serves pre-K through fifth grade, according to the state’s 2024-25 report card.

What is Eagle Nest’s school rating?

Eagle Nest was rated Average, with 44 points, on South Carolina’s 2024-25 school report card, the latest the state has published.

Which high school does Eagle Nest feed into?

On Dorchester County’s attendance zone layers, the Eagle Nest zone feeds River Oaks Middle and then Fort Dorchester High.

What time does Eagle Nest start?

The school day runs 7:15 a.m. to 2:15 p.m., according to the school’s bell schedule.