Military Magnet Academy, North Charleston: zone and report card

Military Magnet Academy, 2950 Carner Ave.: sixth grade through 12th grade, 393 students in 2024-25, rated Good on the state report card.

Last checked Oct. 12, 2026. Sources: the school’s website, principal’s message, quick facts and athletics page; Charleston County School District’s application windows, 2026-27 academic calendar and bell schedule; the S.C. Department of Education’s 2024-25 report card data files; the federal NCES school directory; the South Carolina High School League’s 2026-28 reclassification.

Military Magnet Academy is a Charleston County School District magnet school for sixth through 12th grade on Carner Avenue, next to Chicora Elementary. “MMA is a leadership school, not a disciplinary or boarding school for troubled youth,” its quick facts page says. On South Carolina’s 2024-25 report card it was rated Good for both its high school grades, with 66 points, and its middle grades, with 48 points.

Who to call

Front office: 843-745-7102, 2950 Carner Ave.

School website: militarymagnet.ccsdschools.com

Enrolling: Military Magnet is a choice school; the district lists its application windows on its application windows page. District office: 843-937-6300

Buses: the district’s transportation page, with its 2026-27 bus stop locator


Address	2950 Carner Ave., North Charleston, SC 29405
Phone	843-745-7102
Grades	6 to 12
District	Charleston County School District
School hours	8:30 a.m. to 4 p.m.
State school ID	1001018

Principal

Principal Robert L. Perrineau Jr., according to the school’s principal’s message.

Enrollment and teachers

State count: 393 students in the 2024-25 school year, according to the state’s report card data.
Federal count: 400 students in the 2023-24 school year, with 40 full-time-equivalent teachers, according to the NCES directory. That is about 10 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 for high school grades: Good, 66 points. On the state’s high school scale, Excellent 67 to 100, Good 60 to 66, Average 51 to 59, Below Average 40 to 50 and Unsatisfactory 39 and below.

Indicator	2024-25 rating
Academic achievement	Below Average
Preparing for success	Unsatisfactory
Graduation rate	Excellent
College and career readiness	Excellent
English learners’ progress	Below Average
School climate	Average

Four-year graduation rate: 100% in 2025, after 91.1% in 2024 and 100% in 2023 (district: 90.6% in 2025)
College or career ready: 100% of the 2025 graduating class (district: 84.8%)
End-of-course tests, share scoring A, B or C: English 59.7%, Algebra 48%, Biology 31% and U.S. History 14.3%
AP and dual enrollment: 33.3% of the 2025 graduating class met the state’s college-ready mark through dual-enrollment courses

2024-25 rating for middle grades: Good, 48 points. On the state’s middle school scale, Excellent 56 to 100, Good 48 to 55, Average 36 to 47, Below Average 29 to 35 and Unsatisfactory 28 and below.

Indicator	2024-25 rating
Academic achievement	Average
Preparing for success	Below Average
Student progress	Excellent
English learners’ progress	Below Average
School climate	Average

On the spring 2025 SC READY tests in grades 6 to 8, 47.9% of students met or exceeded expectations in English language arts and 18.2% in math; on the state science test, 31.8% did, according to the state’s report card data. Across the district, in grades 3 to 8, the figures were 67.6% in English, 56.2% in math and 57.2% 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.

Admission and zone

Military Magnet does not appear as an attendance zone in the district’s school lookup tool data; students come through the district’s School Choice program. For 2026-27, the choice window for grades PK3 to 12 ran Jan. 7 to Feb. 12, 2026, according to the district’s application windows page. The school’s quick facts page says it is “a public school, not a private or residential institution.”

Calendar and school hours

Military Magnet follows Charleston County School District’s 2026-27 calendar. Coming dates from the academic calendar (PDF):

Tuesday, Oct. 13: first day of the second quarter
Tuesday, Nov. 3: Election Day, schools closed
Nov. 23-24: no school; both are weather make-up days if the district needs them
Nov. 25-27: fall break
Friday, Dec. 18: half day
Dec. 21 to Jan. 1: winter break; students return Tuesday, Jan. 5

School hours: 8:30 a.m. to 4 p.m., with arrival from 8:05 a.m., according to the district’s 2026-27 bell schedule (PDF). Early-release days end at 2 p.m. and half days at 12:15 p.m.

Programs

According to the school’s quick facts: middle school students can earn high school credit, high school students can take dual-credit college classes, cadets can earn the Military Seal of Distinction at graduation and can attend the district’s Center for Advanced Studies for career and technology programs. The school lists a teacher-student ratio of 1 to 15 and drill teams, leadership training and summer leadership camps.

Sports and activities

Military Magnet is a Class 1A school in Region 8 for the South Carolina High School League’s 2026-28 classification, with Baptist Hill, Burke, Charleston Charter, Cross, Lowcountry Leadership, Palmetto Scholars and St. Johns, according to the SCHSL reclassification lookup.

The school’s athletics page posts schedules for volleyball, football, soccer, track and field and cross country.

Fall schedules and results are in our Friday night football guide and on our scoreboard.

The district’s high schools 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 Military Magnet serve?

Military Magnet serves sixth grade through 12th grade, according to the state’s 2024-25 report card.

What is Military Magnet’s school rating?

Military Magnet was rated Good, with 66 points for high school grades and Good, with 48 points for middle grades, on South Carolina’s 2024-25 school report card, the latest the state has published.

What time does Military Magnet start?

The school day runs 8:30 a.m. to 4 p.m., with arrival from 8:05 a.m., according to the district’s 2026-27 bell schedule.