Morningside Middle, North Charleston: zone, report card and calendar

Last checked Oct. 12, 2026. Sources: the school’s website and administrators page; Charleston County School District’s school lookup tool, 2026-27 academic calendar and 2026-27 bell schedule; the S.C. Department of Education’s 2024-25 report card data files; the federal NCES school directory.

Morningside Middle is a Charleston County School District middle school on Singley Lane and the zoned middle school for much of southern North Charleston, from Park Circle and Chicora-Cherokee to Liberty Hill. It earned a Below Average overall rating, with 32 points, on South Carolina’s 2024-25 report card.

Who to call

• Front office: 843-745-2000, 1999 Singley Lane
• School website: morningside.ccsdschools.com
• Enrolling a new student: register at the zoned school; the district lists what to bring on its required documents page. District office: 843-937-6300
• Which school is my address zoned for? the district’s school lookup tool
• Buses: the district’s transportation page, with its 2026-27 bus stop locator

Principal

Principal Sharon Randall, according to the school’s administrators page. Grade-level administrators are Stephanie Spann for sixth grade, Kim Witherspoon for seventh and Raynard Singleton for eighth.

Enrollment and teachers

• State count: 552 students in the 2024-25 school year, according to the state’s report card data.
• Federal count: 555 students in the 2023-24 school year, with 49 full-time-equivalent teachers, according to the NCES directory. That is about 11 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: Below Average, 32 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.

On the spring 2025 SC READY tests in grades 6 to 8, 27.1% of students met or exceeded expectations in English language arts and 10% in math; on the state science test, 22.1% 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.

Attendance zone

Check an address with the district’s school lookup tool. In the zone layers behind that tool, the Morningside zone takes students from all or part of the Chicora Elementary, Malcolm C. Hursey Montessori, Mary Ford Early Learning and Family Center, Matilda F. Dunston Elementary, Meeting Street Elementary, Burns, Midland Park Primary, North Charleston Creative Arts Elementary, North Charleston Elementary and Pinehurst Elementary zones, and middle school students go on to North Charleston High and R.B. Stall High, depending on the street. We did not find a published feeder list on the district’s site, so these pairings come from the district’s own 2025-26 zone layers.

Proposed changes for 2027-28: the district is considering attendance line changes in the Park Circle area and elsewhere in North Charleston to make room for more 3K and 4K classes, according to its pre-K expansion page. No change has been adopted. The remaining community meetings are at 5:30 p.m. Tuesday at Malcolm C. Hursey Montessori and 5:30 p.m. Thursday, Oct. 22, at North Charleston Elementary. Several of Morningside’s elementary zones are among those under review.

Calendar and school hours

Morningside 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 3:30 p.m., with arrival from 8:05 a.m., according to the district’s 2026-27 bell schedule (PDF). Early-release days end at 1:30 p.m. and half days at 11:45 a.m.

More

• The district’s middle 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 Morningside serve?

Morningside serves sixth grade through eighth grade, according to the state’s 2024-25 report card.

What is Morningside’s school rating?

Morningside was rated Below Average, with 32 points, on South Carolina’s 2024-25 school report card, the latest the state has published.

Which high school does Morningside Middle feed into?

In Charleston County School District’s 2025-26 zone layers, most of the Morningside zone is in the North Charleston High zone, with part in the R.B. Stall High zone. Check an address with the district’s school lookup tool.

What time does Morningside start?

Classes run 8:30 a.m. to 3:30 p.m., with arrival from 8:05 a.m., according to the district’s 2026-27 bell schedule.