Northwoods Middle, 7763 Northside Drive: sixth grade through eighth grade, 708 students in 2024-25, rated Below Average on the state report card.
Last checked Oct. 12, 2026. Sources: the school’s website and administration 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.
Northwoods Middle is a Charleston County School District middle school on Northside Drive, next to Pinehurst Elementary, and the zoned middle school for a wide stretch of the city’s Charleston County side. It earned a Below Average overall rating, with 34 points, on South Carolina’s 2024-25 report card.
Who to call
- Front office: 843-764-2212, 7763 Northside Drive
- School website: northwoods.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
| Address | 7763 Northside Drive, North Charleston, SC 29420 |
| Phone | 843-764-2212 |
| Grades | 6 to 8 |
| District | Charleston County School District |
| School hours | 8:30 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. |
| State school ID | 1001030 |
Principal
Principal Bentli Lewis, according to the school’s administration page, which says she was named South Carolina Middle Level Principal of the Year in 2026.
Enrollment and teachers
- State count: 708 students in the 2024-25 school year, according to the state’s report card data.
- Federal count: 677 students in the 2023-24 school year, with 51 full-time-equivalent teachers, according to the NCES directory. That is about 13 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, 34 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 | Below Average |
| Preparing for success | Unsatisfactory |
| Student progress | Average |
| English learners’ progress | Unsatisfactory |
| School climate | Below Average |
On the spring 2025 SC READY tests in grades 6 to 8, 32% of students met or exceeded expectations in English language arts and 12% in math; on the state science test, 22.3% 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 Northwoods zone takes students from all or part of the A.C. Corcoran Elementary, Lambs Elementary, Matilda F. Dunston Elementary, Meeting Street Elementary, Burns, Midland Park Primary, Pepperhill Elementary, Pinehurst Elementary and W.B. Goodwin 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.
Calendar and school hours
Northwoods 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 Northwoods serve?
Northwoods serves sixth grade through eighth grade, according to the state’s 2024-25 report card.
What is Northwoods’ school rating?
Northwoods was rated Below Average, with 34 points, on South Carolina’s 2024-25 school report card, the latest the state has published.
Which high school does Northwoods Middle feed into?
In Charleston County School District’s 2025-26 zone layers, most of the Northwoods zone is in the R.B. Stall High zone, with part in the North Charleston High zone. Check an address with the district’s school lookup tool.
What time does Northwoods 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.
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