Pepperhill Elementary, 3300 Creola Road: pre-K through fifth grade, 453 students in 2024-25, rated Below Average on the state report card.
Last checked Oct. 12, 2026. Sources: the school’s website and principal’s corner; 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.
Pepperhill Elementary is a Charleston County School District elementary school on Creola Road. The school’s website gives a Charleston mailing address; the campus is inside North Charleston’s city limits on the Census Bureau’s boundary, and the federal directory lists it as North Charleston. It earned a Below Average overall rating, with 37 points, on South Carolina’s 2024-25 report card. The district lists Pepperhill among its Elevation Schools on its website.
Who to call
- Front office: 843-767-5905, 3300 Creola Road
- School website: pepperhill.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 | 3300 Creola Road, Charleston, SC 29420 |
| Phone | 843-767-5905 |
| Grades | Pre-K to 5 |
| District | Charleston County School District |
| School hours | 7:25 a.m. to 2:25 p.m. |
| State school ID | 1001077 |
Principal
Principal Lebanaye Sami. The school’s principal’s corner carries a message from “Principal Sami,” who writes that this is her third year as principal; the state’s 2024-25 report card gives her full name.
Enrollment and teachers
- State count: 453 students in the 2024-25 school year, according to the state’s report card data.
- Federal count: 439 students in the 2023-24 school year, with 33 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, 37 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.
| Indicator | 2024-25 rating |
|---|---|
| Academic achievement | Below Average |
| Preparing for success | Unsatisfactory |
| Student progress | Below Average |
| English learners’ progress | Below Average |
| School climate | Average |
On the spring 2025 SC READY tests in grades 3 to 5, 38.3% of students met or exceeded expectations in English language arts and 24.6% in math; on the state science test, 16.1% 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, which the district links from its lookup page. In the zone layers behind that tool, the Pepperhill zone feeds Northwoods Middle and Jerry Zucker Middle School of Science and then R.B. Stall High; where a zone is split, the street address decides. We did not find a published feeder list on the district’s site, so these pairings come from the district’s own zone layers, from the 2025-26 school year.
Proposed changes for 2027-28: the district proposes adding three to six early learning classes at Pepperhill and redrawing lines “to balance enrollment and address walkability,” according to its pre-K expansion page. No change has been adopted.
Calendar and school hours
Pepperhill 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: 7:25 a.m. to 2:25 p.m., with arrival from 7 a.m., according to the district’s 2026-27 bell schedule (PDF). Early-release days end at 12:25 p.m. and half days at 10:40 a.m.
More
- The district’s elementary 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 Pepperhill serve?
Pepperhill serves pre-K through fifth grade, according to the state’s 2024-25 report card.
What is Pepperhill’s school rating?
Pepperhill was rated Below Average, with 37 points, on South Carolina’s 2024-25 school report card, the latest the state has published.
Which high school does Pepperhill feed into?
In Charleston County School District’s zone layers, the Pepperhill zone feeds Northwoods Middle and Jerry Zucker Middle School of Science and then R.B. Stall High, depending on the street.
What time does Pepperhill start?
The school day runs 7:25 a.m. to 2:25 p.m., with arrival from 7 a.m., according to the district’s 2026-27 bell schedule.
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