River Oaks Middle, North Charleston: zone, report card and calendar

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.

River Oaks Middle is a Dorchester School District Two middle school on River Oaks Drive, next to Eagle Nest Elementary, in the Dorchester County part of North Charleston. It earned an Average overall rating, with 43 points, on South Carolina’s 2024-25 report card.

Who to call

• Front office: 843-695-2470, 8642 River Oaks Drive
• School website: roms.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 Jennifer Tracy, according to the school’s staff directory and the district’s find my school page.

Enrollment and teachers

• State count: 728 students in the 2024-25 school year, according to the state’s report card data.
• Federal count: 801 students in the 2023-24 school year, with 50 full-time-equivalent teachers, according to the NCES directory. That is about 16 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, 43 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, 48.1% of students met or exceeded expectations in English language arts and 23.1% in math; on the state science test, 39.5% 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. In the zone layers behind that lookup, the River Oaks zone takes in the Eagle Nest and Windsor Hill Arts Infused zones and parts of the Fort Dorchester, Joseph R. Pye and Oakbrook elementary zones, and it lies in the Fort Dorchester High zone. We did not find a published feeder list, so these pairings come from laying the county’s zone layers over each other.

Calendar and school hours

River Oaks 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
• 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: 8:15 a.m. to 3:05 p.m., and 8:15 a.m. to noon on early-release days, according to the school’s bell schedule.

Activities

The school’s athletics page carries its sports teams and ticket information.

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 River Oaks serve?

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

What is River Oaks’ school rating?

River Oaks was rated Average, with 43 points, on South Carolina’s 2024-25 school report card, the latest the state has published.

Which high school does River Oaks Middle feed into?

On Dorchester County’s attendance zone layers, the River Oaks Middle zone lies in the Fort Dorchester High zone.

What time does River Oaks start?

The school day runs 8:15 a.m. to 3:05 p.m., according to the school’s bell schedule.