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Charleston 01 School District, SC: schools, enrollment and spending
Charleston 01 School District runs 83 public schools with 50,856 students in grades PK to 12. Its ratio of 13.0 students per teacher is 1.4 lower than the South Carolina figure of 14.4.Listed in NCES data as "Charleston 01".
At a glance
- Schools
- 83
- Students
- 50,856
- Teachers (FTE)
- 3,924
- Students per teacher
- 13.0
- SC: 14.4 · US: 15.3
- Address
- 75 Calhoun Street, Charleston, SC 29401
- Phone
- (843)937-6300
- County
- Charleston County
- Locale
- City: Midsize
- Grades offered
- PK to 12
- Agency type
- Regular local school district
- NCES district ID
- 4501440
- State district ID
- SC-1001
- Total staff (FTE)
- 8,282
- School counselors (FTE)
- 187.0About 272 students per counselor.
- School administrators (FTE)
- 288.0
- Charter schools
- 9
Students per teacher compared
This district13.0
South Carolina14.4
United States15.3
2020 finance data
From the F-33 School District Finance Survey for fiscal year 2020, in nominal dollars. Enrollment used for per-pupil figures is the finance survey count (48,330), which can differ from 2024-25 enrollment.
- Total revenue
- $1.04 billion
- Federal revenue
- $90.9 million
- State revenue
- $329.8 million
- Local revenue
- $619.5 million
- Total spending
- $984.9 million
- Spending per pupil
- $20,379
- Salaries
- $372.0 million37.8% of total spending.
- Long-term debt (end of year)
- $747.9 million
Where revenue came from
- Federal: 8.7%
- State: 31.7%
- Local: 59.6%
South Carolina overall
- Federal: 11.3%
- State: 48.0%
- Local: 40.7%
Spending per pupil compared
This district$20,379
South Carolina$15,302
United States$16,826
Schools in Charleston 01 School District
By level: 18 high, 12 middle, 52 elementary, 1 other. A CEP school serves free meals to all students.
| A. C. Corcoran ElementaryCEP school | Elementary | PK to 5 | 743 | 15.2 |
| Academic Magnet High | High | 9 to 12 | 740 | 16.8 |
| Allegro Charter School of MusicCharter | High | 6 to 12 | 250 | 9.6 |
| Angel Oak ElementaryCEP school | Elementary | PK to 5 | 828 | 14.5 |
| Ashley River Creative Arts Elementary | Elementary | PK to 5 | 618 | 14.0 |
| Baptist Hill HighCEP school | High | 6 to 12 | 507 | 9.1 |
| Belle Hall Elementary | Elementary | PK to 5 | 649 | 17.5 |
| Buist Academy | Middle | 3 to 8 | 521 | 14.1 |
| Burke HighCEP school | High | 9 to 12 | 342 | 5.6 |
| C. E. Williams Middle School for Creative and Scientific Art | Middle | 6 to 8 | 1,299 | 13.8 |
| Camp Road Middle | Middle | 6 to 8 | 901 | 17.0 |
| Carolina Park Elementary | Elementary | K to 5 | 931 | 16.6 |
| Carolina Voyager CharterCharter | Elementary | K to 8 | 402 | 13.9 |
| Charles Pinckney Elementary | Elementary | 3 to 5 | 644 | 17.4 |
| Charleston Charter School for Math and ScienceCharter | High | 6 to 12 | 573 | 11.9 |
| Charleston Development AcademyCEP schoolCharter | Elementary | PK to 8 | 151 | 10.8 |
| Charleston ProgressiveCEP school | Elementary | PK to 5 | 184 | 8.8 |
| Charleston School of the Arts | High | 6 to 12 | 1,102 | 16.0 |
| Chicora ElementaryCEP school | Elementary | 1 to 5 | 316 | 9.6 |
| Cooper River Center for Advanced Studies | High | 9 to 12 | 0 | |
| Deer Park MiddleCEP school | Middle | 6 to 8 | 315 | 12.1 |
| Drayton Hall Elementary | Elementary | PK to 5 | 640 | 15.2 |
| E.B. Ellington ElementaryCEP school | Elementary | PK to 5 | 366 | 11.4 |
| East Cooper Center for Advanced Studies | High | 9 to 12 | 0 | |
| East Cooper Montessori CharterCharter | Elementary | PK to 8 | 433 | 14.4 |
| Edith L. Frierson MontessoriCEP school | Elementary | PK to 8 | 165 | 13.8 |
| Greg Mathis Charter HighCEP schoolCharter | High | 9 to 12 | 71 | 14.2 |
| Harbor View Elementary | Elementary | PK to 5 | 621 | 14.8 |
| Haut Gap MiddleCEP school | Middle | 6 to 8 | 412 | 12.5 |
| Hunley Park ElementaryCEP school | Elementary | PK to 5 | 487 | 12.8 |
| James B. Edwards Elementary | Elementary | PK to 5 | 767 | 14.5 |
| James Island Charter HighCharter | High | 9 to 12 | 1,612 | 15.4 |
| James Island Elementary | Elementary | PK to 5 | 580 | 14.1 |
| James Simons MontessoriCEP school | Elementary | PK to 8 | 392 | 14.5 |
| Jane Edwards ElementaryCEP school | Elementary | PK to 6 | 92 | 7.1 |
| Jennie Moore Elementary | Elementary | PK to 5 | 993 | 15.5 |
| Jerry Zucker Middle School of ScienceCEP school | Middle | 6 to 8 | 513 | 9.0 |
| Ladson ElementaryCEP school | Elementary | PK to 5 | 907 | 14.4 |
| Laing Middle | Middle | 6 to 8 | 986 | 16.4 |
| Lambs ElementaryCEP school | Elementary | PK to 5 | 580 | 15.7 |
| Laurel Hill Primary | Elementary | PK to 2 | 691 | 15.7 |
| Lucy Garrett Beckham High | High | 9 to 12 | 1,757 | 17.4 |
| Malcolm C. Hursey MontessoriCEP school | Elementary | PK to 8 | 471 | 13.1 |
| Mamie P. Whitesides Elementary | Elementary | PK to 5 | 767 | 16.3 |
| Mary Ford Early Childhood Learning and Family CenterCEP school | Elementary | PK to K | 244 | 9.4 |
| Matilda F. Dunston ElementaryCEP school | Elementary | PK to 5 | 569 | 12.9 |
| Meeting Street at BurnsCEP school | Elementary | PK to 5 | 295 | 8.9 |
| Meeting Street BrentwoodCEP school | Elementary | PK to 8 | 806 | 7.4 |
| Memminger ElementaryCEP school | Elementary | PK to 5 | 438 | 11.8 |
| Midland Park PrimaryCEP school | Elementary | PK to K | 357 | 11.2 |
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Source: NCES Common Core of Data 2024-25 and F-33 finance 2020, via the Urban Institute Education Data Portal. Last reviewed October 2026. Finance figures are 2020 finance data in nominal dollars, not adjusted for inflation. Blank values are not available, not applicable or suppressed in the source. See the methodology.