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Black student results in Charleston

Across 77 schools in Charleston, 45.2% of Black students meet met or exceeding. That is 3.3 points below the South Carolina average for Black students.

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63.7%
All students
45.2%
Black
31.9%
Hispanic
57%
White
21.5%
Asian

Average across the 77 schools in Charleston with reportable results, giving each school equal weight regardless of size. A group is omitted from a school when too few students were tested to report safely.

The distance inside one district

Among the 67 schools here with at least 25 Black student results, Buist Academy reports 96.4% of Black students meeting the standard. Morningside Middle, in the same district, reports 26.5%. That is a 69.9-point spread across schools under one administration, serving one community, funded by one tax base.

Every school in Charleston

Ranked by the share of Black students meeting met or exceeding. Every group is shown alongside, because a school that serves one group well and another poorly is telling you something too.

SchoolAllBlackHispanicWhiteAsian
Buist Academy Magnet 99.4% 96.4% 100% 99.7% 100%
Charleston School of the Arts Magnet 93.8% 84.9% 90.8% 95.7% 77.3%
Belle Hall Elementary 96.7% 82.4% 0% 98.8% 0%
Murray-LaSaine Montessori 84.1% 80% 0% 85.2% 0%
Carolina Park Elementary 90.4% 76.1% 79.2% 92.3% 95.5%
Mamie P. Whitesides Elementary 93% 71.4% 0% 95.4% 0%
Charleston Development Academy Charter 69.1% 69.1%
Orange Grove Charter School Charter 89.3% 65.5% 94.1% 93% 73.9%
Charleston Progressive Magnet 66.7% 65.3% 0% 0%
St. Andrew's School of Math and Science Magnet 82.8% 64.1% 56.4% 94.2% 0%
Drayton Hall Elementary 86.3% 64.1% 76.7% 93.9% 0%
Hunley Park Elementary 55.2% 63.8% 38.8% 0% 0%
James B. Edwards Elementary Magnet 85.3% 62.9% 0% 89.7% 0%
Wando High 87.3% 62% 75% 91.4% 93.9%
Lucy Garrett Beckham High 87.5% 59% 68.3% 92.1% 88%
Springfield Elementary 66.8% 57.1% 58.8% 80.6% 0%
Stiles Point Elementary 92.8% 56.7% 0% 95.7% 0%
Jennie Moore Elementary Magnet 87.6% 55.9% 76% 93.1% 87%
Oakland Elementary 73.1% 53.8% 0% 89.5% 0%
Minnie Hughes Elementary 54% 53.6% 0% 0%
Moultrie Middle 87.7% 53.5% 55.1% 91.7% 97%
Ashley River Creative Arts Elementary Magnet 77.9% 53.5% 0% 85.9% 0%
North Charleston Elementary 53.4% 53.4% 40% 0% 0%
Sanders-Clyde Elementary 53.2% 52.9% 0% 0%
West Ashley High 68.6% 52.1% 65.3% 84.3% 65.9%
Mt. Pleasant Academy 89.7% 52% 0% 95.5% 0%
Angel Oak Elementary 73.9% 51.5% 50.8% 86.9% 0%
Meeting Street at Burns 52.4% 51.5% 0% 0%
Charleston Charter School for Math and Science Charter 65.3% 51.5% 36.1% 85.5% 0%
R. B. Stall High 49.4% 51.2% 44.3% 69.5% 0%
James Simons Montessori 72.1% 50% 0% 87.5% 0%
Thomas C. Cario Middle 88.2% 50% 77.9% 91.8% 92.9%
Allegro Charter School of Music Charter 52.9% 49% 32% 70.8%
Lambs Elementary 47.4% 48.8% 36% 74.2% 0%
James Island Elementary 78.3% 48.3% 0% 88.8% 0%
Harbor View Elementary 85.9% 47.4% 0% 91.2% 0%
Chicora Elementary 42% 46.8% 19.2% 0% 0%
Haut Gap Middle Magnet 61.8% 46.7% 45.1% 84.2% 0%
Laing Middle Magnet 84% 46.6% 92.5% 88.7% 93.5%
Pepperhill Elementary 38.5% 46.4% 25.3% 0% 0%
Military Magnet Academy Magnet 51.6% 45.9% 58.8% 0% 0%
Mt. Zion Elementary 61.2% 45.8% 59.1% 76.7%
St. James Santee Elementary-Middle 50% 45.1% 0% 0%
Carolina Voyager Charter Charter 73% 43.9% 0% 77.1% 0%
Stono Park Elementary 49.5% 43.2% 0% 0% 0%
Meeting Street Brentwood 42.6% 42.7% 40.7% 0% 0%
North Charleston Creative Arts Elementary Magnet 50.3% 42.4% 34.3% 84.2% 0%
E.B. Ellington Elementary Magnet 43.8% 42% 48.7% 0%
Pinehurst Elementary 42.2% 41.4% 41.1% 0% 0%
Malcolm C. Hursey Montessori Magnet 60.4% 40.5% 52.4% 81.1% 0%
Burke High Magnet 41.3% 40.4% 0% 0%
W. B. Goodwin Elementary 39.3% 40.3% 34.9% 0% 0%
St. Johns High 43.6% 39.4% 39.5% 65.5% 0%
Jerry Zucker Middle School of Science Magnet 37.3% 39.3% 33.6% 47.8% 0%
Matilda F. Dunston Elementary 35% 39.1% 28.7% 0% 0%
Memminger Elementary Magnet 55.8% 38.9% 0% 96.4% 0%
C. E. Williams Middle School for Creative and Scientific Arts 57.3% 38.7% 42.5% 78.7% 60.4%
Ladson Elementary 41.6% 38.1% 38.5% 57.4% 0%
Camp Road Middle 77.6% 38% 72% 86.1% 92.3%
A. C. Corcoran Elementary 34.1% 36.1% 28.9% 0% 0%
James Island Charter High Charter 72.8% 36% 62.8% 83.3% 0%
Deer Park Middle 40.5% 35.7% 39.1% 57.6% 0%
North Charleston High 32.3% 33.9% 25.8% 50%
Mitchell Elementary Magnet 33.3% 33.3% 0% 0%
Northwoods Middle 30.4% 33% 24.3% 55.8% 0%
Baptist Hill High 32.1% 28.6% 35.1% 0%
Simmons Pinckney Middle 28.7% 28.6% 0% 0%
Greg Mathis Charter High Charter 28.6% 28.6%
Morningside Middle 24.5% 26.5% 21.1% 45% 0%
Edith L. Frierson Montessori 56.2% 25% 0% 0% 0%
Jane Edwards Elementary 66.7% 0% 0% 0%
Sullivan's Island Elementary Magnet 93.6% 0% 0% 94% 0%
Academic Magnet High Magnet 100% 0% 0% 100% 100%
Charles Pinckney Elementary 92.7% 0% 93.6% 93.1% 90.9%
Montessori Community School Magnet 93% 0% 0% 93.3% 0%
East Cooper Montessori Charter Charter 91.1% 0% 0% 93.7% 0%
Pattison's Academy for Comprehensive Education Charter 34.5% 0% 0% 0% 0%

Flags show magnet, charter, alternative and virtual schools. Some campuses — early college and specialized academies among them — also admit by application, and this page cannot yet identify all of them. Check with the district before assuming a school is open to your address.

How to read this. South Carolina suppresses results for groups with too few students tested. Schools without a reportable Black student result are excluded rather than shown as zero — 1,241 of the state's schools have reportable data. Because every state sets its own proficiency standard, South Carolina figures should not be compared against another state's.

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