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.
Search South Carolina schools ›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.
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.
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.
| School | All | Black | Hispanic | White | Asian |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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% |
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