Charleston County School District

Charleston County School District
Address
75 Calhoun Street
Charleston, (Charleston County), South Carolina 29401
 United States
Information
Superintendent Gerrita Postlewait
Faculty 5,500 employees district-wide
Grades Pre-school – 12
Enrollment 45,000 students
Telephone (843) 937-6300
Website ccsdschools.com

Charleston County School District is a school district within Charleston County, South Carolina, United States. It educates roughly 45,000 kindergarten to 12th grade students in 80 schools. In July 2015, Dr. Nancy J. McGinley, who resigned in October 2014 after serving as superintendent for just over seven years, was replaced by Dr. Gerrita Postlewait, [1] after Dr. McGinley was terminated for her handling of a racially charged incident at one of the district's high schools.[2]

Districts

Charleston County School district was created by South Carolina Act 340 of the South Carolina General Assembly in 1967. The "Act of Consolidation" took the eight separate school districts and put them under a county-wide district to equally fund education in all areas of the county. The former independent school districts remain as constituent school districts within the structure of the Charleston County School district, with their own school boards and duties.

  • St. James-Santee School District No. 1
  • Moultrie School District No. 2
  • James Island School District No. 3
  • Cooper River School District No. 4
  • St. John's School District No. 9
  • St. Andrew's School District No. 10
  • City of Charleston School District No. 20
  • St. Paul's School District No. 23

(Note: District numbering reflects the consolidation of over 25 school districts that existed before desegregation.)

Schools

High schools

  • Academic Magnet High: county-wide magnet
  • Baptist Hill: neighborhood (District 23)
  • Burke: neighborhood (District 20)
  • Charleston Charter School for Math and Science: charter
  • Clark Academy: county-wide program
  • Garrett Academy of Technology: county-wide magnet
  • Greg Mathis Charter School: charter
  • James Island Charter School: charter (District 3)
  • Liberty Hill Academy: county-wide program
  • Military Magnet Academy: county-wide magnet
  • North Charleston: neighborhood (District 4)
  • R.B. Stall: neighborhood (District 4)
  • St. John's: neighborhood (District 9)
  • School of the Arts: county-wide magnet
  • Wando: neighborhood (District 2, also serves District 1)
  • West Ashley: neighborhood (District 10)

Middle schools

  • Baptist Hill: neighborhood (District 23)
  • Buist Academy: county-wide magnet
  • Burke: neighborhood with county-wide program (District 20)
  • C.E. Williams: partial magnet (District 10)
  • Cario: neighborhood (District 2)
  • Charleston Charter School for Math and Science: charter
  • Charleston Development Academy: charter
  • Daniel Jenkins Creative Learning Center: county-wide program
  • East Cooper Montessori Charter School: charter
  • Ft. Johnson: neighborhood (District 3)
  • Haut Gap: partial magnet (District 9)
  • James Island: neighborhood (District 3)
  • Laing: partial magnet (District 2)
  • Liberty Hill Academy: county-wide program
  • Lincoln: neighborhood (District 1)
  • Military Magnet Academy: county-wide magnet
  • Montessori Community School Program: county-wide magnet program
  • Morningside ARMS Boys' Academy: neighborhood; single-gender (District 4)
  • Morningside EXCEL Girls' Academy: neighborhood; single gender (District 4)
  • Moultrie: neighborhood (District 2)
  • Northwoods: neighborhood (District 4)
  • Pattison's Academy for Comprehensive Education: charter
  • St. Andrew's: partial magnet (District 10)
  • St. James-Santee: neighborhood (District 1)
  • Sanders-Clyde: neighborhood (District 20)
  • School of the Arts: county-wide magnet
  • West Ashley: partial magnet (District 10)
  • Zucker: partial magnet (District 4)

Elementary and primary schools and programs

  • Angel Oak Elementary: neighborhood (District 9)
  • Apple Charter: charter
  • Ashley River Creative Arts Elementary: constituent district magnet (District 10)
  • Belle Hall Elementary: neighborhood (District 2)
  • Blaney Elementary: neighborhood (District 23)
  • Buist Academy: county-wide magnet
  • Carolina Voyager Charter: charter
  • Charles Pinckney Elementary: neighborhood (District 2)
  • Charleston Development Academy Public Charter: charter
  • Charleston Progressive Academy: county-wide magnet
  • Chicora School of Communications: neighborhood (District 4)
  • Corcoran Elementary: neighborhood (District 4)
  • Drayton Hall Elementary: neighborhood (District 20)
  • Dunston Primary: neighborhood (District 4)
  • East Cooper Montessori Charter School: charter
  • Ellington Elementary: neighborhood (District 23)
  • Frierson Elementary: neighborhood (District 9)
  • Goodwin Elementary: neighborhood (District 4)
  • Harbor View Elementary: neighborhood (District 3)
  • Hunley Park Elementary: neighborhood (District 4)
  • Hursey Elementary: partial magnet (District 4)
  • James B. Edwards Elementary: neighborhood (District 2)
  • James Island Elementary: neighborhood (District 3)
  • James Simmons Elementary: neighborhood (District 23)
  • Jane Edwards Elementary: neighborhood (District 23)
  • Jennie Moore Elementary: partial magnet (District 2)
  • Ladson Elementary: neighborhood (District 4)
  • Lambs Elementary: neighborhood (District 4)
  • Laurel Hill Primary: neighborhood (District 2)
  • Mary Ford Elementary: neighborhood (District 4)
  • Meeting Street Elementary at Brentwood: neighborhood (District 4)
  • Memminger School of Global Studies: partial magnet (District 20)
  • Midland Park Primary: neighborhood (District 4)
  • Minnie Hughes: neighborhood (District 23)
  • Mitchell Math and Science: partial magnet (District 20)
  • Montessori Community School Program: county-wide magnet program
  • Mt. Pleasant Academy: neighborhood (District 2)
  • Mt. Zion: neighborhood (District 2)
  • Murray-LaSaine Elementary: neighborhood (District 3)
  • North Charleston Creative Arts Elementary: partial magnet (District 4)
  • North Charleston Elementary: neighborhood (District 4)
  • Oakland Elementary: neighborhood (District 10)
  • Pattison's Academy for Comprehensive Education: charter
  • Pepperhill Elementary: neighborhood (District 4)
  • Pinehurst Elementary: neighborhood (District 4)
  • Prestige Preparatory Academy: charter
  • Sanders-Clyde Elementary: neighborhood (District 20)
  • St. Andrews School of Math and Science: partial magnet (District 10)
  • St. James-Santee Elementary: neighborhood (District 1)
  • Springfield Elementary: neighborhood (District 10)
  • Stiles Point Elementary: neighborhood (District 3)
  • Stono Park Elementary: neighborhood (District 10)
  • Sullivans Island Elementary: neighborhood (District 2)
  • Whitesides Elementary: neighborhood (District 2)

Sports

The schools in the Charleston County School District offer several sports. Rugby was introduced into the schools in 2016, and was to be played in 10 schools in 2017.[3] The growth of rugby was spurred in part by its return to the Olympics in 2016.[3]

See also

References

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