NCES CCD 2024-25 14 schools SC

Best-Resourced Schools in Goose Creek, SC

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14 public K-12 schools in Goose Creek from NCES Common Core of Data: enrollment, grade span, demographics, and Civil Rights Data Collection statistics for every active campus.

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14
Schools
12,686
Students
38.5/100
Avg Resource Index
15.5:1
Avg Student-Teacher Ratio

National city placement

Middle-of-corpus city profile

According to NCES CCD 2024-25, Goose Creek has more public-school enrollment than 86% of the 4,487 US cities in this directory. Goose Creek sits in the broad middle of the national city distribution rather than at a single obvious extreme. Its scale, average Resource Investment Index, and staffing position need to be read together: a middle placement on one measure does not cancel a stronger or weaker result on another. The percentile panel makes those dimensions explicit, and the school table shows where the city aggregate breaks into materially different campus profiles.

Combined-grade campuses shape the local portfolio

6 of Goose Creek's 14 listed schools use NCES's combined or “other” grade-level classification. Citywide averages therefore blend campuses serving unusually broad or nonstandard grade spans with conventional elementary, middle, and high schools. Grade configuration is a first-order comparison here, not a minor label.

Campus spread matters more than the city mean

The 25-point gap between Howe Hall Aims Elementary and Westview Primary shows the range hidden by Goose Creek's average Resource Investment Index. The city figure is useful for national placement, but families ultimately choose among campuses with different grade spans, enrollment, district affiliations, and reported support fields. Start with schools serving the relevant grade level, then compare the index components rather than assuming the city average describes any one classroom.

City enrollment
Top 14%
School count
Top 25%
Resource Index average
39th percentile
Teacher staffing
48th percentile

Stratford High accounts for 20.5% of all Goose Creek public-school enrollment

That concentration means Goose Creek-wide averages can mask substantial variation outside the largest entity. Grade level: High. The share measures enrollment concentration only; it does not establish how districts allocate programs, capital, or staff. Enrollment-weighted aggregates give this entity more weight than any smaller peer, while an unweighted entity average treats every record equally.

Source: NCES Common Core of Data

Goose Creek school enrollment varies 6.2× across entities

Goose Creek school enrollment ranges from 418 students (lowest) to 2,605 students (highest), a spread of 2,187 students. That relatively narrow ratio reflects an unusually homogeneous school portfolio for a city this size. Per-school staffing and program breadth can differ sharply at opposite ends of that enrollment range, so the city average should not be treated as a typical campus.

Source: NCES Common Core of Data

Goose Creek reports 59.0% free-lunch eligibility

The reported share clears the 50% majority mark. Title I operates under the Every Student Succeeds Act (ESSA, 2015), but its statutory allocation uses additional LEA-level counts and rules not represented by this average. This percentage is an economic-need context measure; it does not establish a Title I award, show dollars received, or describe how funds are distributed among campuses.

Source: NCES Common Core of Data

Goose Creek student-teacher ratio is 15.5:1 — near the typical range (US average ~15.7) — citywide staffing is neither unusually lean nor unusually crowded by this measure

student-teacher ratio is the simplest comparative metric but it does not capture the full picture: the ratio counts FTE classroom teachers against total enrollment, push-in specialists, English-language aides, special-education co-teachers, and counselors are not included in most reporting Variation between sub-units within Goose Creek is typically wider than the Goose Creek-aggregate figure suggests.

Source: NCES Common Core of Data, Public School Universe

# School Score
1. Howe Hall Aims Elementary 52
2. Stratford High 49
3. Marrington Middle School of the Arts 47
4. Mevers School of Excellence 42
5. Marrington Elementary 42
6. Westview Middle 39
7. Sedgefield Middle 38
8. Goose Creek High 37
9. Boulder Bluff Elementary 36
10. Westview Elementary 36
11. Mount Holly Elementary 33
12. Devon Forest Elementary 31
13. Goose Creek Elementary 30
14. Westview Primary 27

Most racially and ethnically mixed schools in Goose Creek

Ranked by the Simpson student-body diversity index (0-100) from NCES race and ethnicity data, where higher means a more evenly mixed student body. It measures mix, not quality.

  1. 1 Mount Holly Elementary 75.2/100
  2. 2 Sedgefield Middle 72.8/100
  3. 3 Devon Forest Elementary 72.8/100
  4. 4 Goose Creek High 72.5/100
  5. 5 Boulder Bluff Elementary 72.2/100

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Which Goose Creek school has the highest Resource Investment Index? ▼

Howe Hall Aims Elementary has the highest Resource Investment Index among the Goose Creek schools in this federal-data comparison at 52/100. The index summarizes reported staffing, counseling, gifted-program, and attendance inputs; it is not an academic rating.

How many schools are in Goose Creek, SC? ▼

Goose Creek has 14 public schools with a total enrollment of 12,686 students. 1 are charter schools. Average student-teacher ratio: 15.5:1.

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Data from NCES Common Core of Data (CCD) 2024-25 and Civil Rights Data Collection (CRDC) 2021-22. The Resource Investment Index uses reported student-teacher ratio, counselor access, gifted programs, and attendance; it is not an academic rating. Cities must include at least five schools to be listed. This public-data comparison is for informational purposes: verify current enrollment, attendance boundaries, and programs with the school district before acting. See the guide to understanding NCES data.