NCES CCD 2024-25 5 schools SC

Best-Resourced Schools in Mount Pleasant, SC

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

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5
Schools
5,985
Students
47.2/100
Avg Resource Index
19.4:1
Avg Student-Teacher Ratio

National city placement

One campus shapes the city average

According to NCES CCD 2024-25, Mount Pleasant has more public-school enrollment than 63% of the 4,487 US cities in this directory. Wando High enrolls 43.2% of Mount Pleasant's public-school students. That is enough concentration for one institution to pull the citywide enrollment, staffing, and Resource Index averages toward its own profile. The smaller campuses below should therefore be compared directly rather than inferred from the headline mean; their grade configurations and program footprints can be materially different even inside the same district.

Secondary campuses occupy an unusually large share

2 of the 5 listed Mount Pleasant schools are classified as high schools, a substantial share of the local portfolio. Advanced-course access, counseling, and graduation-stage staffing therefore have more weight in the city Resource Index average than they do in an elementary-heavy system.

The composite and staffing measures point in different directions

Mount Pleasant's average Resource Investment Index sits at the 79th percentile, while its teacher-staffing measure sits at the 18th percentile. The 61-point percentile gap is a reminder that the index is not a class-size score: counselors, gifted-program reporting, and attendance also affect it. Compare those components directly when two schools have similar index totals; the same headline score can arise from a different mix of reported resources.

City enrollment
Top 37%
School count
Top 99%
Resource Index average
79th percentile
Teacher staffing
18th percentile

Wando High accounts for 43.2% of all Mount Pleasant public-school enrollment

That dominant concentration means Mount Pleasant-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

Mount Pleasant school enrollment varies 4.1× across entities

Mount Pleasant school enrollment ranges from 630 students (lowest) to 2,588 students (highest), a spread of 1,958 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

Mount Pleasant student-teacher ratio is 19.4:1 — high (typically associated with larger urban scale or staffing constraints that have widened the headcount gap)

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 Higher values may reflect larger urban scale or recent resource constraints that have widened the gap.

Source: NCES Common Core of Data, Public School Universe

1 of Mount Pleasant's 5 listed schools are charters

20% of the city's listed public-school campuses are reported as charter schools in NCES CCD. Charter status identifies a different governance arrangement; it does not establish admissions availability, academic quality, or the share of city students enrolled in those campuses. Open each school record to compare enrollment and staffing directly.

Source: NCES Common Core of Data

# School Score
1. Laing Middle 57
2. Moultrie Middle 52
3. Mt. Pleasant Academy 47
4. Oceanside Collegiate Academy 41
5. Wando High 39

Most racially and ethnically mixed schools in Mount Pleasant

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 Wando High 35.3/100
  2. 2 Laing Middle 34.9/100
  3. 3 Mt. Pleasant Academy 26.1/100
  4. 4 Moultrie Middle 25.8/100

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Which Mount Pleasant school has the highest Resource Investment Index? ▼

Laing Middle has the highest Resource Investment Index among the Mount Pleasant schools in this federal-data comparison at 57/100. The index summarizes reported staffing, counseling, gifted-program, and attendance inputs; it is not an academic rating.

How many schools are in Mount Pleasant, SC? ▼

Mount Pleasant has 5 public schools with a total enrollment of 5,985 students. 1 are charter schools. Average student-teacher ratio: 19.4:1.

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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.