NCES CCD 2024-25 11 schools SC

Best-Resourced Schools in Mt. Pleasant, SC

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11 public K-12 schools in Mt. 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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11
Schools
8,846
Students
48/100
Avg Resource Index
15.5:1
Avg Student-Teacher Ratio

National city placement

Middle-of-corpus city profile

According to NCES CCD 2024-25, Mt. Pleasant has more public-school enrollment than 77% of the 4,487 US cities in this directory. Mt. Pleasant 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

7 of Mt. Pleasant's 11 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 23-point gap between East Cooper Montessori Charter and Laurel Hill Primary shows the range hidden by Mt. Pleasant'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 23%
School count
Top 35%
Resource Index average
81st percentile
Teacher staffing
48th percentile

Lucy Garrett Beckham High accounts for 19.9% of all Mt. Pleasant public-school enrollment

That concentration means Mt. 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

Mt. Pleasant school enrollment varies 16× across entities

Mt. Pleasant school enrollment ranges from 109 students (lowest) to 1,757 students (highest), a spread of 1,648 students. That spread reflects typical urban portfolio variation between specialty programs and large neighbourhood schools. 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

Mt. Pleasant 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 Mt. Pleasant is typically wider than the Mt. Pleasant-aggregate figure suggests.

Source: NCES Common Core of Data, Public School Universe

2 of Mt. Pleasant's 11 listed schools are charters

18% 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. East Cooper Montessori Charter 61
2. Thomas C. Cario Middle 53
3. James B. Edwards Elementary 49
4. Gates School 49
5. Mamie P. Whitesides Elementary 48
6. Belle Hall Elementary 48
7. Charles Pinckney Elementary 48
8. Jennie Moore Elementary 47
9. Carolina Park Elementary 47
10. Lucy Garrett Beckham High 40
11. Laurel Hill Primary 38

Most racially and ethnically mixed schools in Mt. 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 Jennie Moore Elementary 40.0/100
  2. 2 Laurel Hill Primary 34.4/100
  3. 3 Belle Hall Elementary 34.2/100
  4. 4 James B. Edwards Elementary 33.3/100
  5. 5 Lucy Garrett Beckham High 31.8/100

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Which Mt. Pleasant school has the highest Resource Investment Index? ▼

East Cooper Montessori Charter has the highest Resource Investment Index among the Mt. Pleasant schools in this federal-data comparison at 61/100. The index summarizes reported staffing, counseling, gifted-program, and attendance inputs; it is not an academic rating.

How many schools are in Mt. Pleasant, SC? ▼

Mt. Pleasant has 11 public schools with a total enrollment of 8,846 students. 2 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.