26 public K-12 schools in Summerville from NCES Common Core of Data: enrollment, grade span, demographics, and Civil Rights Data Collection statistics for every active campus.
National city placement
According to NCES CCD 2024-25, Summerville has more public-school enrollment than 95% of the 4,487 US cities in this directory. Summerville 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.
15 of Summerville's 26 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.
The 36-point gap between Rollings Middle School of the Arts and East Edisto Middle shows the range hidden by Summerville'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.
Summerville school enrollment ranges from 521 students (lowest) to 3,361 students (highest), a spread of 2,840 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
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 Summerville is typically wider than the Summerville-aggregate figure suggests.
| # | School | Score |
|---|---|---|
| 1. | Rollings Middle School of the Arts | 55 |
| 2. | James H. Spann Elementary | 50 |
| 3. | Fort Dorchester Elementary | 49 |
| 4. | Lowcountry Connection Academy | 49 |
| 5. | Summerville Elementary | 45 |
| 6. | Beech Hill Elementary | 43 |
| 7. | Charles B. Dubose Middle | 43 |
| 8. | Gregg Middle | 43 |
| 9. | Alston Middle | 42 |
| 10. | William M. Reeves Elementary | 40 |
| 11. | Alston-Bailey Elementary | 39 |
| 12. | Cane Bay Middle | 38 |
| 13. | Sand Hill Elementary | 38 |
| 14. | Cane Bay Elementary | 38 |
| 15. | Flowertown Elementary | 38 |
| 16. | Nexton Elementary | 37 |
| 17. | Knightsville Elementary | 37 |
| 18. | Dr. Eugene Sires Elementary | 36 |
| 19. | Berkeley Preparatory Academy | 36 |
| 20. | Sangaree Intermediate | 36 |
| 21. | Newington Elementary | 35 |
| 22. | Cane Bay High | 31 |
| 23. | Summerville High | 29 |
| 24. | Ashley Ridge High | 28 |
| 25. | Sangaree Elementary | 24 |
| 26. | East Edisto Middle | 19 |
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.
Rollings Middle School of the Arts has the highest Resource Investment Index among the Summerville schools in this federal-data comparison at 55/100. The index summarizes reported staffing, counseling, gifted-program, and attendance inputs; it is not an academic rating.
Summerville has 26 public schools with a total enrollment of 27,883 students. 2 are charter schools. Average student-teacher ratio: 17.6:1.
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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.
