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The most racially diverse public schools in Charleston, South Carolina

25 public schools in Charleston, South Carolina appear in this ranking of the most racially diverse public schools, ranked by the diversity index, the chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups. Springfield Elementary leads the list at 71.3%, against a median of 48.1% across the ranked schools.

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Schools ranked

Charleston, South Carolina

Top Diversity index

71.3%

Median Diversity index

48.1%

MOST DIVERSE · CHARLESTON, SOUTH CAROLINA

#	School	City	Students	Diversity index	% White	% Black	% Hispanic	% Asian
1	Springfield Elementary	Charleston, SC	679	71.3%	33.9%(230)	36.2%(246)	18.4%(125)	3.4%(23)
2	Oakland Elementary	Charleston, SC	556	67.5%	41.5%(231)	36.9%(205)	7.5%(42)	4.1%(23)
3	C. E. Williams Middle School for Creative and Scientific Art	Charleston, SC	1,299	66.7%	42.5%(552)	36.8%(478)	10.9%(142)	2.4%(31)
4	West Ashley High	Charleston, SC	2,069	65.2%	45.8%(947)	34.9%(722)	10.8%(223)	1.7%(35)
5	Charleston Charter School for Math and Science	Charleston, SC	573	61.0%	36.6%(210)	49.6%(284)	9.4%(54)	0.7%(4)
6	James Simons Montessori	Charleston, SC	392	59.6%	55.9%(219)	28.3%(111)	8.7%(34)	0.8%(3)
7	St. Andrew's School of Math and Science	Charleston, SC	769	59.4%	58.5%(450)	21.6%(166)	10.7%(82)	1.9%(15)
8	Memminger Elementary	Charleston, SC	438	58.0%	50.5%(221)	40.2%(176)	2.5%(11)	0.7%(3)
9	Ashley River Creative Arts Elementary	Charleston, SC	618	57.3%	60.7%(375)	22.0%(136)	6.0%(37)	3.7%(23)
10	Drayton Hall Elementary	Charleston, SC	640	51.6%	67.3%(431)	12.8%(82)	9.7%(62)	4.1%(26)
11	James Island Elementary	Charleston, SC	580	50.6%	65.0%(377)	26.2%(152)	3.3%(19)	0.7%(4)
12	Stono Park Elementary	Charleston, SC	337	49.0%	16.6%(56)	68.8%(232)	6.8%(23)	1.5%(5)
13	Philip Simmons High	Charleston, SC	797	48.1%	68.5%(546)	21.3%(170)	4.4%(35)	1.4%(11)
14	Carolina Voyager Charter	Charleston, SC	402	46.5%	71.4%(287)	12.7%(51)	5.2%(21)	3.0%(12)
15	James Island Charter High	Charleston, SC	1,612	43.6%	72.9%(1,175)	17.1%(275)	5.7%(92)	0.9%(14)
16	Buist Academy	Charleston, SC	521	40.9%	75.8%(395)	9.6%(50)	4.6%(24)	5.8%(30)
17	Camp Road Middle	Charleston, SC	901	40.0%	75.6%(681)	16.2%(146)	3.0%(27)	1.0%(9)
18	Harbor View Elementary	Charleston, SC	621	37.8%	77.8%(483)	11.4%(71)	4.7%(29)	1.1%(7)
19	Montessori Community School	Charleston, SC	280	34.3%	80.4%(225)	6.4%(18)	2.5%(7)	1.8%(5)
20	Orange Grove Charter School	Charleston, SC	1,170	33.3%	81.0%(948)	8.1%(95)	4.2%(49)	2.0%(24)
21	Murray-LaSaine Montessori	Charleston, SC	347	32.3%	81.6%(283)	8.1%(28)	6.3%(22)	0.0%(0)
22	Daniel Island School	Charleston, SC	1,151	22.2%	88.0%(1,013)	2.6%(30)	3.1%(36)	1.9%(22)
23	Sanders-Clyde Elementary	Charleston, SC	369	21.5%	2.4%(9)	88.3%(326)	3.3%(12)	0.0%(0)
24	Stiles Point Elementary	Charleston, SC	866	20.2%	89.2%(772)	3.9%(34)	2.2%(19)	0.6%(5)
25	Burke High	Charleston, SC	342	12.3%	1.5%(5)	93.6%(320)	2.9%(10)	0.0%(0)

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