Charleston School of the Arts

Set in North Charleston, South Carolina, Charleston School of the Arts is a reasonably sized senior high, one of the schools within Charleston 01. It instructs 1,102 students across grades 6 through 12.

Across the 81 schools in Charleston 01 (52,009 students total), Charleston School of the Arts accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

In terms of who attends, Charleston School of the Arts reports that 70% of the student body identifies as White; the rest breaks down as 12% Black, 9% Hispanic, 5% multiracial, 4% Asian.

In terms of school funding signals, Charleston School of the Arts logs 69 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 16.0:1. That tracks the state average closely.

In the area at large, the surrounding county (Charleston County) logs that median household earnings sit near $88,494, roughly 50% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 7%. Across Charleston County's 98 public schools (combined enrollment of about 55,933 students), Charleston School of the Arts is one campus in the mix.

Academic Magnet High is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.0 miles from this campus. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Charleston School of the Arts.

The campus sits in a metropolitan setting.

Over the past 7-year window. Over the past 7-year window, the student count stayed largely flat: 1,113 students in 2018 compared to 1,102 in 2025. The Hispanic share of enrollment increased from 4% to 9% over that span.

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