Fort Dorchester High

Fort Dorchester High is one of the heavily attended 9-12 campuss in North Charleston, South Carolina, one of the schools within Dorchester 02, with 2,344 students on its rolls from grades 9 through 12. Enrollment runs roughly 146% above the state mean of about 953.

Within Dorchester 02, which oversees 25 schools and 25,928 students, Fort Dorchester High is one campus in the system.

On the student-mix side, Fort Dorchester High lists that the most-represented group is Black (41%), with the rest of the student body spread across multiple groups. The remainder comes out to 30% White, 17% Hispanic, 8% multiracial, 4% Asian. By comparison, Dorchester County as a whole is about 25% Black, so the school skews noticeably more Black than its surroundings.

Looking at school resources, Fort Dorchester High logs 135 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 17.4:1. The state averages around 15.5:1, so this campus is higher than the state norm typical.

Around the school, ACS estimates for Dorchester County put the typical household earns roughly $78,198 per year, about 30% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and the poverty rate sits near 8%. Across Dorchester County's 35 public schools (combined enrollment of about 29,832 students), Fort Dorchester High is one campus in the mix.

Nearest neighbor: Windsor Hill Arts Infused Elementary, around 0.9 miles off. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius.

The campus sits in an urban setting.

Trend over the last 7 years. Fort Dorchester High's enrollment has stayed largely flat since 2018, when it stood at 2,317 (now 2,344). White enrollment moved from 37% to 30% across the same window.

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