Gates School

Gates School is one of the mid-sized K-12 campuss in Mt. Pleasant, South Carolina, operated by Charter Institute at Erskine, with students from the surrounding community on its rolls from grade M.

Charter Institute at Erskine comprises 30 schools with combined enrollment of 28,041 students; Gates School is among them.

On the income-and-resources front, Class-load math at Gates School comes out to about 6.4:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 13.7:1, putting Gates School tighter than the state norm the norm.

In the surrounding community, the surrounding county (Charleston County) logs that the typical household earns roughly $88,494 per year, 50% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 7%. In all, Charleston County runs 98 public schools (combined enrollment of about 55,933 students), of which Gates School is one.

The closest other public school is Compass Collegiate Academy, roughly 0.0 miles away. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools.

The campus sits in an urban setting. Gates School is a charter school, which puts it inside the public-school system but outside the standard district-managed model.

On the community side, the feed for Gates School typically covers school events, parent volunteer needs, and clubs. The community welcomes input from current and former families.