Lucy Garrett Beckham High

Lucy Garrett Beckham High is a high-enrollment high school. Its address is in Mt. Pleasant, South Carolina. The school enrolls 1,757 students, from grades 9 through 12. Average enrollment for high schools in South Carolina is about 953, so this school runs 84% bigger than that.

Charleston 01 oversees Lucy Garrett Beckham High and 80 other schools, with 52,009 students in total.

Lucy Garrett Beckham High enrolls a student body that is 82% White. Other reported shares: 9% Black, 5% Hispanic, and 2% multiracial. That compares with about 66% White among all Charleston County residents. Lucy Garrett Beckham High has a diversity index of 32%, compared with 70% for all US public school students.

Its 101 full-time-equivalent teachers give the school a ratio of 17.4:1. The average ratio among high schools in South Carolina is 15.5:1, lower than at this school.

According to the American Community Survey, in Charleston County, median household income is about $88,494, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 50%, and about 7% of people live in poverty. A total of 98 public schools operate in Charleston County, serving about 55,933 students.

The closest other public school is James B. Edwards Elementary, about 0.7 miles away. Around the school, at least 8 other public schools are within five miles.

Lucy Garrett Beckham High is in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more, a location NCES labels Suburb: Large.

Federal counts for Lucy Garrett Beckham High: 738 students in 2020-21, 1,757 in 2024-25. A gap this wide can follow a change in the grades offered.

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