Lucy Garrett Beckham High

Lucy Garrett Beckham High is a secondary school of high-enrollment scale in Mt. Pleasant, South Carolina, part of Charleston 01, serveing 1,757 students in grades 9 through 12. Compared to the state average of about 953 students per school, that is 84% larger than typical.

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

In terms of who attends, Lucy Garrett Beckham High logs that 82% of students identify as White, making the school strongly White-majority. Other groups include 9% Black, 5% Hispanic, 2% multiracial. The wider county runs roughly 66% White, putting the school's mix visibly more White than the area baseline.

Looking at the economic backdrop, The school employs 101 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 17.4:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 15.5:1, putting Lucy Garrett Beckham High higher than the state norm the norm.

Around the school, community-level numbers for Charleston County indicate the typical household earns roughly $88,494 per year, about 50% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 7%. Lucy Garrett Beckham High is one of 98 public schools in Charleston County (combined enrollment of about 55,933 students).

James B. Edwards Elementary is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.7 miles from this campus. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Lucy Garrett Beckham High.

Geographically, the school is in a bedroom-community area.

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