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Wando High
7-year change
SY 2017-18 vs SY 2024-25About Wando High
Located at 1000 Warrior Way, in Mount Pleasant, South Carolina, Wando High is a roomy four-year high school that serves 2,588 students (grades 9 through 12), operated by Charleston 01. By comparison, South Carolina's public schools average about 953 students each, so Wando High sits 172% bigger than that benchmark.
Charleston 01 runs 81 schools in total, collectively educating 52,009 students. Wando High is one of those campuses.
On the student-mix side, Wando High lists that the largest single group is White, at 80% of enrollment. Other groups include 10% Black, 5% Hispanic, 3% multiracial, 3% Asian. By comparison, Charleston County as a whole is about 66% White, so the school skews visibly more White than its surroundings.
In terms of school funding signals, On paper, Wando High has 145 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 17.9:1. That figure is higher than the state norm's 15.5:1 average.
In the broader community, ACS estimates for Charleston County put the typical household earns roughly $88,494 per year, about 50% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and roughly 7% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Across Charleston County's 98 public schools (combined enrollment of about 55,933 students), Wando High is one campus in the mix.
The closest other public school is Carolina Park Elementary, roughly 0.4 miles away. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools.
The campus sits in an outer-ring setting.
Over the past 7-year window. Over the past 7-year window, the student count ticked down 35%: 3,997 students in 2018 compared to 2,588 in 2025. The student-to-teacher ratio rose from 16.6:1 in 2018 to 17.9:1 today.
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