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SCHOOLS IN MT PLEASANT

East Cooper Schools

 

THE EAST COOPER AREA IS PART OF THE CHARLESTON COUNTY SCHOOL 

District's Moultrie Constituent School District 2, which includes 11 public schools:

one high school (Wando High), three middle schools (Thomas Cario, Laing and Moultrie) and seven elementary schools (Belle Hall, James B. Edwards, Jennie Moore, Mount Pleasant Academy, Mamie Whitesides, Charles Pinckney, and Sullivan's Island Elementary).

Dr. Lynda Davis is the associate superintendent in charge of Moultrie Constituent District 2. Contact information for the District 2 office and the main Charleston County School District office is below.

 

MOULTRIE  CONSTITUENT DISTRICT 2 
Dr. Lynda Davis, 
Associate Superintendent 
665 Coleman Blvd. 
Mount Pleasant, SC 29464-4017 
Phone: (843) 849-2878

CHARLESTON COUNTY  SCHOOL DISTRICT 
Dr. Maria Goodloe-Johnson, 
Superintendent 
75 Calhoun St. 
Charleston, SC 29401 
Phone: (843) 937-6300 
www.CCSDSchools.com 

ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS

BELLE HALL ELEMENTARY SCHOOL 
385 Egypt Road 
Mount Pleasant, SC 29464-7200 
Phone: (843) 849-2841 
Principal: Terri H. Nichols BelleHall.CCSDSchools.com 
Enrollment: 739 
Average Class Size: Approximately 20
Sends Students To: Moultrie Middle, Cario Middle School Colors: Red, white and blue 

JAMES B. EDWARDS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL 
885 Von Kolnitz Blvd. 
Mount Pleasant, SC 29464-3238 
Phone: (843) 849-2805 
Principal: Thomas Lee 
www.JBEdwards.org 
Enrollment: 735 
Average Class Size: Approximately 22 
Sends Students To: Moultrie Middle, Laing Middle School Colors: Blue and white 

JENNIE MOORE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL 
1256 Hamlin Road 
Mount Pleasant, SC 29466 
Phone: (843) 849-2815 
Principal: Karen Felder JennieMoore.CCSDSchools.com 
Enrollment: 603 
Average Class Size: 15 in first grade, 22 in others

Sends Students To: Laing Middle, Cario Middle 

MOUNT PLEASANT ACADEMY TRIDENT ACADEMY,     

843-884-7046
1455 Wakendaw Road, Mt. Pleasant, SC 29464
County: Charleston
Internet: www.tridentacademy.com
Headmaster: Kathy Cook ( August 2013)
Grades K-8,    enrollment 50,       founded 1972
Trident Academy is strengthening its purpose in the Lowcountry. Beginning this August, we will begin to serve a new group of students in The School for Asperger's/HFA. In addition to being a transition school for children with dyslexia, dysgraphia, and dyscalculia in grades K through 8, we will also educate students in grades K through 3 who have Asperger's Syndrome or High Functioning Autism. 

Additional changes include our headmaster, the grades of children we educate, and more.

email  admissions@tridentacademy.com

CHARLES PINCKNEY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL 
3300 Thomas Cario Blvd. 
Mount Pleasant, SC 29466 
Phone: (843) 856-4585 
Principal: Leanne Sheppard Pinckney.CCSDSchools.com 
Enrollment: 1,430 
Average Class Size: Approximately 26 
Sends Students To: Cario Middle 

SULLIVAN'S ISLAND ELEMENTARY SCHOOL 
1015 I'on St. 
Sullivan's Island, SC 29482-9799 
Phone: (843) 883-3118 
Principal: Susan King SullivansIsland.CCSDSchools.com 
Enrollment: 375 
Average Class Size: 
Varies by grade level; approximately 15-22

Sends Students To: Laing Middle 

MAMIE P. WHITESIDES ELEMENTARY SCHOOL 
1120 Rifle Range Road 
Mount Pleasant, SC 29464-4229 
Phone: (843) 849-2838 
Principal: Lona Pounder Whitesides.CCSDSchools.com 
Enrollment: Approximately 700 
Average Class Size: Varies 
Sends Students To Cario Middle, Laing Middle, Moultrie Middle School

MIDDLE SCHOOLS

THOMAS C. CARIO MIDDLE SCHOOL 
3500 Thomas Cario Blvd. 
Mount Pleasant, SC 29466 
Phone: (843) 856-4595 
Principal: Carol Beckmann-Bartlett Cario.CCSDSchools.com 
Enrollment: 1,000 
Average Class Size: Approximately 30
Sends Students To: Wando High School 

LAING MIDDLE SCHOOL 
2213 Highway 17 North 
Mount Pleasant, SC 29464-6811 
Phone: (843) 849-2809 
Principal: Deborah Price 
Laing.CCSDSchools.com 
Enrollment: 486 
Average Class Size: Approximately 24-25 students

Sends Students To: Wando High School School Colors: Maroon and white 

MOULTRIE MIDDLE SCHOOL 
645 Coleman Blvd.
Mount Pleasant, SC 29464-4099
Phone: (843) 849-2819
Principal: Jean Siewicki (interim) Moultrie.CCSDSchools.com
Enrollment: 812 
Average Class Size: Approximately 25 
Sends Students To: Wando High School 

HIGH SCHOOLS

WANDO HIGH SCHOOL 
1000 Warrior Way 
Mount Pleasant, SC 29466 
Phone: (843) 849-2830 
Principal: Lucy Beckham 
www.WandoHigh.com 
Enrollment: 2,700
Average Student-Teacher Ratio: 25-to-1 

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