Magnet Schools in Charleston County, South Carolina
Charleston County has 8 schools identified in the 2021-22 Civil Rights Data Collection as operating a magnet program. 5 are whole-school magnets, and 3 offer magnet programs to part of the student population.
- 8 magnet schools and programs
- 5 whole-school magnets
- 3 schools with a magnet program
- 3 cities and towns
Magnet status is based on the 2021-22 Civil Rights Data Collection, the latest federal collection available for magnet classification.
School enrollment, grades and contact details are from NCES Common Core of Data 2024-25.
Magnet schools in Charleston County
Listed alphabetically. Nothing here is ranked, scored or ordered by anything the federal collections do not record.
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Academic Magnet High
North Charleston, SC
● Whole-school magnet
- Grades
- 9-12
- Enrollment
- 740
- Level
- High
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Ashley River Creative Arts
Charleston, SC
◦ Magnet program
- Grades
- PK-5
- Enrollment
- 618
- Level
- Elementary
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Buist Academy
Charleston, SC
● Whole-school magnet
- Grades
- 3-8
- Enrollment
- 521
- Level
- Elementary
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Charleston Progressive
Charleston, SC
● Whole-school magnet
- Grades
- PK-5
- Enrollment
- 184
- Level
- Elementary
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Charleston School Of The Arts
North Charleston, SC
● Whole-school magnet
- Grades
- 6-12
- Enrollment
- 1,102
- Level
- Other
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Jennie Moore El
Mt. Pleasant, SC
◦ Magnet program
- Grades
- PK-5
- Enrollment
- 993
- Level
- Elementary
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Military Magnet Academy
North Charleston, SC
● Whole-school magnet
- Grades
- 6-12
- Enrollment
- 393
- Level
- Other
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St Andrews Math And Science
Charleston, SC
◦ Magnet program
- Grades
- PK-5
- Enrollment
- 769
- Level
- Elementary
What “magnet” means on this page
Whole-school magnet
The magnet program applies across the school. Every student attending is part of it.
Magnet program
The school offers a magnet program to part of its student population, alongside its other classes.
Other historical or unverified magnet listings
These schools were identified as magnet schools in older source data but are not confirmed by the latest available federal magnet collection.
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C E Williams Middle Creative A
Charleston, SC
□ Unverified magnet listing
- Grades
- 6-8
- Enrollment
- 725
- Level
- Middle
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Charlestowne Academy
North Charleston, SC
□ Unverified magnet listing
- Grades
- K-12
- Enrollment
- 424
- Level
- Other
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Garrett Academy Of Tech
Charleston, SC
□ Unverified magnet listing
- Grades
- 9-12
- Enrollment
- 771
- Level
- High
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Springfield El
Charleston, SC
□ Unverified magnet listing
- Grades
- PK-6
- Enrollment
- 541
- Level
- Elementary
Other schools listed in Charleston County
These are the other schools this directory holds for Charleston County. They are not identified as magnet schools in the 2021-22 Civil Rights Data Collection.
- Charleston Charter Math/scienc Charleston, SC Charter
- Charleston Develop. Charter Charleston, SC Charter
- East Cooper Montessori Charter Mount Pleasant, SC Charter
- Greg Mathis Charter High North Charleston, SC Charter
- James Island Charter High Charleston, SC Charter
- Orange Grove Charter North Charleston, SC Charter
- Orange Grove Charter Charleston, SC Charter
- Palmetto Scholars Academy North Charleston, SC Charter
- Sea Island Youthbuild Charter Johns Island, SC Charter
- Susan G. Boykin Charter North Charleston, SC Charter
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