Charles Pinckney Elementary, 3300 Thomas Cario Blvd.: third through fifth grade, 644 students in 2024-25, rated Excellent on the state report card.
Last checked Oct. 16, 2026. Sources: the school’s website; the school’s principal’s page; Charleston County School District’s school lookup tool, 2026-27 academic calendar and 2026-27 bell schedule; the S.C. Department of Education’s 2024-25 report card data files; the federal NCES school directory.
Charles Pinckney Elementary is a Charleston County School District school for third through fifth grade on Thomas Cario Boulevard. It shares its attendance zone with Laurel Hill Primary down the road, which teaches the younger grades. It was rated Excellent, with 74 points, on South Carolina’s 2024-25 report card.
Who to call
- Front office: 843-856-4585, 3300 Thomas Cario Blvd.
- School website: pinckney.ccsdschools.com
- Enrolling a new student: register at the zoned school; the district lists what to bring on its required documents page. District office: 843-937-6300
- Which school is my address zoned for? the district’s school lookup tool
- Buses: the district’s transportation page, with its 2026-27 bus stop locator
| Address | 3300 Thomas Cario Blvd., Mount Pleasant, SC 29466 |
| Phone | 843-856-4585 |
| Grades | 3 to 5 |
| District | Charleston County School District |
| School hours | 7:25 a.m. to 2:25 p.m. |
| State school ID | 1001102 |
Principal
Principal Tiffany Henderson, according to the school’s principal’s page.
Enrollment and teachers
- State count: 644 students in the 2024-25 school year, according to the state’s report card data.
- Federal count: 646 students in the 2023-24 school year, with 37 full-time-equivalent teachers, according to the NCES directory. That is about 17 students per teacher.
State report card
South Carolina rates every public school each year as Excellent, Good, Average, Below Average or Unsatisfactory. An Excellent rating means “school performance substantially exceeds the criteria to ensure all students meet the Profile of the SC Graduate,” according to the state’s report card site. The overall rating is built from indicators such as academic achievement, preparing for success, student progress, English learners’ progress and school climate, with graduation rate and college and career readiness added for high schools.
2024-25 rating: Excellent, 74 points. On the state’s elementary scale, Excellent 61 to 100, Good 53 to 60, Average 42 to 52, Below Average 34 to 41 and Unsatisfactory 33 and below.
| Indicator | 2024-25 rating |
|---|---|
| Academic achievement | Excellent |
| Preparing for success | Excellent |
| Student progress | Excellent |
| School climate | Excellent |
On the spring 2025 SC READY tests in grades 3 to 5, 90.9% of students met or exceeded expectations in English language arts and 85% in math; on the state science test, 81.9% did, according to the state’s report card data.
Across Charleston County School District, in grades 3 to 8, the figures were 67.6% in English, 56.2% in math and 57.2% in science.
The full report card, with test results by group, teacher data, school safety and spending, is on the state’s SC School Report Cards site. The state publishes new ratings each fall.
Attendance zone
Check an address with the district’s school lookup tool, which the district links from its lookup page.
In the district’s zone layers, Laurel Hill and Pinckney share one zone, listed as “Laurel Hill PS (4K-2) / Pinckney (3-5)”: children start at Laurel Hill Primary and move to Pinckney for third grade. The zone feeds Thomas C. Cario Middle and then Wando High.
We did not find a published feeder list on the district’s site, so these pairings come from the district’s own zone layers. The 2026-27 elementary zones in those layers match 2025-26 for every Mount Pleasant zone, and we found no rezoning approved by the board that changes them; where a zone is split, the street address decides.
Calendar and school hours
Charles Pinckney Elementary follows Charleston County School District’s 2026-27 calendar. Coming dates from the academic calendar (PDF):
- Tuesday, Nov. 3: Election Day, schools closed
- Nov. 23-24: no school; both are weather make-up days if the district needs them
- Nov. 25-27: fall break
- Friday, Dec. 18: half day
- Dec. 21 to Jan. 1: winter break; students return Tuesday, Jan. 5
School hours: 7:25 a.m. to 2:25 p.m., with arrival from 7 a.m., according to the district’s 2026-27 bell schedule (PDF). Early-release days end at 12:25 p.m. and half days at 10:40 a.m.
More
- The district’s elementary schools page
- Every public school in Mount Pleasant, with zones and report cards
- Our Mount Pleasant schools guide for the district calendar, enrollment and the school board
Frequently asked questions
What grades does Charles Pinckney Elementary serve?
Charles Pinckney Elementary serves third through fifth grade, according to the state’s 2024-25 report card.
What is Charles Pinckney Elementary’s school rating?
Charles Pinckney Elementary was rated Excellent, with 74 points, on South Carolina’s 2024-25 school report card, the latest the state has published.
Which high school does Charles Pinckney Elementary feed into?
In Charleston County School District’s zone layers, the Charles Pinckney Elementary zone feeds Thomas C. Cario Middle and then Wando High.
What time does Charles Pinckney Elementary start?
The school day runs 7:25 a.m. to 2:25 p.m., with arrival from 7 a.m., according to Charleston County School District’s 2026-27 bell schedule.
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