Laing Middle, 2705 Bulrush Basket Lane: sixth through eighth grade, 986 students in 2024-25, rated Excellent on the state report card.
Last checked Oct. 16, 2026. Sources: the school’s website; the school’s administration 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.
Laing Middle, listed by the state as Laing Middle School of Science and Technology, is a Charleston County School District middle school on Bulrush Basket Lane, on the same campus as Jennie Moore Elementary. It was rated Excellent, with 62 points, on South Carolina’s 2024-25 report card.
Who to call
- Front office: 843-849-2809, 2705 Bulrush Basket Lane
- School website: laing.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 | 2705 Bulrush Basket Lane, Mount Pleasant, SC 29466 |
| Phone | 843-849-2809 |
| Grades | 6 to 8 |
| District | Charleston County School District |
| School hours | 8:30 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. |
| State school ID | 1001051 |
Principal
Principal Jay Whitehair, according to the school’s administration page.
Enrollment and teachers
- State count: 986 students in the 2024-25 school year, according to the state’s report card data.
- Federal count: 1,024 students in the 2023-24 school year, with 57 full-time-equivalent teachers, according to the NCES directory. That is about 18 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, 62 points. On the state’s middle school scale, Excellent 56 to 100, Good 48 to 55, Average 36 to 47, Below Average 29 to 35 and Unsatisfactory 28 and below.
| Indicator | 2024-25 rating |
|---|---|
| Academic achievement | Excellent |
| Preparing for success | Excellent |
| Student progress | Average |
| School climate | Excellent |
On the spring 2025 SC READY tests in grades 6 to 8, 82.1% of students met or exceeded expectations in English language arts and 69.6% in math; on the state science test, 71.8% 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, the Laing Middle zone is fed by Jennie Moore Elementary and Belle Hall Elementary, and it splits at high school: the Jennie Moore area feeds Wando High and the Belle Hall area feeds Lucy Garrett Beckham 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
Laing Middle 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: 8:30 a.m. to 3:30 p.m., with arrival from 8:05 a.m., according to the district’s 2026-27 bell schedule (PDF). Early-release days end at 1:30 p.m. and half days at 11:45 a.m.
More
- The district’s middle 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 Laing Middle serve?
Laing Middle serves sixth through eighth grade, according to the state’s 2024-25 report card.
What is Laing Middle’s school rating?
Laing Middle was rated Excellent, with 62 points, on South Carolina’s 2024-25 school report card, the latest the state has published.
Which high school does Laing Middle feed into?
It depends on the elementary zone. In Charleston County School District’s zone layers, the Jennie Moore area feeds Wando High and the Belle Hall area feeds Lucy Garrett Beckham High.
What time does Laing Middle start?
The school day runs 8:30 a.m. to 3:30 p.m., with arrival from 8:05 a.m., according to Charleston County School District’s 2026-27 bell schedule.
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