Laurel Hill Primary, 3100 Thomas Cario Blvd., Mount Pleasant: pre-K through second grade, 691 students in 2024-25, feeding Charles Pinckney Elementary.

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.

Laurel Hill Primary is a Charleston County School District school for pre-K through second grade on Thomas Cario Boulevard. Its children move on to Charles Pinckney Elementary, a short way along the same road, for third grade.

Who to call
Address 3100 Thomas Cario Blvd., Mount Pleasant, SC 29466
Phone 843-849-2200
Grades Pre-K to 2
District Charleston County School District
School hours 7:30 a.m. to 2:30 p.m.
State school ID 1001110

Principal

Principal Jason Sims, according to the school’s principal’s page. The page says he was selected as principal in 2023.

Enrollment and teachers

  • State count: 691 students in the 2024-25 school year, according to the state’s report card data.
  • Federal count: 736 students in the 2023-24 school year, with 44 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: the state’s report card data list Laurel Hill as a primary school, pre-K through second grade, with no overall rating. South Carolina’s state tests start in third grade, which Laurel Hill children reach at Charles Pinckney Elementary.

The school’s own page is on the state’s SC School Report Cards site. The state publishes new report cards 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 go on to Charles Pinckney Elementary for third grade, then Thomas C. Cario Middle and 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

Laurel Hill Primary 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: 7:30 a.m. to 2:30 p.m., with arrival from 7:05 a.m., according to the district’s 2026-27 bell schedule (PDF). Early-release days end at 12:30 p.m. and half days at 10:45 a.m.

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Frequently asked questions

What grades does Laurel Hill Primary serve?

Laurel Hill Primary serves pre-K through second grade, according to the state’s 2024-25 report card.

What is Laurel Hill Primary’s school rating?

The state’s 2024-25 report card lists Laurel Hill as a primary school with no overall rating. South Carolina’s state tests start in third grade, which Laurel Hill children reach at Charles Pinckney Elementary.

Which high school does Laurel Hill Primary feed into?

In Charleston County School District’s zone layers, the Laurel Hill Primary zone feeds Charles Pinckney Elementary for third grade, then Thomas C. Cario Middle and Wando High.

What time does Laurel Hill Primary start?

The school day runs 7:30 a.m. to 2:30 p.m., with arrival from 7:05 a.m., according to Charleston County School District’s 2026-27 bell schedule.