Beaufort County School District educates more than 19,000 student

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s in Beaufort County, South Carolina

Beaufort County, South Carolina

-National protected areas:*Ernest F. Hollings ACE Basin National Wildlife Refuge *Pinckney Island National Wildlife Refuge-Demographics:As of the census of 2000, there were 155,215 people, 45,532 households, and 33,056 families residing in the county. The population density was 206 people per...

, the most rapidly growing county in South Carolina

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. The district manages 28 schools. The superintendent is Dr. Valerie Page Truesdale. The district is governed by an 11-member board whose elected members represent the electoral district in which they live and serve staggered, four-year terms.

High schools

• Battery Creek High School
  Battery Creek High School
  Battery Creek High School is a 4-year public high school in Beaufort, South Carolina. It is one of the three public high schools in Beaufort along with Beaufort High School and Whale Branch Early College High School, and is sometimes listed as being in Burton, South Carolina, an unincorporated...
  
  
• Beaufort High School
  Beaufort High School
  Beaufort High School is a 4 year secondary school in Beaufort, South Carolina. It is one of the three public high schools in Beaufort along with Battery Creek High School and Whale BranchHigh School. The principal is Dan Durbin...
  
  
• Bluffton High School
  Bluffton High School (Bluffton, South Carolina)
  Bluffton High School is a 3A public high school located in Bluffton, South Carolina. It was opened in August of 2004 and is one of 4 high schools in Beaufort County School District. It had an enrollment of 1,439 for the 2009–2010 school year. The Bluffton High mascot is a bobcat and its rival high...
  
  
• Hilton Head High School
• Whale Branch Early College High School (opening in Fall 2010)

Middle schools

• Beaufort Middle School
• H E McCracken Middle School
• Hilton Head Island Middle School
• Lady's Island Middle School
• Robert Smalls Middle School
• Whale Branch Middle School

Elementary schools

• Beaufort Elementary School
• Bluffton Elementary School
• Broad River Elementary School
• Coosa Elementary School
• Daufuskie Island School
• Hilton Head Island Early Childhood Center
• James J Davis Elementary School
• Joseph Shanklin Elementary School
• Lady's Island Elementary School
• M C Riley Elementary School
• Mossy Oaks Elementary School
• Okatie Elementary School
• Port Royal Elementary School
• Red Cedar Elementary School
• Shell Point Elementary School
• Saint Helena Early Learning Center
• Saint Helena Elementary School
• Whale Branch Elementary School

Beaufort County Adult Education

Beaufort County Adult Education is an alternative school within the Beaufort County School District. Students over the age of seventeen can complete coursework for their South Carolina High School diploma or study for the GED examination. In addition, Beaufort County Adult Education offers classes through South Carolina Virtual Schools. The school is located at 2900 Mink Point Boulevard.

Joseph Shanklin Elementary School

On October 1901, the school started with seven pupils. By January 1905, 150 students attended. It was founded by a group of northern abolitionists and Beaufort citizens. The school's mission was to instruct African American students in better cultivation of land, care of stock and manner of living. The school offered instruction in carpentry, bricklaying, printing and other trades. Courses for females included cooking, sewing, nursing, and homemaking. By 1920 The Port Royal Agricultural School became the Beaufort County Training School, yet it was still known as The Shanklin School by area residents. With public and private funds it was able to meet the need for African American teachers and was known as a teacher's training site. The school maintained 800 acres (3.2 km²) of land, as well as two barns, two dormitories, a power plant, equipment and an endowment of around $11,000. Today, the school is now found at 121 Morrall Drive.

Mossy Oaks Elementary School

The school opened in 1962.The school has met federal AYP (adequate yearly progress) since its initiation, and has been a Title One school for the past two years. The principal is Donald Gruel. The school serves students from PK to fifth grade, has one Resource class, and one Self Contained classroom for students with special needs. Mossy Oaks is one of South Carolina's newly named "Red Carpet" schools by the State Department of Education

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