Charleston County School District


Charleston County School District is a school district within Charleston County, South Carolina, United States. It educates roughly 50,000 kindergarten to 12th grade students in 80 schools. Gerrita Postlewait became Charleston County’s Superintendent of Schools on July 9, 2015.

AdvancEd Accreditation

The Charleston County School District and all schools are accredited by AdvancED, the world's foremost education accrediting agency.

Board of Trustees

The Charleston County School Board is composed of nine local members, each elected for a 4-year term. Elections are held in November of even-numbered years. Charleston County School District's Superintendent, Dr. Gerrita Postlewait, serves as the Executive Secretary for the Board of Trustees.
The Board Chairman is Rev. Dr. Erick Mack. Vice-Chair is Kate Darby. Board members are Cindy Bohn Coates, Rev. Chris Collins, Todd Garrett, Kevin Hollinshead, Priscilla Jeffrey, Joyce Green and, Chris Fraser.
The Board meetings are held at 75 Calhoun Street, Charleston.

Human Resources

CCSD's goal is to provide prospective applicants with a wide variety of recruitment-related resources to assist them in their search for employment.
The Charleston County School District offers the most competitive teacher salary schedule in South Carolina. The Superintendent and Board have a 3-year plan to increase the salaries of ALL teachers beginning this school year. And the salary schedule for next year has already been approved for ALL teachers.

Constituent Districts

Charleston County School district was created by South Carolina Act 340 of the South Carolina General Assembly in 1967. The "Act of Consolidation" took the eight separate school districts and put them under a county-wide district to equally fund education in all areas of the county. The former independent school districts remain as constituent school districts within the structure of the Charleston County School district, with their own school boards and duties.

High schools