Charleston Collegiate School Tuition 2026-27 by Grade, SC

Tuition, 2026-27: From $18,500
Grades: PreK-12
Students (K-12): 363
Students per teacher: 8.3
Affiliation: Nonsectarian
From Charleston center: 9.7 miles

All school facts and where they come from

Can you use ESTF here?

✓ On the official South Carolina Education Scholarship Trust Fund list

State list: Includes this school
Applying: Closed for 2026-27. For 2027-28, renewals and siblings of current students apply first (that window opens November 1), new priority applicants follow from January 15, and other eligible students after that. Join the waitlist to hear the exact dates.

Source: the official list, dated September 28, 2026.

What you would pay here

Tuition: $18,500 (K to 5, 2026-27)
Award: about $7,634
Left to pay: about $10,866, before fees

Award $7,634 Left to pay $10,866

Tuition: the school’s website, checked October 5, 2026.
Award: South Carolina ESTF, Education Service Provider Guide 2026-27, read October 9, 2026.
Lowest listed grade band; fees and aid not included. Change the numbers

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School facts

Teachers: 47
Student body: Coeducational
Go on to a 4-year college: 95%
Setting: Rural

School facts, kindergarten to grade 12: U.S. Department of Education, NCES Private School Survey 2023-24, read September 20, 2026.

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Students and school year

Enrollment over time

2019-20 to 2023-24: 314 to 363, up 49 (16%)
Path: Dipped to 269 in 2021-22, then passed its earlier level

Students by grade, 2023-24 (pre-K is not in the K-12 count)

Largest grade: Kindergarten (39)
Smallest grade: Grade 11 (9)
Across the grades: Classes thin out toward the upper grades
High school grades: Average 20; lower grades 31

The school year

Days in the school year: 176
Length of the school day: 7 hours 15 minutes
Hours of school a year: about 1,280
Kindergarten: Full day, 5 days a week
Library or media center: Yes
Year, against South Carolina: 4 days shorter than the 180-day median of 271 schools we list
School day, against South Carolina: 15 minutes longer than the median of 7 hours (274 schools we list)

How it compares

Students per teacher

Students vs county median

Students per teacher: 8.3 here; median 9.5 at 136 SC combined schools
Size in Charleston County: Larger than 22 of 27 other schools we list

Student body, 2023-24

Shares of K-12 students by race and ethnicity, as NCES reports them.

Grades, school year and student body: U.S. Department of Education, NCES Private School Survey 2023-24, read September 20, 2026.
Earlier counts: NCES Private School Survey 2019-20 and 2021-22, read October 14, 2026.
Comparisons: the private schools ChoiceFunded lists, as of this page’s last update.

Charleston Collegiate School tuition, and what ESTF pays

Grades K to 5, 2026-27: $18,500
Grades 6 to 8, 2026-27: $20,500
Grades 9 to 12, 2026-27: $21,500

Tuition is $18,500 for K to 3rd grade, $19,900 for 4th and 5th, $20,500 for 6th to 8th and $21,500 for 9th to 12th, including lunch and textbooks; new students pay a one-time $1,200 enrollment fee.

What is left after the award: worked out at the top of this page.

Tuition from Charleston Collegiate School's website, checked October 5, 2026.

South Carolina Education Scholarship Trust Fund Education savings account

Award: $7,634 per student for 2026-27
How it varies: Paid quarterly.

Figures read from each program’s official pages, October 7, 2026. Sources and how to apply

What would you pay at Charleston Collegiate School?

Yearly tuition the school quoted Fees, books, uniforms ESTF award Children

Tuition filled in: the lowest published price we list (K to 5, 2026-27).
Award filled in: the 2026-27 ESTF award for that grade band.
Change them for your child’s grade.

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Other private schools nearby

School	Grades	Students	Per teacher	Affiliation	Miles
Montessori School of Johns Island	PreK-K	3	3	Nonsectarian	3
Nativity School	PreK-8	91	7.3	Roman Catholic	6
Adventist Christian Academy of Charleston ✓	K-8	29	9.7	Seventh-Day Adventist	6
Charles Towne Montessori School	PreK-6	37	8.4	Nonsectarian	6
James Island Christian School ✓	PreK-8	221	8.3	Christian (nondenominational)	6
Blessed Sacrament Catholic School	PreK-8	231	10.3	Roman Catholic	7
Oak Grove Montessori	PreK-K	21	21	Nonsectarian	7
The Cooper School	K-8	153	8.1	Nonsectarian	7

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