Trident Academy
1455 Wakendaw Rd, Mount Pleasant, SC 29464Open, per Google (checked Sep 20, 2026)
Key facts
- Tuition
- On the school’s website
- Grades
- 1-12
- Students (K-12)
- 58
- Students per teacher
- 4
- Affiliation
- Nonsectarian
- From Mount Pleasant center
- 1.5 miles
Can you use ESTF here?
Not on the ESTF list we read
- About the list
- How the ESTF list works
- 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: ESTF official source, dated September 28, 2026.
School facts
- Teachers
- 17
- Student body
- Coeducational
- Program
- Special education
- Boys and girls
- 57% boys, 43% girls
- Go on to a 4-year college
- 0%
- Setting
- Suburb
- 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
- 53 to 58, up 5 (9%)
- Path
- Dipped to 50 in 2021-22, then passed its earlier level
Students by grade, 2023-24
- Largest grade
- Grade 4 (14)
- Smallest grade
- Grade 11 and grade 12 (1 each)
- Across the grades
- Classes thin out toward the upper grades
- High school grades
- Average 2; lower grades 7
The school year
- Days in the school year
- 175
- Length of the school day
- 6 hours 45 minutes
- Hours of school a year
- about 1,180
- Classes, 2023-24
- In person
- Library or media center
- Yes
- Year, against South Carolina
- 5 days shorter than the 180-day median of 271 schools we list
- School day, against South Carolina
- 15 minutes shorter than the median of 7 hours (274 schools we list)
How it compares
- Students per teacher
- 4 here; median 9.5 at 136 SC combined schools
- Size in Charleston County
- Larger than 7 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.
Trident Academy tuition, and what ESTF pays
- Published tuition
- On the school’s own tuition page (found September 29, 2026)
- Nearby schools’ prices
- $12,825 to $20,213 a year, published by 2 private schools nearby. School by school
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 Trident Academy?
Use $0 or more.
Tuition and fees ESTF pays You pay per year Spread over 10 months
- Ask the school
- Its full-year tuition and required fees; whether it takes Education Scholarship Trust Fund; its application deadline. More questions to ask
Tuition at nearby private schools
| School | Published tuition | Year | Miles |
|---|---|---|---|
| Palmetto Christian Academy | $12,825 to $16,025 | 2026-27 | 1.5 |
| University School of the Lowcountry | $18,365 to $20,213 | 2026-27 | 2.7 |
Each figure was read on that school's own website. Ranges run from the lowest to the highest grade band.
Other private schools nearby
| School | Grades | Students | Miles |
|---|---|---|---|
| Crown Leadership Academy ✓ | On the state list; not in the federal survey | <1 | |
| Palmetto Christian Academy ✓ | PreK-12 | 678 | 1 |
| O'Quinn Schools of Porter-Gaud (2 Campuses) | PreK-K | 97 | 2 |
| Christ Our King-Stella Mans School | PreK-8 | 602 | 2 |
| University School of the Lowcountry | 3-12 | 84 | 3 |
| Sundrops Montessori Bridge Campus | PreK-9 | 66 | 3 |
| Sundrops Montessori School | PreK-9 | 66 | 3 |
| Coastal Christian Preparatory School | Not in the federal survey | 3 | |
On the program’s official list Other private schools
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- Special education schools in South Carolina
- Private high schools in South Carolina
- Private elementary schools in South Carolina
- Private middle schools in South Carolina
- Private schools in Charleston County
- South Carolina Education Scholarship Trust Fund: amount and eligibility
- All South Carolina Education Scholarship Trust Fund schools
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