✓ South Carolina Education Scholarship Trust FundGrades PreK-622 students3.1 students per teacherChristian (nondenominational)MontessoriCo-ed
Christian schools in Charleston, SC
10 in Charleston or within 6 miles; schools in Charleston itself count at any distance from downtown. 7 are on the state’s ESTF list. Protestant and nondenominational Christian schools, going by the affiliation each school gave the federal survey (for schools new since then in Florida, the state’s private school directory).
✓ South Carolina Education Scholarship Trust FundGrades PreK-120 students6.7 students per teacherChristian (nondenominational)Co-ed
✓ South Carolina Education Scholarship Trust FundGrades 12Under 10 K-12 studentsPentecostalCo-ed
✓ South Carolina Education Scholarship Trust FundGrades PreK-7194 students15.2 students per teacherChristian (nondenominational)Special program emphasisCo-ed
✓ South Carolina Education Scholarship Trust FundGrades PreK-8221 students8.3 students per teacherChristian (nondenominational)Co-ed
✓ South Carolina Education Scholarship Trust FundGrades K-829 students9.7 students per teacherSeventh-Day AdventistCo-ed
Cathedral Academy
10 mi✓ South Carolina Education Scholarship Trust FundGrades PreK-12351 students12.3 students per teacherChristian (nondenominational)Co-ed79% to 4-year college
Grades K-8300 students9 students per teacherChristian (nondenominational)Co-ed
Grades 1-121,071 students9.4 students per teacherEpiscopalCo-ed99% to 4-year college
Grades PreK-12501 students12.2 students per teacherBaptistCo-ed75% to 4-year college
Christian schools near Charleston by the numbers
- Where
- 8 in Charleston, 2 within 6 miles
- Students
- about 2,711 in all; the typical school has 221
- Smallest and largest
- Owens Christian Academy, 20 students; Porter-Gaud School, 1,071 students
- Students per teacher
- 9.4 typical, 2 to 15.2 across 10 schools
- Co-ed or single-sex
- all co-ed
- Association members
- 5, most often the Association of Christian Schools International
- To a 4-year college
- 79% of graduates at the typical high school (3 reporting)
- Verified tuition
- Cathedral Academy $7,000; Mason Preparatory School $21,550; Porter-Gaud School $31,620; First Baptist School of Charleston $13,960
- State program
- Education savings account, $7,634 per student for 2026-27
How ESTF works
- Pre-K (and up)6
- Elementary (K to 5)9
- Middle (6 to 8)8
- High school (9 to 12)4
- K to 12, one school2
- Under 503
- 50 to 1490
- 150 to 2992
- 300 to 5993
- 600 or more1
- Christian schools here70%
- All of South Carolina54%
Where these facts come from
- Grades, size, affiliation, co-ed, membership, college-going: NCES Private School Universe Survey 2023-24, downloaded September 20, 2026.
- Program list: South Carolina Education Scholarship Trust Fund schools, list dated September 28, 2026, checked November 2, 2026.
- Award and rules: South Carolina Education Scholarship Trust Fund, official page, read October 7, 2026.
- Tuition for 4 schools: each school’s own website, last read October 5, 2026.
Keep looking
- All private schools near Charleston
- Catholic schools in Charleston
- Montessori schools in Charleston
- Private high schools in Charleston
- Private elementary schools in Charleston
- Private middle schools in Charleston
- Private schools with kindergarten in Charleston
- Private schools with pre-K in Charleston
- Christian schools in Mount Pleasant (6 mi)
- Christian schools in North Charleston (8 mi)
- Christian schools in Summerville (17 mi)
- Christian schools in Beaufort (51 mi)
- Christian schools in Ridgeland (60 mi)
- Christian schools in Orangeburg (69 mi)
- Christian schools in Sumter (81 mi)
- Christian schools in Blackville (85 mi)
- Christian schools across South Carolina
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