Burke High, 244 President St.: ninth through 12th grade, 342 students in 2024-25, rated Below Average on the state report card.
Last checked Oct. 16, 2026. Sources: the school’s website; the school’s Meet Our Leaders page; Charleston County School District’s school lookup tool, 2026-27 academic calendar and 2026-27 bell schedule; the S.C. Department of Education’s 2024-25 report card data files; the federal NCES school directory; the South Carolina High School League’s 2026-28 reclassification.
Burke High is a Charleston County School District high school on President Street and the zoned high school for the peninsula. It was rated Below Average, with 47 points, on South Carolina’s 2024-25 report card.
Who to call
- Front office: 843-579-4815, 244 President St.
- School website: burke.ccsdschools.com
- Enrolling a new student: register at the zoned school; the district lists what to bring on its required documents page. District office: 843-937-6300
- Which school is my address zoned for? the district’s school lookup tool
- Buses: the district’s transportation page, with its 2026-27 bus stop locator
| Address | 244 President St., Charleston, SC 29403 |
| Phone | 843-579-4815 |
| Grades | 9 to 12 |
| District | Charleston County School District |
| School hours | 8:30 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. |
| State school ID | 1001010 |
Principal
Executive Principal Jacob Perlmutter, according to the school’s Meet Our Leaders page.
Enrollment and teachers
- State count: 342 students in the 2024-25 school year, according to the state’s report card data.
- Federal count: 359 students in the 2023-24 school year, with 59 full-time-equivalent teachers, according to the NCES directory. That is about six students per teacher.
State report card
South Carolina rates every public school each year as Excellent, Good, Average, Below Average or Unsatisfactory. An Excellent rating means “school performance substantially exceeds the criteria to ensure all students meet the Profile of the SC Graduate,” according to the state’s report card site. The overall rating is built from indicators such as academic achievement, preparing for success, student progress, English learners’ progress and school climate, with graduation rate and college and career readiness added for high schools.
2024-25 rating: Below Average, 47 points. On the state’s high school scale, Excellent 67 to 100, Good 60 to 66, Average 51 to 59, Below Average 40 to 50 and Unsatisfactory 39 and below.
| Indicator | 2024-25 rating |
|---|---|
| Academic achievement | Below Average |
| Preparing for success | Unsatisfactory |
| Graduation rate | Average |
| College and career readiness | Excellent |
| School climate | Average |
- Four-year graduation rate: 78.6% in 2025, after 76.1% in 2024 and 76% in 2023 (district: 90.6% in 2025)
- College or career ready: 83.3% of the 2025 graduating class (district: 84.8%)
- End-of-course tests, share scoring A, B or C: English 42.9%, Algebra 34%, Biology 21.6% and U.S. History 15.6%
- AP and dual enrollment: 4.8% of the 2025 graduating class met the state’s college-ready mark through AP exams and 22.6% through dual-enrollment courses
The full report card, with test results by group, teacher data, school safety and spending, is on the state’s SC School Report Cards site. The state publishes new ratings each fall.
Attendance zone
Check an address with the district’s school lookup tool, which the district links from its lookup page.
The Burke High zone covers the peninsula. In the district’s zone layers it takes in the whole Simmons-Pinckney Middle zone, which is fed by Memminger Elementary, Sanders-Clyde Elementary and the neighborhood part of James Simons Montessori.
We did not find a published feeder list on the district’s site, so these pairings come from the district’s own zone layers, for 2025-26 and 2026-27; where a zone is split, the street address decides.
Calendar and school hours
Burke High follows Charleston County School District’s 2026-27 calendar. Coming dates from the academic calendar (PDF):
- Tuesday, Nov. 3: Election Day, schools closed
- Nov. 23-24: no school; both are weather make-up days if the district needs them
- Nov. 25-27: fall break
- Friday, Dec. 18: half day
- Dec. 21 to Jan. 1: winter break; students return Tuesday, Jan. 5
School hours: 8:30 a.m. to 3:30 p.m., with arrival from 8:05 a.m., according to the district’s 2026-27 bell schedule (PDF). Early-release days end at 1:30 p.m. and half days at 11:45 a.m.
Sports and activities
Burke is a Class 1A school in Region 8 for the South Carolina High School League’s 2026-28 classification, with Baptist Hill, Charleston Charter, Cross, Lowcountry Leadership, Military Magnet, Palmetto Scholars and St. Johns, according to the SCHSL reclassification lookup.
The school’s athletics website, bhsbulldogs.com, is linked from its home page.
Fall schedules and results are in our Friday night football guide and on our scoreboard.
More
- The district’s high schools page
- Every public school in Charleston, with zones and report cards
- Our Charleston schools guide for the district calendars, enrollment and the school board
Frequently asked questions
What grades does Burke High serve?
Burke High serves ninth through 12th grade, according to the state’s 2024-25 report card.
What is Burke High’s school rating?
Burke High was rated Below Average, with 47 points, on South Carolina’s 2024-25 school report card, the latest the state has published.
Which middle school feeds Burke High?
In Charleston County School District’s zone layers, the Burke High zone takes in the whole Simmons-Pinckney Middle zone, which is fed by Memminger, Sanders-Clyde and the neighborhood part of James Simons Montessori.
What time does Burke High start?
The school day runs 8:30 a.m. to 3:30 p.m., with arrival from 8:05 a.m., according to the district’s 2026-27 bell schedule.
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