Daniel Island School, 2365 Daniel Island Drive: kindergarten through eighth grade, 1,151 students in 2024-25, rated Excellent on the state report card.
Last checked Oct. 16, 2026. Sources: the school’s website; the school’s staff directory; Berkeley County’s 2026-27 school attendance zones, Berkeley County School District’s 2026-27 calendar and bell schedule; the S.C. Department of Education’s 2024-25 report card data files; the federal NCES school directory.
Daniel Island School is the Berkeley County School District school for Daniel Island, which is inside Charleston city limits but in Berkeley County. It teaches kindergarten through eighth grade on Daniel Island Drive; its website says it serves more than 1,400 students. On South Carolina’s 2024-25 report card it was rated Excellent for its middle grades, with 64 points, and Excellent for its elementary grades, with 65 points.
Who to call
- Front office: 843-471-2301, 2365 Daniel Island Drive
- School website: www.bcsdschools.net/o/dis
- Enrolling a new student: Berkeley County School District’s registration page. District office: 843-899-8600
- Which school is my address zoned for? Berkeley County’s school attendance zones
- Buses: the district’s transportation page
| Address | 2365 Daniel Island Drive, Charleston, SC 29492 |
| Phone | 843-471-2301 |
| Grades | K to 8 |
| District | Berkeley County School District |
| School hours | 7:45 a.m. to 2:45 p.m. |
| State school ID | 0801048 |
Principal
Principal Laura Blanchard, according to the school’s staff directory.
Enrollment and teachers
- State count: 1,151 students in the 2024-25 school year, according to the state’s report card data.
- Federal count: 1,146 students in the 2023-24 school year, with 73 full-time-equivalent teachers, according to the NCES directory. That is about 16 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 for middle grades: Excellent, 64 points. On the state’s middle school scale, Excellent 56 to 100, Good 48 to 55, Average 36 to 47, Below Average 29 to 35 and Unsatisfactory 28 and below.
| Indicator | 2024-25 rating |
|---|---|
| Academic achievement | Excellent |
| Preparing for success | Excellent |
| Student progress | Average |
| School climate | Good |
On the spring 2025 SC READY tests in grades 6 to 8, 87.8% of students met or exceeded expectations in English language arts and 71.7% in math; on the state science test, 82.3% did, according to the state’s report card data.
2024-25 rating for elementary grades: Excellent, 65 points. On the state’s elementary scale, Excellent 61 to 100, Good 53 to 60, Average 42 to 52, Below Average 34 to 41 and Unsatisfactory 33 and below.
| Indicator | 2024-25 rating |
|---|---|
| Academic achievement | Excellent |
| Preparing for success | Excellent |
| Student progress | Average |
| School climate | Average |
On the spring 2025 SC READY tests in grades 3 to 5, 92.9% of students met or exceeded expectations in English language arts and 83.4% in math; on the state science test, 86.3% did, according to the state’s report card data.
Across Berkeley County School District, in grades 3 to 8, the figures were 58.5% in English, 37.6% in math and 45.2% in science.
The full report cards, with test results by group, teacher data, school safety and spending, are on the state’s SC School Report Cards site: middle grades card and elementary grades card. The state publishes new ratings each fall.
Attendance zone
In Berkeley County’s 2026-27 zone layers, the county’s school attendance zone service, Daniel Island School is the zoned school for Daniel Island from kindergarten through eighth grade, and its zone feeds Philip Simmons High.
Calendar and school hours
Daniel Island School follows Berkeley County School District’s 2026-27 instructional calendar, which the board approved Oct. 20, 2025. Coming dates from the district’s calendar announcement:
- Nov. 23-27: fall break
- Dec. 21 to Jan. 5: winter break; students return Thursday, Jan. 7
- Feb. 12 and March 12: set aside as inclement weather days
- March 26 to April 2: spring break
- Thursday, June 3: last day of school, a half day
School hours: instruction runs 7:45 a.m. to 2:45 p.m., with supervision from 7:15 a.m., according to Berkeley County School District’s 2026-27 bell schedule (PDF). Half days end at 11:15 a.m.; on a two-hour weather delay the day starts two hours later.
More
- Berkeley County School District, 843-899-8600
- 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 Daniel Island School serve?
Daniel Island School serves kindergarten through eighth grade, according to the state’s 2024-25 report card.
What is Daniel Island School’s school rating?
Daniel Island School was rated Excellent for its middle grades, with 64 points, and Excellent for its elementary grades, with 65 points, on South Carolina’s 2024-25 school report card, the latest the state has published.
Which high school does Daniel Island School feed into?
In Berkeley County’s zone layers, the Daniel Island School zone feeds Philip Simmons High after eighth grade.
What time does Daniel Island School start?
Instruction runs 7:45 a.m. to 2:45 p.m., with supervision from 7:15 a.m., according to Berkeley County School District’s 2026-27 bell schedule.
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