📍 3003 Dunes West Blvd. Suite 2, Mt. Pleasant, Charleston County, 29466
Gates School is a State/Public serving elementary age pupils, located in Mt. Pleasant, Charleston County. The school has 109 pupils enrolled. It is part of the Charter Institute at Erskine school district. It serves grades 1–6. The school employs 17 full-time-equivalent teachers, a student-teacher ratio of 6.4:1. It operates as a public charter school. Technology infrastructure includes fiber internet, campus-wide Wi-Fi.
Gates School enrolls 109 students across grades 1–6. The student body is 53% male and 47% female. A teaching staff of 17 full-time-equivalent teachers supports the school, giving a student-teacher ratio of 6.4:1.
By race and ethnicity, the student body is 87% White, 10% Black or African American and 1.8% Two or more races.
| Race / ethnicity | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| White | 95 | 87% |
| Black or African American | 11 | 10% |
| Two or more races | 2 | 1.8% |
| Asian | 1 | <1% |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data.
6 of the school's 109 students (5.5%) qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. Of these, 5 qualify for free lunch and 1 for a reduced price. The school participates in the National School Lunch Program. Free and reduced-price lunch eligibility is a widely used indicator of the share of students from lower-income households.
The school's NCES locale classification is City, Midsize. It operates as a public charter school. Virtual instruction: Supplemental Virtual. For civic and policy purposes, the school sits in congressional district SC-6, state senate district 42, state house district 109.
Gates School is one of 24 schools in Charter Institute at Erskine, based in Columbia, South Carolina. The district serves 26,014 students district-wide and employs 1,131 full-time-equivalent teachers. With 109 students, Gates School is smaller than the district average of about 1,084 students per school.
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Proficiency based on state assessments.
Setting: City - Midsize