St. Johns High

Summary:

St. Johns High is a public high school located in Johns Island, South Carolina, serving 387 students in grades 9-12 and is part of the Charleston 01 District, which is ranked 24th out of 75 districts in the state.

St. Johns High has a diverse student population, with 43.67% African American, 33.59% Hispanic, and 19.9% White students, which is notably different from some nearby schools. However, the school has consistently ranked in the bottom half of South Carolina high schools, with a 1-star rating from SchoolDigger for several years. Its performance on end-of-course exams is generally lower than the Charleston 01 district and state averages, particularly in subjects like Algebra 1, U.S. History, and English 2. While the school's African American and White students perform better than the overall school rankings, the Hispanic and English Language Learner students perform significantly worse.

St. Johns High has a 100% free and reduced-price lunch rate, indicating that the student population comes from low-income households, which is a key differentiating factor compared to some nearby schools. The school also has a relatively high per-student spending of $23,691 in the 2022-2023 school year, which is higher than the state average and some of the nearby schools, such as James Island Charter High and West Ashley High. However, the school's academic performance has declined over the past several years, suggesting that the resources are not yet translating into improved outcomes for students.


Detail:

Public 9-12

 1518 Main Road
       Johns Island, SC  29455


(843) 559-6200

District: Charleston 01

SchoolDigger Rank:
204th of 235 South Carolina High Schools

Per Pupil Expenditures:  $23,691 Help


Feeder schools for St. Johns High:

Elementary:    Angel Oak Elementary
    Edith L. Frierson Elementary
    Mt. Zion Elementary
Middle:    Haut Gap Middle

Student/teacher ratio:  12.4 Help
Number of students:  387

Racial breakdown:

African American:
43.7%
Hispanic:
33.6%
White:
19.9%
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Free/discounted lunch recipients:  100% Help


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Performance Trends
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Compare Details St. Johns High ranks worse than 86.8% of high schools in South Carolina. It also ranks 12th among 15 ranked high schools in the Charleston 01 School District. (See more...)
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Compare Details In 2024 the calculated Average Standard Score was 15.27. (See more...)
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The four-year cohort graduation rate measures the percentage of students at St. Johns High who earn a standard high school diploma within four years of starting ninth grade.
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Chronic absenteeism in a school refers to a situation where students repeatedly miss school, with the threshold often defined as missing 10% or more of school days for any reason, excused or unexcused.
Student Body
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Compare Details St. Johns High has the largest high school student body size in the Charleston 01 School District.  (See more...)
Finance
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Compare Details The average total spent per student at St. Johns High is $23,691, which is the 4th highest among 15 high schools in the Charleston 01 School District.
Schooldigger 2024 Rankings:

St. Johns High:

SchoolDigger ranks St. Johns High 204th of 235 South Carolina public high schools. (See St. Johns High in the ranking list.)

High School Test Score Ratings by Student Subgroup:


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Charleston 01:

SchoolDigger ranks Charleston 01 24th of 75 South Carolina school districts. (See district ranking list.)


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Rank History for St. Johns High

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Rank History for all students at St. Johns High

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked High Schools SC State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2005 43.27 137th 187 26.7%
2006 47.74 141st 191 26.2%
2007 41.51 157th 191 17.8%
2008 5.14 179th 185 3.2%
2009 7.46 179th 188 4.8%
2010 17.65 173rd 199 13.1%
2011 16.44 172nd 199 13.6%
2012 21.91 169th 202 16.3%
2013 19.57 172nd 203 15.3%
2014 9.00 198th 210 5.7%
2015 23.83 184th 232 20.7%
2016 23.23 181st 231 21.6%
2017 21.30 171st 223 23.3%
2018 8.65 197th 216 8.8%
2019 14.77 191st 225 15.1%
2021 21.61 174th 227 23.3%
2022 20.34 180th 226 20.4%
2023 36.28 141st 237 40.5%
2024 15.27 204th 235 13.2%
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Rank History for English Language Learner students at St. Johns High

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked High Schools SC State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 31.00 45th 58 22.4%
2022 33.93 44th 61 27.9%
2024 8.20 69th 71 2.8%
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Rank History for Low Socio Economic Status students at St. Johns High

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked High Schools SC State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 15.77 187th 214 12.6%
2019 23.03 168th 217 22.6%
2021 33.64 139th 213 34.7%
2022 33.05 151st 220 31.4%
2023 44.28 113th 226 50.0%
2024 20.22 195th 229 14.8%
See the entire list of Best South Carolina High Schools for Low Socio Economic Status Students!

Rank History for Female students at St. Johns High

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked High Schools SC State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 8.40 192nd 210 8.6%
2019 16.44 178th 213 16.4%
2021 23.61 164th 213 23.0%
2022 25.30 166th 220 24.5%
2023 32.03 148th 223 33.6%
2024 17.20 189th 225 16.0%
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Rank History for Disabled students at St. Johns High

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked High Schools SC State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2019 25.88 109th 143 23.8%
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Rank History for Male students at St. Johns High

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked High Schools SC State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 12.12 189th 213 11.3%
2019 16.17 181st 218 17.0%
2021 22.15 164th 215 23.7%
2022 21.94 176th 224 21.4%
2023 39.40 124th 229 45.9%
2024 15.97 199th 228 12.7%
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Rank History for African American students at St. Johns High

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked High Schools SC State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 25.06 141st 183 23.0%
2019 24.49 152nd 184 17.4%
2021 32.82 121st 178 32.0%
2022 44.47 99th 190 47.9%
2023 52.10 88th 199 55.8%
2024 36.05 132nd 194 32.0%
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Rank History for Hispanic students at St. Johns High

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked High Schools SC State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 30.71 64th 80 20.0%
2019 29.80 70th 86 18.6%
2021 24.22 77th 93 17.2%
2022 31.49 83rd 108 23.1%
2023 34.08 84th 119 29.4%
2024 12.81 116th 121 4.1%
See the entire list of Best South Carolina High Schools for Hispanic Students!

Rank History for White students at St. Johns High

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked High Schools SC State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2019 12.66 170th 191 11.0%
2022 14.48 177th 192 7.8%
2023 59.12 68th 197 65.5%
2024 24.20 159th 196 18.9%
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Data source: test scores: South Carolina Department of Education, rankings: SchoolDigger.com

As you review the school rankings data, please be aware that some of the information from certain demographics is missing. The reason for this omission is that the data has been redacted from the source data itself due to low population samples in these specific demographic groups.

Redacting data from low population samples is a necessary step to ensure the reliability and accuracy of the results, as small sample sizes may not be representative of the broader population. Additionally, this measure helps protect the privacy of individuals belonging to these demographic groups.

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Data source: South Carolina State Department of Education

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Enrollment information for St. Johns High

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Year White African American Asian Hispanic American Indian Pacific Islander Two or More Races Not Specified Total
1988 117 421 0 5 0 n/a n/a 0 543
1989 115 390 0 3 0 n/a n/a 0 508
1990 98 354 1 5 0 n/a n/a 0 458
1991 109 351 0 5 0 n/a n/a 0 465
1992 116 346 0 2 0 n/a n/a 0 464
1993 105 369 0 8 0 n/a n/a 0 482
1994 81 407 0 11 1 n/a n/a 0 500
1995 65 373 0 14 0 n/a n/a 0 452
1996 65 373 0 14 0 n/a n/a 0 452
1997 63 356 0 15 0 n/a n/a 0 434
1998 55 336 2 18 0 n/a n/a 0 411
1999 39 310 3 23 0 n/a n/a 0 375
2000 44 287 3 21 0 n/a n/a 0 355
2001 34 311 2 23 0 n/a n/a 0 370
2002 29 334 1 19 0 n/a n/a 0 383
2003 29 334 1 19 0 n/a n/a 0 383
2004 47 366 0 19 0 n/a n/a 0 432
2005 33 347 0 11 0 n/a n/a 0 391
2006 25 313 0 15 0 n/a n/a 0 353
2007 37 284 1 16 0 n/a n/a 0 338
2008 24 301 0 21 0 n/a n/a 0 346
2009 25 290 0 19 0 n/a n/a 0 334
2010 38 255 1 29 0 n/a n/a 0 323
2011 28 246 1 29 0 0 0 0 304
2012 26 199 2 30 0 0 1 0 258
2013 28 191 2 28 1 0 2 0 252
2014 34 196 2 46 0 0 2 0 280
2015 38 195 1 56 0 0 2 0 292
2016 42 197 1 65 0 0 4 0 309
2017 33 187 1 74 0 0 3 0 298
2018 49 186 0 81 0 0 5 0 321
2019 60 188 0 89 0 0 7 0 344
2020 58 184 0 93 0 0 5 0 340
2021 66 189 0 115 0 0 7 0 377
2022 82 187 0 128 0 0 8 0 405
2023 77 169 0 130 0 0 11 0 387

Data source: National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Dept of Education.

About Enrollment/Ethnicity

For more information about how the Department of Education defines ethnicity, see Defining Race and Ethnicity Data, National Center for Education Statistics

Students eligible for free or discounted lunch at St. Johns High

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Year # Students Full-time Teachers Student/Teacher ratio % Free/Discounted Lunch
1988 543 35.6 15.2 n/a
1989 508 30.5 16.6 n/a
1990 458 35.0 13.0 n/a
1991 465 35.1 13.2 33.3
1992 464 31.6 14.6 40.1
1993 482 34.6 13.9 39.6
1994 500 36.0 13.9 45.2
1995 452 38.0 11.9 46.5
1996 452 38.0 11.9 46.5
1997 434 41.0 10.6 47.2
1998 411 37.0 11.1 48.9
1999 375 33.0 11.4 62.1
2000 355 36.0 9.9 69
2001 370 28.0 13.2 72.4
2002 383 36.6 10.5 77
2003 383 36.6 10.5 77
2004 432 36.8 11.7 63.2
2005 391 39.8 9.8 69.3
2006 353 35.4 10.0 72.2
2007 338 47.8 7.1 67.5
2008 346 37.8 9.2 60.4
2009 334 34.8 9.6 73.1
2010 323 31.8 10.1 67.5
2011 304 34.8 8.7 78
2012 258 33.3 7.7 81
2013 252 35.5 7.0 79.4
2014 280 34.5 8.1 71.8
2015 292 29.0 10.0 79.5
2016 309 33.0 9.3 100
2017 298 35.0 8.5 100
2018 321 29.2 10.9 100
2019 344 35.2 9.7 100
2020 340 28.0 12.1 100
2021 377 28.0 13.4 100
2022 405 30.0 13.5 100
2023 387 31.0 12.4 100

Data source: National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Dept of Education.

About Students eligible for discounted/free lunch:

The National School Lunch Program (NSLP) provides low-cost or free meals to students in U.S. public and nonprofit private schools based on household income. Those with incomes below 130% of the poverty line receive free lunch, while those between 130% and 185% qualify for reduced-price lunch. The percentage of students receiving free or reduced-price lunch serves as a marker for poverty, as it reflects the socioeconomic status of families in a given school or district. A higher FRPL rate typically indicates a higher concentration of low-income families, suggesting that the school or district may face additional challenges in providing adequate resources and support for student success.

Student/Teacher Ratio St. Johns High

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Year # Students Full-time Teachers Student/Teacher ratio % Free/Discounted Lunch
1988 543 35.6 15.2 n/a
1989 508 30.5 16.6 n/a
1990 458 35.0 13.0 n/a
1991 465 35.1 13.2 33.3
1992 464 31.6 14.6 40.1
1993 482 34.6 13.9 39.6
1994 500 36.0 13.9 45.2
1995 452 38.0 11.9 46.5
1996 452 38.0 11.9 46.5
1997 434 41.0 10.6 47.2
1998 411 37.0 11.1 48.9
1999 375 33.0 11.4 62.1
2000 355 36.0 9.9 69
2001 370 28.0 13.2 72.4
2002 383 36.6 10.5 77
2003 383 36.6 10.5 77
2004 432 36.8 11.7 63.2
2005 391 39.8 9.8 69.3
2006 353 35.4 10.0 72.2
2007 338 47.8 7.1 67.5
2008 346 37.8 9.2 60.4
2009 334 34.8 9.6 73.1
2010 323 31.8 10.1 67.5
2011 304 34.8 8.7 78
2012 258 33.3 7.7 81
2013 252 35.5 7.0 79.4
2014 280 34.5 8.1 71.8
2015 292 29.0 10.0 79.5
2016 309 33.0 9.3 100
2017 298 35.0 8.5 100
2018 321 29.2 10.9 100
2019 344 35.2 9.7 100
2020 340 28.0 12.1 100
2021 377 28.0 13.4 100
2022 405 30.0 13.5 100
2023 387 31.0 12.4 100

Data source: National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Dept of Education.

About Student-Teacher Ratio

Student/teacher ratio is calculated by dividing the total number of students by the total number of full-time equivalent teachers. Please note that a smaller student/teacher ratio does not necessarily translate to smaller class size. In some instances, schools hire teachers part time, and some teachers are hired for specialized instruction with very small class sizes. These and other factors contribute to the student/teacher ratio. Note: For private schools, Student/teacher ratio may not include Pre-Kindergarten.
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Per Pupil Expenditures for St. Johns High

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YearPersonnel Expenditures from Federal FundsNon-Personnel Expenditures from Federal FundsTotal Expenditures from Federal FundsPersonnel Expenditures from State and Local FundsNon-Personnel Expenditures from State and Local FundsTotal Expenditures from State and Local FundsTotal Expenditures Per Pupil (All Funds)
2019 $1,469 (8.0%) $654 (3.6%) $2,123 (11.6%) $11,456 (62.5%) $4,750 (25.9%) $16,206 (88.4%) $18,329
2020 $1,396 (7.4%) $653 (3.5%) $2,049 (10.9%) $12,131 (64.7%) $4,565 (24.4%) $16,696 (89.1%) $18,745
2021 $1,650 (8.0%) $653 (3.2%) $2,303 (11.2%) $13,847 (67.1%) $4,488 (21.7%) $18,335 (88.8%) $20,638
2022 $2,054 (9.1%) $1,133 (5.0%) $3,187 (14.1%) $14,359 (63.7%) $5,010 (22.2%) $19,370 (85.9%) $22,557
2023 $2,483 (10.5%) $1,132 (4.8%) $3,616 (15.3%) $14,398 (60.8%) $5,677 (24.0%) $20,075 (84.7%) $23,691

Data source: South Carolina Department of Education
Pre and Post Pandemic Data

Impact of COVID-19 on St. Johns High

The coronavirus has had a profound impact on education in America. Learning shifted online overnight, attendance numbers dwindled, and enrollment decreased. SchoolDigger.com is making it easier for you to better assess how COVID-19 has impacted your school. Through the collection of pre-pandemic (2019) and current data, SchoolDigger.com is sharing test scores, enrollment numbers and school demographics from schools across the country – and we make it easy to see how impacted schools compare locally and statewide.

Rankings

Rank
Pre-pandemic (2018-2019)
Rank
Post pandemic (2022-2023)
Change (%)
Ranks 191st of 225 High schoolsRanks 141st of 237 High schools
 25.4%

Test Scores

% proficient
Pre-pandemic (2018-2019)
% proficient
Post pandemic (2022-2023)
Change (%)
End of Course Algebra 1/Mathematics for the Technologies 2 (St. Johns High)4955.4
 6.4%
   End of Course Algebra 1/Mathematics for the Technologies 2 (Charleston 01)75.777.4
 1.7%
   End of Course Algebra 1/Mathematics for the Technologies 2 (South Carolina)68.668.3
 0.3%
End of Course Biology 1/Applied Biology 2 (St. Johns High)49.247.8
 1.4%
   End of Course Biology 1/Applied Biology 2 (Charleston 01)71.566.4
 5.1%
   End of Course Biology 1/Applied Biology 2 (South Carolina)67.259.1
 8.1%
End of Course English 1 (St. Johns High)5786.1
 29.1%
   End of Course English 1 (Charleston 01)79.884.8
 5%
   End of Course English 1 (South Carolina)78.984
 5.1%

Student Body

Number of students
Pre-pandemic (2018-2019)
Number of students
Post pandemic (2022-2023)
Change (%)
Total Students344387
 12.5%
African American188169
 10.1%
American Indian00
Asian00
Hispanic89130
 46.1%
Pacific Islander00
White6077
 28.3%
Two or More Races711
 57.1%
% Free/Discounted Lunch Recipients100%100%


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Frequently Asked Questions about St. Johns High

In the 2022-23 school year, 387 students attended St. Johns High.

St. Johns High is fed by the following schools:

Elementary : Angel Oak Elementary
Elementary : Edith L. Frierson Elementary
Elementary : Mt. Zion Elementary
Middle : Haut Gap Middle

St. Johns High ranks in the bottom 13.2% of South Carolina high schools.

Students at St. Johns High are 44% African American, 34% Hispanic, 20% White, 3% Two or more races.


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