Education

North Charleston schools include 17 elementary, 7 middle, and 5 high schools including several highly acclaimed "magnet" schools, such as Garrett Academy of Technology, a state-of-the-art technical high school, Charleston County School of the Arts, a middle and high school specializing in the performing and visual arts, Military Magnet Academy, and the Academic Magnet High School, the top rated high school in the state.  North Charleston is also home to two institutions of high education, Charleston Southern University and Trident Technical College.