County / FIPS 45035
Dorchester County
South Carolina
Dorchester County runs 33 public schools reporting to NCES. It also has 1 Medicare-certified hospital reporting to CMS, of which 1 carry an overall star rating.
At a glance
Public schools
33
Hospitals
1
With a star rating
1
Land area
568
Federal money
Obligations recorded against a place of performance in Dorchester County. An obligation is a legal commitment to pay, not cash out the door — outlays follow later, sometimes by years.
Obligations, FY2025
$1.1B
Per resident
$6,878
Change since FY2021
+12%
Fiscal years covered
5
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| Period | Obligations |
|---|---|
| 2021 | $996M |
| 2022 | $956M |
| 2023 | $1B |
| 2024 | $1B |
| 2025 | $1B |
Figures are nominal — not adjusted for inflation — because USAspending publishes them that way and adjusting them here would mean this site had edited a government figure. The per-resident figure divides by the 2020 decennial count, which is the population USAspending carries; a 2020 denominator against 2025 spending overstates per-head figures wherever a place has grown since. Dorchester County ranks 486th of 3,233 on this measure in FY2025.
Hospitals in Dorchester County
| Hospital | City | CMS rating |
|---|---|---|
| Roper St Francis Hospital-Berkeley Inc | Summerville |
Public schools in Dorchester County
Enrollment is the most recent year NCES published.
| School | District | City | Enrollment |
|---|---|---|---|
| Alston Middle | Dorchester 02 | Summerville | 822 |
| Alston-Bailey Elementary | Dorchester 02 | Summerville | 715 |
| Ashley Ridge High | Dorchester 02 | Summerville | 2,542 |
| Beech Hill Elementary | Dorchester 02 | Summerville | 1,101 |
| Charles B. Dubose Middle | Dorchester 02 | Summerville | 950 |
| Clay Hill Elementary | Dorchester 04 | Ridgeville | 164 |
| Dr. Eugene Sires Elementary | Dorchester 02 | Summerville | 858 |
| Eagle Nest Elementary | Dorchester 02 | North Charleston | 680 |
| East Edisto Middle | Dorchester 02 | Summerville | 879 |
| Flowertown Elementary | Dorchester 02 | Summerville | 853 |
| Fort Dorchester Elementary | Dorchester 02 | Summerville | 892 |
| Fort Dorchester High | Dorchester 02 | North Charleston | 2,312 |
| Gregg Middle | Dorchester 02 | Summerville | 850 |
| Harleyville Elementary | Dorchester 04 | Dorchester | 226 |
| Harleyville-Ridgeville Middle | Dorchester 04 | Dorchester | 169 |
| James H. Spann Elementary | Dorchester 02 | Summerville | 576 |
| Joseph R. Pye Elementary | Dorchester 02 | Ladson | 823 |
| Knightsville Elementary | Dorchester 02 | Summerville | 699 |
| Lowcountry Connection Academy | Charter Institute at Erskine | Summerville | 528 |
| Newington Elementary | Dorchester 02 | Summerville | 758 |
| Oakbrook Elementary | Dorchester 02 | Ladson | 595 |
| Oakbrook Middle | Dorchester 02 | Ladson | 1,006 |
| River Oaks Middle | Dorchester 02 | North Charleston | 849 |
| Rollings Middle School of the Arts | Dorchester 02 | Summerville | 799 |
| Sand Hill Elementary | Dorchester 02 | Summerville | 1,133 |
| St. George Middle | Dorchester 04 | St. George | 282 |
| Summerville Elementary | Dorchester 02 | Summerville | 528 |
| Summerville High | Dorchester 02 | Summerville | 3,308 |
| William M. Reeves Elementary | Dorchester 02 | Summerville | 914 |
| William Memorial Elementary | Dorchester 04 | St. George | 574 |
| Windsor Hill Arts Infused Elementary | Dorchester 02 | North Charleston | 693 |
| Woodland High | Dorchester 04 | Dorchester | 612 |
| Dorchester Career and Technology Center | Dorchester 80 | Dorchester | — |