Hilton Head Island, SC

Kids in Hilton Head Island

Public-school enrollment and staffing from NCES, plus bedrooms, childcare and how educated the adults already here are. This is not a GreatSchools ranking.

Public-school students: 23,951; NCES CCD 2024-2025, regular and charter districts in this metro.
Pupil–teacher ratio: 11.6; 2,065 teachers across 2 districts and 36 schools.
Districts / schools: 2 / 36; Open regular, component and charter LEAs geocoded to this CBSA.

Bedrooms you set: 1; A household this size usually wants a studio.
Childcare in this setup: $0; No kids under 5 in the current household, so this is $0.
Leftover with current kids: $1,760; After tax, rent and everything else.

Largest public school districts

The 2 biggest open regular and charter districts geocoded to the Hilton Head Island metro, ranked by students enrolled. District websites are the direct source for enrollment boundaries, calendars and programs.

District	City	Students	Schools	Pupil–teacher
Beaufort 01	Beaufort	21,050	32	11.2
Jasper 01	Ridgeland	2,901	4	16.5

Beaufort 01
Beaufort
Students
21,050
Schools
32
Pupil–teacher
11.2
Jasper 01
Ridgeland
Students
2,901
Schools
4
Pupil–teacher
16.5

Source: NCES CCD 2024–25, LEA directory, membership and staff files. Pupil–teacher is students divided by reported teacher FTE.

Public schools by level

Primary: 22; Elementary grades
Middle: 6; Middle or junior high
High: 9; Secondary grades
Other: 0; K–12, ungraded, alternative

37 open public schools in the NCES CCD 2024–25 school directory, grouped by the level NCES assigns from grades offered.

Where the Hilton Head Island metro sits

Roughly the core of the Hilton Head Island, SC metro area. Drag to look around, or open the larger map to search for a specific school or neighbourhood.

School photos and ratings need a Google Places or GreatSchools key we don't ship; the district websites above are the direct source.

If this were a family of four

Two adults, two kids, one under five, three bedrooms: leftover in Hilton Head Island would be -$711 a month, with $1,104 going to childcare. Run that household on the paycheck page →

Enrollment and staffing: NCES Common Core of Data 2024-2025, joined to metros with NCES EDGE LEA geocodes. Childcare is a national baseline scaled by this metro's cost index — not a daycare quote. No test-score rankings.