Bridges Preparatory School


Bridges Preparatory School is a public charter school within the South Carolina Public Charter School District, located in Beaufort, South Carolina, United States. The school serves students from most parts of Beaufort County. It enrolled 700 students in the 2017-18 school year.

Academics

According to data released by the South Carolina Department of Education Bridges Preparatory School showed 56 percent of elementary students achieved standards in English/language arts in 2015–16, seventh among 24 South Carolina Public Charter School District members offering elementary instruction. Math standards were met by 53 percent of students, ranking sixth.
In 2015-16, the average student-teacher ratio in core subjects was 15.90 students for every 1 teacher.

Athletics

Bridges Prep competes at the Class A level in the South Carolina High School League. The school fields teams for boys in basketball, cross country, and soccer; and for girls in volleyball, basketball, cross country, softball.

Campuses

Since Bridges Prep opened, they have used several different campuses for different sections of students.
School YearBoundary Street CampusGreen Street CampusCeledon Club CampusPort Royal Campus
2013–142nd–6th GradesK–1st GradesNot Yet AcquiredNot Yet Acquired
2014–152nd–7th GradesK–1st GradesNot yet acquiredNot Yet Acquired
2015–164th–8th Grades2nd–3rd GradesK–1st GradeNot Yet Acquired
2016–172nd–6th Grades7th–9th GradeK–1st GradeAcquired, not built
2017–182nd–7th8th–10th GradeK–1st GradeAcquire, Not Built
2018–193rd–7th GradeLease Not RenewedK–2nd Grade8th–11th Grade
2019-202nd-8th-K-1High School/ in January grades 5th through 8th moved into the new campus

Boundary Street Campus

The Boundary Street Campus has been the main campus of the school since its beginning in 2013. Located at 1100 Boundary Street in Downtown Beaufort, SC, the building was previously owned by the Boys and Girl's Club of the Lowcountry.

Green Street Campus

The green Street Campus was the Secondary Campus of the School located at 1001 Hamar Street in Downtown Beaufort SC. The Building is owned by the City of Beaufort and leased to the School until the 2018-19 Fiscal/School Year when the school ceased using the facility. In the 2018-19 School Year, The Campus was reacquired on an emergency temporary basis due to the fact that severe rain caused the new campus to flood, preventing them from paving

Celadon Campus

The Celadon Campus is located at the Old Celadon Club on Lady's Island, South Carolina.

Port Royal Campus

In 2016, Bridges Preparatory School purchased of land in Beaufort, on which they planned to build a
school building for its kindergarten through grade 12 students. In October 2018, students in grades 8 to 11 were moved into "temporary modular classrooms" erected on the new campus property. On January 7th, 2020 grades 5th through 8th were moved from the main campus to the new building. The school plans to move all grades by the 2020-2021 school year.