The town of Mount Pleasant, South Carolina has some of the best public schools in the State. The schools consistently score high in the various tests administered by the SC Department of Education and a large percentage of the graduating class of Wando High School go on to college. Lucy Beckham was named the 2010 National High School Principal Of The Year by the National Association Of Secondary School Principals On September 28, 2009. In 2009, Wando was chosen as having the number one athletic program in the state. In 2010, Wando High School was one of 131 high schools nationwide in 2010 to receive the highly-esteemed National Gold Council of Excellence Award by the National Association of Student Councils.
All subdivisions & communities in the town of Mount Pleasant are zoned for Wando High School.