The school serves students in suburban areas of Beaufort, St. Helena, and Lady's Island.

Battery Creek High School is the zoned public high school for on-base properties of Marine Corps Air Station Beaufort.

[2] In 2012, the average student-teacher ratio in core subjects was 26.7 students for every 1 teacher.

[citation needed] Battery Creek High School competes at the Class AAA level in the South Carolina High School League.

Battery Creek's major rival is the cross-town Beaufort High School.