[2] However the children of Department of Defense employees and children of civilians working for the United States federal government, who are living in the permanent housing,[3] on the property of Marine Corps Air Station Beaufort;[2] are zoned to Department of Defense Education Activity (DoDEA) for schools for grades Pre-Kindergarten-8.
Students over the age of seventeen can complete coursework for their South Carolina high school diploma or study for the GED examination.
The school's mission was to instruct African American students in better cultivation of land, care of stock, and manner of living.
The school maintained 800 acres (3.2 km2) of land, two barns, two dormitories, a power plant, equipment, and an endowment of around $11,000.
Mossy Oaks is one of South Carolina's newly named "Red Carpet" schools by the State Department of Education.