It is part of the Berkeley County School District, and is named after Philip Simmons.

These areas were previously zoned to Hanahan High School.

[3] Its campus has 107 acres (43 ha) of land, and the school building will have 219,000 square feet (20,300 m2) of space.

[7] Prior to his appointment, Spencer was the principal of Marrington Middle School of the Arts.

[8] Its feeder schools are Daniel Island K-8, Cainhoy Elementary, Philip Simmons Elementary, and Philip Simmons Middle.