Charter school agency · South Carolina
SC Public Charter School District
SC Public Charter School District in South Carolina: 44 public schools with 21,383 students and 14.7 students per teacher in the 2024–25 school year.
- Schools
- 44
- 44 charter
- Students
- 21,383
- Students per teacher
- 14.7
- SC 13.8 · US 15.1
- Spending per student
- —
- SC $15K · US $17.6K
Staff
Full-time equivalents reported by the district. Ratios are students per staff member: lower means more staff for each student, not better results.
- Teachers (FTE)
- 1,457
- Counselors (FTE)
- 65.0
- Students per counselor
- 329
- SC 309 · US 357
- Psychologists (FTE)
- 5.0
- Librarians (FTE): 6.0
State test results
Share of students scoring proficient or above on South Carolina's tests, grades 3–8, 2024–25 school year.
Reading and writing
South Carolina: 60%60%proficient
New test or proficiency bar this year: not comparable with the year before.
A higher share proficient than 71% of school districts in South Carolina
Median 56% · 76 school districts compared
9,297 students tested, grades 3–8 · SC Ready; proficient means Levels 3-4
Math
South Carolina: 44%37%proficient
−0.4 points from 2023–24 school year
A lower share proficient than 53% of school districts in South Carolina
Median 37% · 76 school districts compared
9,307 students tested, grades 3–8 · SC Ready; proficient means Levels 3-4
Each state sets its own test and its own bar for “proficient”, so results compare only within a state. Results also follow family income closely: a school's share reflects its students' circumstances as much as its teaching.
Data sourced from the Education Data Center (www.eddatacenter.org), a partner project of the National Center for Civic Innovation, Inc. State Assessment Data Repository version 3.1. More information about these assessments over time, including participation and test changes, is available from the Education Data Center.
Money
Current spending pays for staff, services and supplies; buildings and debt are counted apart. It follows local costs and needs (special education, long bus routes), so it is a comparison, not a grade.
The Census Bureau publishes no finances for this agency.
Schools
Open public schools of the district in the 2024–25 school year.
| School | Grades | Students | Students / teacher | Reading | Math |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Bettis Preparatory Leadership AcademyCharterFree meals for all | K–8 | 118 | 11.8 | — | — |
Butler AcademyCharterFree meals for all | K–8 | 393 | 11.9 | 67% | 45% |
| Pre-K–8 | 181 | 13.4 | 64% | 45% | |
Compass Collegiate AcademyCharter | K–4 | 155 | 13.5 | 64% | 33% |
East Point AcademyCharter | Pre-K–8 | 724 | 13.2 | 81% | 57% |
Felton Laboratory Charter SchoolCharterFree meals for all | K–8 | 279 | 20.8 | 58% | 25% |
| K–8 | 258 | 9.9 | 50% | 23% | |
| K–8 | 998 | 14.3 | 79% | 59% | |
| K–8 | 301 | 12.0 | 47% | 17% | |
| K–6 | 367 | 14.1 | 80% | 66% | |
| K–8 | 412 | 11.1 | 70% | 43% | |
Heartwood Community SchoolCharter | K–2 | 87 | 5.9 | — | — |
LEAD AcademyCharter | K–8 | 403 | 13.1 | 55% | 28% |
| 1–8 | 204 | 8.6 | 36% | 18% | |
Liberty STEAM Charter SchoolCharter | K–4 | 730 | 13.8 | 62% | 58% |
Meeting Street Academy-SpartanburgCharterFree meals for all | Pre-K–5 | 306 | 10.3 | 65% | 75% |
Meyer Center for Special ChildrenCharterSpecial education | Pre-K–2 | 92 | 4.8 | — | — |
Movement School Bridge ViewCharter | K–1 | 79 | 15.8 | — | — |
Spartanburg Preparatory SchoolCharterFree meals for all | Pre-K–8 | 454 | 11.4 | 52% | 30% |
| 2–8 | 216 | 9.4 | 28% | 2.1% | |
Sea Islands Heritage AcademyCharter | 6–7 | 38 | 12.7 | 59% | 8.7% |
Summit AcademyCharter | 6–7 | 59 | 9.8 | 58% | 17% |
Tall Pines STEM AcademyCharter | 5–8 | 382 | 15.3 | 74% | 39% |
Youth Leadership AcademyCharter | 6–8 | 290 | 15.3 | 74% | 47% |
| 9–12 | 277 | 34.6 | — | — | |
Fox Creek HighCharter | 9–12 | 672 | 15.8 | — | — |
| 9–12 | 390 | 11.5 | — | — | |
| 9–12 | 530 | 16.2 | — | — | |
| 9–12 | 535 | 18.1 | — | — | |
| 9–12 | 169 | 23.5 | — | — | |
| 9–12 | 619 | 42.7 | — | — | |
Midlands Middle CollegeCharter | 10–12 | 115 | 17.4 | — | — |
Palmetto ExcelCharter | 9–12 | 0 | — | — | — |
Palmetto Scholars AcademyCharter | 6–12 | 507 | 14.5 | 76% | 40% |
SC Whitmore SchoolCharterFully virtual | 9–12 | 431 | 28.7 | — | — |
Bridges Preparatory SchoolCharter | K–12 | 1,472 | 15.0 | 70% | 48% |
Carolus Online AcademyCharterFully virtual | K–12 | 1,786 | 27.9 | 28% | 4.4% |
High Point AcademyCharter | K–12 | 1,208 | 13.7 | 60% | 40% |
Legacy Early CollegeCharterFree meals for all | Pre-K–12 | 1,592 | 14.2 | 53% | 34% |
Lowcountry Montessori SchoolCharter | Pre-K–12 | 408 | 14.2 | 63% | 17% |
Pee Dee Math Sci & TechCharterFree meals for all | K–12 | 205 | 15.8 | — | — |
Polaris Tech Charter SchoolCharter | K–12 | 514 | 11.7 | 37% | 13% |
Riverwalk AcademyCharter | K–12 | 755 | 12.1 | 69% | 37% |
York Preparatory AcademyCharter | K–12 | 1,672 | 15.7 | 70% | 50% |
Reading and Math: share of tested students proficient or above on the state's own tests (grades 3–8, 2024–25 school year). Compare only within a state.
Data sourced from the Education Data Center (www.eddatacenter.org), a partner project of the National Center for Civic Innovation, Inc. State Assessment Data Repository version 3.1. More information about these assessments over time, including participation and test changes, is available from the Education Data Center.
Sources
- Address
- 1824 Barnwell Street, Columbia, SC 29201
- Phone
- (803)734-8322
- Public schools and school districts (National Center for Education Statistics · U.S. Census Bureau), 2024–25 school year. NCES Common Core of Data and EDGE public school geocodes; U.S. Census Bureau, Annual Survey of School System Finances and cartographic boundary files (places).
- State Assessment Data Repository (Education Data Center), 2024–25 school year. Data sourced from the Education Data Center (www.eddatacenter.org), a partner project of the National Center for Civic Innovation, Inc. State Assessment Data Repository v3.1.