Elementary · South Carolina

Bettis Preparatory Leadership Academy

CharterFree meals for all

Bettis Preparatory Leadership Academy, a public elementary school in Trenton, South Carolina: grades k–8, 118 students, 11.8 students per teacher (2024–25 school year). Part of SC Public Charter School District.

Size and class size

Compared with elementary schools of the same state and the whole country. Students per teacher counts every full-time-equivalent teacher, not the size of each class.

Students
118
Teachers (FTE)
10.0
Students per teacher
11.8
Grades
K–8
Elementary

Fewer students per teacher than 77% of elementary schools in South Carolina

Median 13.4 · 691 schools compared

Fewer students per teacher than 80% of elementary schools in the US

Median 14.6 · 50,575 schools compared

Smaller than 98% of elementary schools in South Carolina

Median 505 · 691 schools compared

Smaller than 94% of elementary schools in the US

Median 415 · 51,933 schools compared

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%

Not published: too few students tested.

New test or proficiency bar this year: not comparable with the year before.

SC Ready; proficient means Levels 3-4

Math

South Carolina: 44%

Not published: too few students tested.

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.

What it offers

Grades
Elementary · Grades K–8
Type
Charter school · Regular
Instruction
Some virtual classes
Meals
Free breakfast and lunch for every student
Area
Rural area near a city

Which school a home is assigned to is decided by the district's attendance zones; check with SC Public Charter School District.

Location

Address
69 Nicholson Road, Trenton, SC 29847
Phone
(803)663-7266

Nearby elementary schools

The closest public elementary schools by straight-line distance. Attendance zones are set by each district.

SchoolGradesStudentsStudents / teacherReadingMath
Pre-K–521510.144%40%
Pre-K–570815.466%46%
Graniteville ElementaryFree meals for all
Pre-K–541713.956%41%
Pre-K–576014.162%56%
Gloverville ElementaryFree meals for all
Pre-K–535012.665%54%
Mossy Creek ElementaryFree meals for all
Pre-K–570014.963%47%

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

Analisa does not rate schools. Figures are what a school has (students, teachers, programs), placed among schools of the same level; state test results are compared only within a state.

NCES 450390101695