Elementary · South Carolina
Central Academy of the Arts
Free meals for allCentral Academy of the Arts, a public elementary school in Central, South Carolina: grades pre-k–5, 499 students, 13.8 students per teacher (2024–25 school year). Part of Pickens 01.
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
- 499
- Teachers (FTE)
- 36.2
- Students per teacher
- 13.8
- Grades
- Pre-K–5
- Elementary
More students per teacher than 56% of elementary schools in South Carolina
Median 13.4 · 691 schools compared
Fewer students per teacher than 59% of elementary schools in the US
Median 14.6 · 50,575 schools compared
Smaller than 51% of elementary schools in South Carolina
Median 505 · 691 schools compared
Larger than 66% of elementary schools in the US
Median 415 · 51,933 schools compared
What it offers
- Grades
- Elementary · Grades Pre-K–5
- Type
- District school · Regular
- Instruction
- Some virtual classes
- Meals
- Free breakfast and lunch for every student
- Area
- Midsize suburb
- Run by
- Pickens 01
Which school a home is assigned to is decided by the district's attendance zones; check with Pickens 01.
Location
- Address
- 608 Johnson Road, Central, SC 29630
- Phone
- (864)397-1400
- City or town
- Central
- County
- Pickens County
Nearby elementary schools
The closest public elementary schools by straight-line distance. Attendance zones are set by each district.
| School | Grades | Students | Students / teacher |
|---|---|---|---|
Liberty PrimaryFree meals for all | Pre-K–2 | 637 | 14.7 |
| Pre-K–5 | 794 | 14.5 | |
Liberty ElementaryFree meals for all | 3–5 | 470 | 13.2 |
Pendleton ElementaryFree meals for all | Pre-K–6 | 547 | 13.5 |
| Pre-K–5 | 571 | 14.5 | |
| Pre-K–5 | 530 | 12.9 |
Sources
- 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).
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