Other · South Carolina

Clear Dot Charter School

CharterFree meals for all

Clear Dot Charter School, a public other school in Columbia, South Carolina: grades pre-k–11, 474 students, 11.3 students per teacher (2024–25 school year). Part of Charter Institute at Erskine.

Size and class size

Compared with 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
474
Teachers (FTE)
42.0
Students per teacher
11.3
Grades
Pre-K–11
Other

Fewer students per teacher than 75% of schools in South Carolina

Median 13.1 · 28 schools compared

Fewer students per teacher than 57% of schools in the US

Median 12.7 · 3,627 schools compared

Smaller than 64% of schools in South Carolina

Median 661 · 28 schools compared

Larger than 71% of schools in the US

Median 207 · 3,982 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%

36%proficient

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

A lower share proficient than 91% of schools in South Carolina

Median 58% · 22 schools compared

219 students tested, grades 3–8 · SC Ready; proficient means Levels 3-4

Math

South Carolina: 44%

16%proficient

+0.9 points from 2023–24 school year

A lower share proficient than 86% of schools in South Carolina

Median 33% · 22 schools compared

219 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.

What it offers

Grades
Other · Grades Pre-K–11
Type
Charter school · Regular
Instruction
Some virtual classes
Meals
Free breakfast and lunch for every student
Area
Midsize city

Which school a home is assigned to is decided by the district's attendance zones; check with Charter Institute at Erskine.

Location

Address
2015 Marion Street, Columbia, SC 29201
Phone
(803)567-3075
City or town
Columbia

Nearby schools

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

SchoolGradesStudentsStudents / teacherReadingMath
K–12463.3——
K–122,18017.358%23%
SC Connections AcademyCharterFully virtual
K–126,15223.056%20%
4–1241711.1——
Carolus Online AcademyCharterFully virtual
K–121,78627.928%4.4%
K–121,97912.667%42%

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 450390901717