Elementary · South Carolina

Discovery Charter of Lancaster

Charter

Discovery Charter of Lancaster, a public elementary school in Lancaster, South Carolina: grades k–5, 146 students, 15.1 students per teacher (2024–25 school year). Part of Lancaster 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: 146
Teachers (FTE): 9.7
Students per teacher: 15.1
Grades: K–5; Elementary

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

Median 13.4 · 691 schools compared

More students per teacher than 56% of elementary schools in the US

Median 14.6 · 50,575 schools compared

Smaller than 97% of elementary schools in South Carolina

Median 505 · 691 schools compared

Smaller than 92% 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–5
Type: Charter school · Regular
Instruction: Some virtual classes
Area: Distant town
Run by: Lancaster 01

Which school a home is assigned to is decided by the district's attendance zones; check with Lancaster 01.

Location

Address: 302 West Dunlap Street, Lancaster, SC 29720
Phone: (803)285-8430
City or town: Lancaster
County: Lancaster County

Quality of life in Lancaster Schools in Lancaster

Nearby elementary schools

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

School	Grades	Students	Students / teacher	Reading	Math
Clinton ElementaryFree meals for all	Pre-K–5	412	12.0	35%	36%	0.6 mi
North ElementaryFree meals for all	Pre-K–5	645	15.0	52%	47%	1.0 mi
Brooklyn Springs ElementaryFree meals for all	Pre-K–5	398	13.4	35%	30%	1.4 mi
Erwin ElementaryFree meals for all	Pre-K–5	418	13.1	32%	36%	2.3 mi
McDonald Green ElementaryFree meals for all	Pre-K–5	337	13.5	54%	55%	4.5 mi
Buford Elementary	Pre-K–5	792	16.6	73%	80%	8.8 mi

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.

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).
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.

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.

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