Elementary · South Carolina

Greenwood Charter Academy

Charter

Greenwood Charter Academy, a public elementary school in Greenwood, South Carolina: grades pre-k–7, 432 students, 11.4 students per teacher (2024–25 school year). Part of Charter Institute at Erskine.

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
432
Teachers (FTE)
38.0
Students per teacher
11.4
Grades
Pre-K–7
Elementary

Fewer students per teacher than 82% of elementary schools in South Carolina

Median 13.4 · 691 schools compared

Fewer students per teacher than 83% of elementary schools in the US

Median 14.6 · 50,575 schools compared

Smaller than 62% of elementary schools in South Carolina

Median 505 · 691 schools compared

Larger than 53% 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%

50%proficient

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

A lower share proficient than 71% of elementary schools in South Carolina

Median 60% · 637 elementary schools compared

230 students tested, grades 3, 4, 5, 6, 7 · SC Ready; proficient means Levels 3-4

Math

South Carolina: 44%

23%proficient

+0.5 points from 2023–24 school year

A lower share proficient than 96% of elementary schools in South Carolina

Median 49% · 637 elementary schools compared

231 students tested, grades 3, 4, 5, 6, 7 · 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 Pre-K–7
Type
Charter school · Regular
Instruction
Some virtual classes
Area
Distant town

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

Location

Address
412 Bypass 72 NW, Greenwood, SC 29649
Phone
(864)715-2151
City or town
Greenwood

Nearby elementary schools

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

SchoolGradesStudentsStudents / teacherReadingMath
Lakeview ElementaryFree meals for all
Pre-K–542610.873%59%
Pinecrest ElementaryFree meals for all
Pre-K–53799.566%77%
Merrywood ElementaryFree meals for all
Pre-K–556212.374%73%
Eleanor S. Rice ElementaryFree meals for all
Pre-K–553512.968%55%
Mathews ElementaryFree meals for all
Pre-K–552911.480%61%
Pre-K–568015.270%59%

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 450390901783