High · South Carolina

Heron Virtual Academy of South Carolina

CharterFully virtual

Heron Virtual Academy of South Carolina, a public high school in Greenville, South Carolina: grades 8–12, 1,439 students, 24.2 students per teacher (2024–25 school year). Part of Charter Institute at Erskine.

Size and class size

Compared with high 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
1,439
Teachers (FTE)
59.5
Students per teacher
24.2
Grades
8–12
High

More students per teacher than 96% of high schools in South Carolina

Median 15.5 · 248 schools compared

More students per teacher than 93% of high schools in the US

Median 14.4 · 20,809 schools compared

Larger than 76% of high schools in South Carolina

Median 741 · 250 schools compared

Larger than 84% of high schools in the US

Median 414 · 22,064 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%

27%proficient

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

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

Median 47% · 29 high schools compared

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

Math

South Carolina: 44%

3.1%proficient

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

Median 20% · 29 high schools compared

129 students tested, grades 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
High · Grades 8–12
Type
Charter school · Regular
Instruction
Fully virtual
Area
Small city

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

Location

Address
330 Pelham Road Suite101-A (Temporary), Greenville, SC 29615
Phone
(803)849-2464
City or town
Greenville

Nearby high schools

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

SchoolGradesStudentsStudents / teacher
Wade Hampton HighFree meals for all
9–121,79018.4
CTE Innovation Center at Roper MountainCareer and technicalFree meals for all
9–120—
9–1253016.2
Eastside HighFree meals for all
9–121,49019.4
10–12235—
J. L. Mann High AcademyFree meals for all
9–122,01318.6

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 450390901784