Middle · South Carolina

Palmetto Achievement Center for Excellence Academy

Charter

Palmetto Achievement Center for Excellence Academy, a public middle school in Columbia, South Carolina: grades 2–8, 216 students, 9.4 students per teacher (2024–25 school year). Part of SC Public Charter School District.

Size and class size

Compared with middle 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
216
Teachers (FTE)
23.0
Students per teacher
9.4
Grades
2–8
Middle

Fewer students per teacher than 96% of middle schools in South Carolina

Median 13.8 · 250 schools compared

Fewer students per teacher than 94% of middle schools in the US

Median 14.6 · 15,584 schools compared

Smaller than 94% of middle schools in South Carolina

Median 622 · 250 schools compared

Smaller than 84% of middle schools in the US

Median 524 · 16,046 schools compared

What it offers

Grades
Middle · Grades 2–8
Type
Charter school · Regular
Instruction
Some virtual classes
Area
Large suburb
Run by
SC Public Charter School District

Which school a home is assigned to is decided by the district's attendance zones; check with SC Public Charter School District.

Location

Address
6015 N Main Street, Columbia, SC 29203
Phone
(803)900-0664
County
Richland County
Quality of life in Richland CountySchools in Richland County

Nearby middle schools

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

SchoolGradesStudentsStudents / teacher
Alcorn MiddleFree meals for all
6–838112.5
W. G. Sanders MiddleFree meals for all
6–85039.3
W. A. Perry MiddleFree meals for all
6–832010.0
Heyward Gibbes MiddleFree meals for all
6–82529.9
Dent MiddleFree meals for all
6–81,05912.8
Crayton MiddleFree meals for all
6–895214.0

Sources

Analisa does not rate schools. Figures are what a school has (students, teachers, programs), placed among schools of the same level.

NCES 450390101743