High · South Carolina
Palmetto Scholars Academy
CharterPalmetto Scholars Academy, a public high school in North Charleston, South Carolina: grades 6–12, 507 students, 14.5 students per teacher (2024–25 school year). Part of SC Public Charter School District.
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
- 507
- Teachers (FTE)
- 35.0
- Students per teacher
- 14.5
- Grades
- 6–12
- High
Fewer students per teacher than 60% of high schools in South Carolina
Median 15.5 · 248 schools compared
More students per teacher than 50% of high schools in the US
Median 14.4 · 20,809 schools compared
Smaller than 68% of high schools in South Carolina
Median 741 · 250 schools compared
Larger than 56% 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%76%proficient
New test or proficiency bar this year: not comparable with the year before.
A higher share proficient than 90% of high schools in South Carolina
Median 47% · 29 high schools compared
245 students tested, grades 6, 7, 8 · SC Ready; proficient means Levels 3-4
Math
South Carolina: 44%40%proficient
−2.2 points from 2023–24 school year
A higher share proficient than 72% of high schools in South Carolina
Median 20% · 29 high schools compared
247 students tested, grades 6, 7, 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 6–12
- Type
- Charter school · Regular
- Instruction
- Some virtual classes
- Area
- Midsize city
Which school a home is assigned to is decided by the district's attendance zones; check with SC Public Charter School District.
Location
- Address
- 7499 Dorchester Road, North Charleston, SC 29418
- Phone
- (843)300-4118
- City or town
- North Charleston
- County
- Charleston County
Nearby high schools
The closest public high schools by straight-line distance. Attendance zones are set by each district.
| School | Grades | Students | Students / teacher |
|---|---|---|---|
R. B. Stall HighFree meals for all | 9–12 | 2,135 | 15.5 |
| 9–12 | 2,344 | 17.4 | |
| 9–12 | 169 | 23.5 | |
Palmetto ExcelCharter | 9–12 | 0 | — |
| 11–12 | 117 | 23.4 | |
| 9–12 | 619 | 42.7 |
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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