Middle · South Carolina

Sea Islands Heritage Academy

Charter

Sea Islands Heritage Academy, a public middle school in Beaufort, South Carolina: grades 6–7, 38 students, 12.7 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: 38
Teachers (FTE): 3.0
Students per teacher: 12.7
Grades: 6–7; Middle

Fewer students per teacher than 69% of middle schools in South Carolina

Median 13.8 · 250 schools compared

Fewer students per teacher than 69% of middle schools in the US

Median 14.6 · 15,584 schools compared

Smaller than 100% of middle schools in South Carolina

Median 622 · 250 schools compared

Smaller than 98% of middle schools in the US

Median 524 · 16,046 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%

59%proficient

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

A higher share proficient than 64% of middle schools in South Carolina

Median 54% · 250 middle schools compared

22 students tested, grades 6 · SC Ready; proficient means Levels 3-4 Approximate: the state published a range or left out some grades.

Math

South Carolina: 44%

8.7%proficient

A lower share proficient than 97% of middle schools in South Carolina

Median 30% · 250 middle schools compared

23 students tested, grades 6 · SC Ready; proficient means Levels 3-4 Approximate: the state published a range or left out some grades.

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: Middle · Grades 6–7
Type: Charter school · Regular
Instruction: Some virtual classes
Area: Small 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: 10-B Holly Hall Road, Beaufort, SC 29907
Phone: (843)489-8433
County: Beaufort County

Quality of life in Beaufort County Schools in Beaufort County

Nearby middle schools

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

School	Grades	Students	Students / teacher	Reading	Math
Lady's Island MiddleFree meals for all	6–8	338	8.9	51%	28%	2.1 mi
Beaufort MiddleFree meals for all	6–8	348	9.2	54%	33%	4.3 mi
Whale Branch MiddleFree meals for all	6–8	243	7.6	37%	13%	8.7 mi
Hilton Head Island Middle	6–8	778	11.3	57%	36%	16.4 mi
Bluffton Middle	6–8	921	14.2	60%	43%	19.2 mi
H. E. McCracken Middle	6–8	846	12.4	58%	38%	20.6 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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