Middle · South Carolina

Southwood Academy for the Arts

Southwood Academy for the Arts, a public middle school in Anderson, South Carolina: grades 6–8, 409 students, 11.9 students per teacher (2024–25 school year). Part of Anderson 05.

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
409
Teachers (FTE)
34.3
Students per teacher
11.9
Grades
6–8
Middle

Fewer students per teacher than 80% of middle schools in South Carolina

Median 13.8 · 250 schools compared

Fewer students per teacher than 77% of middle schools in the US

Median 14.6 · 15,584 schools compared

Smaller than 73% of middle schools in South Carolina

Median 622 · 250 schools compared

Smaller than 63% 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%

85%proficient

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

A higher share proficient than 98% of middle schools in South Carolina

Median 54% · 250 middle schools compared

369 students tested, grades 6, 7, 8 · SC Ready; proficient means Levels 3-4

Math

South Carolina: 44%

75%proficient

+0.3 points from 2023–24 school year

A higher share proficient than 98% of middle schools in South Carolina

Median 30% · 250 middle schools compared

369 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
Middle · Grades 6–8
Type
District school · Regular
Instruction
Some virtual classes
Area
Small city

Which school a home is assigned to is decided by the district's attendance zones; check with Anderson 05.

Location

Address
1110 Southwood Street, Anderson, SC 29624
Phone
(864)260-5205
City or town
Anderson

Nearby middle schools

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

SchoolGradesStudentsStudents / teacherReadingMath
Robert Anderson MiddleFree meals for all
6–81,13412.941%29%
6–857214.565%54%
6–867712.858%50%
6–861615.863%43%
6–845513.258%39%
7–845314.272%53%

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 450090001574