Other · South Carolina
Thornwell Charter School
CharterFree meals for allThornwell Charter School, a public other school in Clinton, South Carolina: grades k–12, 525 students, 11.8 students per teacher (2024–25 school year). Part of Charter Institute at Erskine.
Size and class size
Compared with 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
- 525
- Teachers (FTE)
- 44.6
- Students per teacher
- 11.8
- Grades
- K–12
- Other
Fewer students per teacher than 68% of schools in South Carolina
Median 13.1 · 28 schools compared
Fewer students per teacher than 54% of schools in the US
Median 12.7 · 3,627 schools compared
Smaller than 54% of schools in South Carolina
Median 661 · 28 schools compared
Larger than 74% of schools in the US
Median 207 · 3,982 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%62%proficient
New test or proficiency bar this year: not comparable with the year before.
A higher share proficient than 68% of schools in South Carolina
Median 58% · 22 schools compared
246 students tested, grades 3–8 · SC Ready; proficient means Levels 3-4
Math
South Carolina: 44%37%proficient
−5.9 points from 2023–24 school year
A higher share proficient than 59% of schools in South Carolina
Median 33% · 22 schools compared
246 students tested, grades 3–8 · 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
- Other · Grades K–12
- Type
- Charter school · Regular
- Instruction
- Some virtual classes
- Meals
- Free breakfast and lunch for every student
- Area
- Distant town
Which school a home is assigned to is decided by the district's attendance zones; check with Charter Institute at Erskine.
Location
- Address
- 203 West Calhoun Street, Clinton, SC 29325
- Phone
- (864)808-0801
- City or town
- Clinton
- County
- Laurens County
Nearby schools
The closest public schools by straight-line distance. Attendance zones are set by each district.
No other public schools within 25 miles.
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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