Middle · South Carolina

Youth Leadership Academy

Charter

Youth Leadership Academy, a public middle school in Pickens, South Carolina: grades 6–8, 290 students, 15.3 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: 290
Teachers (FTE): 19.0
Students per teacher: 15.3
Grades: 6–8; Middle

More students per teacher than 71% of middle schools in South Carolina

Median 13.8 · 250 schools compared

More students per teacher than 56% of middle schools in the US

Median 14.6 · 15,584 schools compared

Smaller than 88% of middle schools in South Carolina

Median 622 · 250 schools compared

Smaller than 76% of middle schools in the US

Median 524 · 16,046 schools compared

What it offers

Grades: Middle · Grades 6–8
Type: Charter school · Regular
Instruction: Some virtual classes
Area: Rural area near a city
Run by: SC Public Charter School District

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Location

Address: 698 Concord Church Road, Pickens, SC 29671
Phone: (864)898-4511
County: Pickens County

Quality of life in Pickens County Schools in Pickens 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
Summit AcademyCharter	6–7	59	9.8	0.0 mi
Pickens Middle	6–8	566	14.2	3.3 mi
Liberty Middle	6–8	458	13.3	7.1 mi
Richard H. Gettys Middle	6–8	1,217	14.7	9.8 mi
R. C. Edwards Middle	6–8	835	16.2	11.0 mi
Dacusville Middle	6–8	356	14.2	12.8 mi

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).

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