Atlantic Collegiate Academy

Set in Conway, South Carolina, Atlantic Collegiate Academy is a close-knit senior high, overseen by Limestone Charters Association. It hosts 502 students across grades 9 through 12. Compared to the state average of about 953 students per school, that is 47% smaller than typical.

Limestone Charters Association runs 13 schools in total, collectively educating 7,387 students. Atlantic Collegiate Academy is one of those campuses.

Demographically, Atlantic Collegiate Academy records that White students make up the majority at 74%; the rest looks like 10% Hispanic, 8% Black, 7% multiracial. That composition is broadly in line with Horry County as a whole.

On the resource side, Staff filings list 16 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 31.4:1 students per teacher. The state averages around 15.5:1, so this campus is higher than the state norm typical.

In the surrounding community, census data for Horry County shows median household income runs about $66,880, 27% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 9%. Across Horry County's 60 public schools (combined enrollment of about 49,639 students), Atlantic Collegiate Academy is one campus in the mix.

The closest other public school is Ocean Bay Elementary, roughly 5.1 miles away. Within ten miles, there are 8 other public schools, a sparser pattern than typical urban areas.

Atlantic Collegiate Academy operates from a small-town location. Atlantic Collegiate Academy operates as a public charter school, meaning it is publicly funded but governed independently of the surrounding district's traditional schools.

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