Bettis Preparatory Leadership Academy

Bettis Preparatory Leadership Academy, located in Trenton, South Carolina, is a very small elementary school. In all, 118 students attend the school in kindergarten through 8. That puts enrollment 78% below the 526-student average for elementary schools in South Carolina.

District-wide, SC Public Charter School District has 43 schools and 21,383 students.

Of every 100 students at Bettis Preparatory Leadership Academy, about 81 are Black. The school is also 12% White, 3% Hispanic, and 3% multiracial. That is higher than the 31% Black share among all Edgefield County residents. A diversity index of 32% means there is a 32% chance two randomly chosen students at Bettis Preparatory Leadership Academy are from different groups.

Its staff includes 10 full-time-equivalent teachers, for about 11.8 students per teacher. Across elementary schools in South Carolina, the average ratio is 13.3:1.

For Edgefield County, Census Bureau data show the median household earns about $73,029 a year, roughly 23% of adults have a four-year degree or more, and about 15% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Counting Bettis Preparatory Leadership Academy, Edgefield County has 11 public schools.

Bettis Preparatory Leadership Academy's nearest public school is Trenton High (about 3.9 miles). Inside a ten-mile radius, there are at least 8 other public schools.

Bettis Preparatory Leadership Academy is coded as Rural: Fringe in federal locale data. Federal records list Bettis Preparatory Leadership Academy as a charter school.

Reported enrollment: 80 (2020-21) and 118 (2024-25). These figures may describe different sets of grades. The student-to-teacher ratio went up from 6.7:1 to 11.8:1.

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