Buist Academy

Buist Academy is a close-knit middle-grades school in Charleston, South Carolina, one of the schools within Charleston 01. The school hosts 521 students in grades 3 through 8.

Charleston 01 runs 81 schools in total, collectively educating 52,009 students. Buist Academy is one of those campuses.

In terms of who attends, Buist Academy records that the largest single group is White, at 76% of enrollment; the rest comes out to 10% Black, 6% Asian, 5% Hispanic, 4% multiracial. By comparison, Charleston County as a whole is about 66% White, so the school skews meaningfully more White than its surroundings.

On the resource side, The school currently runs with 37 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 14.1:1. That tracks the state average closely.

In the broader community, census data for Charleston County shows the typical household earns roughly $88,494 per year, about 50% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 7%. Buist Academy is one of 98 public schools in Charleston County (combined enrollment of about 55,933 students).

Nearest neighbor: Charleston Progressive, around 0.4 miles off. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius.

The school occupies a metropolitan site.

Over the past 7-year window. Buist Academy's enrollment has ticked up 7% since 2018, when it stood at 486 (now 521). The White share of enrollment edged down from 81% to 76% over that span. Class-load math has pulled in: from 15.9:1 in 2018 to 14.1:1 in 2025.

On the community side, the feed for Buist Academy typically covers pickup logistics, teacher feedback, and after-school programs. Members of the school community can share what they know.