Charleston Advancement Academy High School

Charleston Advancement Academy High School is one of the reasonably sized combined-grade schools in Charleston, South Carolina, overseen by SC Public Charter School District, with students from the surrounding community on its rolls from grade M.

SC Public Charter School District comprises 43 schools with combined enrollment of 21,383 students; Charleston Advancement Academy High School is among them.

Looking at the economic backdrop, Charleston Advancement Academy High School runs at roughly 38.5:1 students per teacher. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 13.7:1, putting Charleston Advancement Academy High School higher than the state norm the norm.

Across the wider county, community-level numbers for Charleston County indicate median household earnings sit near $88,494, 50% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 7%. In all, Charleston County runs 98 public schools (combined enrollment of about 55,933 students), of which Charleston Advancement Academy High School is one.

Nearest neighbor: Camp Road Middle, around 0.6 miles off. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius.

The school occupies a city-core site. As a public charter, Charleston Advancement Academy High School runs on public funding but with greater curricular and operational autonomy than a typical district school.

In the discussion threads here, recent activity here tends to focus on open house dates, ride-share offers, and field-trip permission slips. Anyone with firsthand experience at this school can post or comment.