Compass Collegiate Academy

Compass Collegiate Academy operates as a very small elementary school in N Charleston, South Carolina, overseen by SC Public Charter School District. Current enrollment sits at 155 students spanning grades K through 4. Enrollment runs roughly 71% leaner than the state mean of about 526.

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

On the student-mix side, Compass Collegiate Academy logs that the largest single group is Black, at 74% of enrollment. Other groups include 13% White, 9% multiracial, 4% Hispanic. That is noticeably more Black than the county at large, where the share is closer to 23%.

Looking at the economic backdrop, Compass Collegiate Academy records 12 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 13.5:1. That tracks the state average closely.

Zooming out to the county, ACS estimates for Charleston County put median household earnings sit near $88,494, 50% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 7%. Compass Collegiate Academy is one of 98 public schools in Charleston County (combined enrollment of about 55,933 students).

Nearest neighbor: Morningside Middle, around 1.3 miles off. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools.

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

In the discussion threads here, the feed for Compass Collegiate Academy typically covers fundraisers, lost-and-found posts, and report-card season. Posting is open to anyone connected to the school.