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Cyber Academy of South Carolina
Virtual schools are not graded, because they enroll students from across the state rather than a local area. How grades work
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Kindergarten | 153 | 5% |
| Grade 1 | 172 | 5% |
| Grade 2 | 195 | 6% |
| Grade 3 | 174 | 5% |
| Grade 4 | 198 | 6% |
| Grade 5 | 176 | 5% |
| Grade 6 | 272 | 8% |
| Grade 7 | 308 | 9% |
| Grade 8 | 324 | 10% |
| Grade 9 | 328 | 10% |
| Grade 10 | 340 | 10% |
| Grade 11 | 283 | 9% |
| Grade 12 | 357 | 11% |
This year's kindergarten class (153) is 53% smaller than its 8th grade class (324).
Test scores
SC READY 2024-25 . % Meets or Exceeds ExpectationsWhat this means: On the SC READY, South Carolina's statewide test, about 50 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 17 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all South Carolina schools, those numbers are about 60 and 44. Reading and writing scores are up about 7 points since 2023, while math scores have held steady.
SC READY results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 50.4% | 17.1% |
| 2023-24 | 43.3% | 17.3% |
4-year change
SY 2020-21 vs SY 2024-25Enrollment and staffing by year
| School year | Students | Teachers (FTE) | Students per teacher | Free and reduced lunch |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 3,280 | 154 | 21.3:1 | N/A |
| 2023-24 | 3,493 | 162 | 21.6:1 | 63% (2,189) |
| 2022-23 | 3,985 | 170 | 23.4:1 | 84% (3,339) |
| 2020-21 | 4,880 | 163 | 29.9:1 | 71% (3,461) |
About Cyber Academy of South Carolina
Families in Greenville, South Carolina, are served by Cyber Academy of South Carolina, a high-enrollment school serving multiple grade levels. Enrollment totals 3,280 students across kindergarten through 12. That puts enrollment 205% larger than the 1,077-student average for combined schools in South Carolina.
Charter Institute at Erskine serves 28,041 students across 30 schools.
More than half of the students at Cyber Academy of South Carolina are White (55%). Beyond that, enrollment is 27% Black, 9% Hispanic, and 8% multiracial. In Greenville County overall, about 67% of residents are White. Measured by the diversity index, the student body scores 61%.
Its ratio of 21.3:1 is based on 154 full-time-equivalent teachers. The average for combined schools in South Carolina is 13.7:1, so this school has more students per teacher.
For the population of Greenville County, the median household earns about $76,932 a year, about 41% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and the poverty rate is about 8%. Cyber Academy of South Carolina shares Greenville County with 108 other public schools.
The closest school to Cyber Academy of South Carolina is Heron Virtual Academy of South Carolina, located less than a tenth of a mile away. Cyber Academy of South Carolina is one of several public schools in the area, with at least 8 others within five miles.
By NCES locale, the school is City: Small, or inside a principal city with a population under 100,000. Cyber Academy of South Carolina holds a charter, making it a public charter school. Cyber Academy of South Carolina is listed as a virtual school by the National Center for Education Statistics.
From 2020-21 to 2024-25, enrollment decreased from 4,880 to 3,280, a 33% decline. Federal data show the ratio falling from 29.9:1 to 21.3:1.
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Greenville County at a glance
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