East Link Academy

Located at 78 Global Drive Drive Suite 200, in Greenville, South Carolina, East Link Academy is a small primary school that educates 258 students (grades K through 8), one of the schools within Limestone Charters Association. That puts it 51% smaller than the typical public school in South Carolina, which averages around 526 students.

Limestone Charters Association comprises 13 schools with combined enrollment of 7,387 students; East Link Academy is among them.

Looking at the student body, East Link Academy lists that 39% of students identify as White, with the remaining enrollment distributed across several groups; the rest comes out to 24% Hispanic, 22% Black, 12% Asian, 3% multiracial. The wider county runs roughly 67% White, putting the school's mix visibly less White than the area baseline.

On the resource side, On paper, East Link Academy has 22 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 11.5:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 13.3:1, putting East Link Academy tighter than the state norm the norm.

Around the school, census data for Greenville County shows median household income runs about $76,932, roughly 41% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and the poverty rate sits near 8%. Across Greenville County's 109 public schools (combined enrollment of about 89,863 students), East Link Academy is one campus in the mix.

The closest other public school is J. L. Mann High Academy, roughly 0.4 miles away. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius.

The school occupies a city-core site. East Link Academy is a charter school, which puts it inside the public-school system but outside the standard district-managed model.

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