Global Academy of SC

As an average-sized elementary school in Spartanburg, South Carolina, Global Academy of SC works with 598 students from grades K through 7, run under Limestone Charters Association.

Within Limestone Charters Association, which oversees 13 schools and 7,387 students, Global Academy of SC is one campus in the system.

On demographics, Global Academy of SC lists that the student body is overwhelmingly White (95%). The remainder comes out to 4% Hispanic. That is visibly more White than the county at large, where the share is closer to 67%.

On the resource side, Staff filings list 44 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 13.6:1 students per teacher. That tracks the state average closely.

In the surrounding community, Spartanburg County reports that the typical household earns roughly $66,234 per year, 25% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and roughly 11% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Across Spartanburg County's 88 public schools (combined enrollment of about 58,477 students), Global Academy of SC is one campus in the mix.

Nearest neighbor: Wellford Academy of Science and Technology, around 1.9 miles off. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Global Academy of SC.

Geographically, the school is in a small-town area. Global Academy of SC operates as a public charter school, meaning it is publicly funded but governed independently of the surrounding district's traditional schools.

On allk12, the page collects discussion, questions, and updates around fundraisers, lost-and-found posts, and report-card season. Posting is open to anyone connected to the school.