Horse Creek Academy

Set in Aiken, South Carolina, Horse Creek Academy is a middle-of-the-pack unified-grade school, operated by Limestone Charters Association. It serves 1,392 students across grades K through 12. That puts it 29% bigger than the typical public school in South Carolina, which averages around 1,077 students.

Limestone Charters Association runs 13 schools in total, collectively educating 7,387 students. Horse Creek Academy is one of those campuses.

Looking at the student body, Horse Creek Academy reports that White students make up the majority at 75%. Other groups include 16% Black, 4% multiracial, 4% Hispanic. By comparison, Aiken County as a whole is about 65% White, so the school skews noticeably more White than its surroundings.

In terms of school funding signals, Horse Creek Academy logs 111 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 12.5:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 13.7:1, putting Horse Creek Academy tighter than the state norm the norm.

In the area at large, Aiken County reports that the typical household earns roughly $70,609 per year, roughly 32% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and roughly 10% of residents live below the federal poverty line. In all, Aiken County runs 42 public schools (combined enrollment of about 24,280 students), of which Horse Creek Academy is one.

Nearest neighbor: East Aiken School of the Arts, around 1.4 miles off. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius.

Horse Creek Academy operates from a low-density location. As a public charter, Horse Creek Academy runs on public funding but with greater curricular and operational autonomy than a typical district school.

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