James Byrnes Freshman Academy

James Byrnes Freshman Academy is a small high school in Spartanburg 05, located in Duncan, South Carolina. Its enrollment is 792 students, spread over grade 9.

The district, Spartanburg 05, has 11,962 students enrolled across 15 schools.

The student body at James Byrnes Freshman Academy is 52% White. It is also 20% Black, 16% Hispanic, 8% multiracial, and 3% Asian. Spartanburg County's residents are about 67% White, 14 points above the school's share. On a 0 to 100 scale, the school's diversity index is 65, compared with 70 nationally.

On staff are 51.2 full-time-equivalent teachers; the student-to-teacher ratio is 15.5:1. The 15.5:1 average for high schools in South Carolina is close to this figure.

Five-year Census Bureau estimates for Spartanburg County show that median household income comes to about $66,234, roughly 25% of adults have a four-year degree or more, and about 11% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Spartanburg County counts 88 public schools with about 58,477 students.

Duncan Elementary School of the Arts sits about 0.2 miles from James Byrnes Freshman Academy. There are at least 8 other public schools within five miles.

Federal data place James Byrnes Freshman Academy in the Suburb: Mid-size locale, which means it is in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population between 100,000 and 250,000.

Between 2020-21 and 2024-25, James Byrnes Freshman Academy had a net gain of 107 students, or 16%. The number of students per teacher dropped from 16.7 to 15.5 over 4 years.

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