Lakes and Bridges Charter School

Lakes and Bridges Charter School is one of the rural-scale elementary-level communitys in Easley, South Carolina, operated by SC Public Charter School District, with 204 students on its rolls from grades 1 through 8. Compared to the state average of about 526 students per school, that is 61% smaller than typical.

Within SC Public Charter School District, which oversees 43 schools and 21,383 students, Lakes and Bridges Charter School is one campus in the system.

In terms of who attends, Lakes and Bridges Charter School reports that 79% of the student body identifies as White. The remainder looks like 8% Hispanic, 6% Black, 4% multiracial.

Looking at school resources, Lakes and Bridges Charter School shows 24 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 8.6:1. The state averages around 13.3:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical.

Around the school, Pickens County reports that the typical household earns roughly $61,064 per year, 29% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 9%. Lakes and Bridges Charter School is one of 27 public schools in Pickens County (combined enrollment of about 16,866 students).

Forest Acres Elementary is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.9 miles from this campus. 7 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius.

The campus sits in an outer-ring setting. Lakes and Bridges Charter School is a charter school, which puts it inside the public-school system but outside the standard district-managed model.

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