Odyssey Online Learning

Odyssey Online Learning is a low-enrollment high school in Charter Institute at Erskine, located in Chapin, South Carolina. It enrolled 536 students in grades 9 through 12 for the 2024-25 school year. Enrollment is 44% lower than the average for high schools in South Carolina, which is about 953.

District-wide, Charter Institute at Erskine has 30 schools and 28,041 students.

White students make up a majority at Odyssey Online Learning, at 66%. Other students are 17% Black, 10% Hispanic, and 7% multiracial. Pick two students at random and there is a 52% chance they belong to different racial or ethnic groups; that figure is the school's diversity index.

The teaching staff at Odyssey Online Learning is 35.5 full-time-equivalent teachers, and the ratio is 15.1:1. That matches the 15.5:1 average for high schools in South Carolina fairly closely.

Among Lexington County residents, the median household income is $77,408, roughly 34% of adults have a four-year degree or more, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 9%. Odyssey Online Learning is one of 76 public schools in the county.

The school nearest to Odyssey Online Learning is Chapin High, at a distance of about 0.9 miles. Other public schools within five miles number at least 8.

The federal government classifies Odyssey Online Learning's location as Town: Fringe. Federal records list Odyssey Online Learning as a charter school. Odyssey Online Learning is a virtual school according to federal records.

Odyssey Online Learning's enrollment grew from 393 in 2020-21 to 536 in 2024-25. In 2020-21, the student-to-teacher ratio was 393.0:1; by 2024-25 it was 15.1:1.

The Odyssey Online Learning community page is open for posts about sports schedules, lunch menus, and spirit week. Anyone with firsthand experience at this school can post or comment.