Pattison's Academy for Comprehensive Education

Pattison's Academy for Comprehensive Education is one of the one-room-style combined-grade schools in Charleston, South Carolina, one of the schools within Charleston 01, with 53 students on its rolls from grades pre-K through 12. That puts it 95% leaner than the typical public school in South Carolina, which averages around 1,077 students.

Charleston 01 comprises 81 schools with combined enrollment of 52,009 students; Pattison's Academy for Comprehensive Education is among them.

Looking at the student body, Pattison's Academy for Comprehensive Education reports that the largest single group is White at 38%, but no single group is in the majority. The remainder looks like 34% Black, 13% Hispanic, 9% multiracial, 4% Pacific Islander. The wider county runs roughly 66% White, putting the school's mix visibly less White than the area baseline.

Looking at school resources, Staff filings list 9 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 5.9:1 students per teacher. The state averages around 13.7:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical.

Around the school, Charleston County reports that median household income runs about $88,494, 50% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 7%. In all, Charleston County runs 98 public schools (combined enrollment of about 55,933 students), of which Pattison's Academy for Comprehensive Education is one.

Carolina Voyager Charter is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.0 miles from this campus. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Pattison's Academy for Comprehensive Education.

Pattison's Academy for Comprehensive Education operates from a downtown location. Pattison's Academy for Comprehensive Education operates as a public charter school, meaning it is publicly funded but governed independently of the surrounding district's traditional schools.

Five-year trend. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Pattison's Academy for Comprehensive Education has increased 39%, going from 38 students in 2018 to 53 in 2025. White enrollment moved from 53% to 38% across the same window. The student-to-teacher ratio narrowed from 7.6:1 in 2018 to 5.9:1 today.

On this page, the feed for Pattison's Academy for Comprehensive Education typically covers science fair prep, picture-day reminders, and bus-route questions. Contributors range from current parents to recent graduates and teachers.