Summerville Prep

Summerville Prep is a medium-sized elementary school serving families in Summerville, South Carolina. Enrollment in 2024-25 was 595 students in kindergarten through 8.

Limestone Charters Association (13 schools, 7,387 students) runs Summerville Prep.

A majority of students at Summerville Prep, 53%, are White. Other reported shares: 28% Black, 10% multiracial, and 7% Hispanic. Dorchester County's residents are about 62% White, 9 points above the school's share. Summerville Prep has a diversity index of 63%, compared with 70% for all US public school students.

Its teaching staff equals 38.5 full-time positions, a ratio of 15.4:1. For comparison, elementary schools in South Carolina average 13.3:1.

Among Dorchester County residents, median household income is about $78,198, roughly 30% of adults have a four-year degree or more, and about 8% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Federal data list 35 public schools in Dorchester County, with a combined enrollment of about 29,832.

Flowertown Elementary is the closest public school, about 1.1 miles away in a straight line. There are at least 8 more public schools inside five miles.

By NCES locale, the school is Suburb: Large, or in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more. Summerville Prep operates as a charter school, which is publicly funded and run under a charter.

Topics for discussion here include sports tryouts, band and choir, and theater. Alumni can share how the school prepared them.