Summit Academy

Summit Academy is a small middle school in Pickens, South Carolina, one of the schools in SC Public Charter School District. School enrollment was 59 students in 2024-25, in grades 6 through 7. The average among middle schools in South Carolina is roughly 622 students; this school is 91% smaller than that.

Summit Academy is among 43 schools run by SC Public Charter School District, which serves 21,383 students.

White students make up 86% of enrollment at Summit Academy. Smaller groups are 7% multiracial and 5% Hispanic. For comparison, Pickens County is about 84% White. Summit Academy's diversity index is 25%, against a US figure of 70%.

Teachers at Summit Academy total 6 full-time equivalents, and the ratio is 9.8:1. The school has fewer students per teacher than the 13.8:1 average for middle schools in South Carolina.

In the county around the school, Pickens County, the median household income is $61,064, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 29% of adults, and the poverty rate is about 9%. Pickens County is home to 27 public schools and about 16,866 public school students.

The nearest other public school, Youth Leadership Academy, is less than a tenth of a mile away. Inside a five-mile radius, there are 5 other public schools.

Summit Academy falls in the Rural: Fringe locale category, used for schools in rural territory close to an urban area. Summit Academy is a charter school, a type of public school that operates under a charter.

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