Summit Classical School

In Clinton, South Carolina, Summit Classical School is a small elementary school. The grade span is kindergarten through 7, and enrollment is 80 students. Average enrollment for elementary schools in South Carolina is about 526, so this school runs 85% smaller than that.

Charter Institute at Erskine runs 30 schools with a combined 28,041 students. Summit Classical School is one of them.

Roughly 60% of students at Summit Classical School are White. Beyond that, enrollment is 33% Black and 6% multiracial. Pick two students at random and there is a 53% chance they belong to different racial or ethnic groups; that figure is the school's diversity index.

A ratio of 9.3:1 comes from the school's 8.5 full-time-equivalent teachers. That is 4.0 students per teacher below the 13.3:1 average for elementary schools in South Carolina. Free or reduced-price lunch eligibility was 26% in 2023-24. That tracks the 26% average for public schools in Laurens County.

In Laurens County (population about 68,666), the median household income is $57,623, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 18%, and roughly 14% of residents are in poverty. Summit Classical School is one of 18 public schools in the county.

The shortest distance from Summit Classical School to another public school is about 0.7 miles, to Thornwell Charter School. Counting only straight-line distance, 6 other public schools are within five miles.

The National Center for Education Statistics classifies the school's location as Town: Distant, meaning it is in a town some distance from an urbanized area. It is a charter school, open to the public and funded by taxpayers.

The school enrolled 80 students in 2023-24, 25 fewer than the 105 it had in 2020-21. Federal data show the ratio falling from 17.5:1 to 9.4:1.

The allk12 site hosts a discussion page for Summit Classical School covering things like sports schedules, lunch menus, and spirit week. Posting is open to anyone connected to the school.