Sunset Park Center for Accelerated Studies

Sunset Park Center for Accelerated Studies is one of the intimate elementary campuss in Rock Hill, South Carolina, run under York 03, with 431 students on its rolls from grades pre-K through 5.

York 03 runs 24 schools in total, collectively educating 16,034 students. Sunset Park Center for Accelerated Studies is one of those campuses.

On demographics, Sunset Park Center for Accelerated Studies reports that the largest single group is Black, at 71% of enrollment. Beyond that, the school shows 15% White, 8% Hispanic, 6% multiracial. By comparison, York County as a whole is about 18% Black, so the school skews visibly more Black than its surroundings.

In terms of school funding signals, On paper, Sunset Park Center for Accelerated Studies has 32 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 13.5:1. The state averages about 13.3:1, putting this campus right in line with peers.

Across the wider county, the surrounding county (York County) logs that the typical household earns roughly $89,095 per year, about 39% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and the poverty rate sits near 6%. Sunset Park Center for Accelerated Studies is one of 69 public schools in York County (combined enrollment of about 52,364 students).

The Palmetto School is the nearest neighboring public school, about 1.4 miles from this campus. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius.

Geographically, the school is in a city-core area.

Looking at the recent track record. Sunset Park Center for Accelerated Studies's enrollment has shrank 8% since 2018, when it stood at 470 (now 431). The White share of enrollment ticked down from 41% to 15% over that span. Class-load math has tightened: from 16.5:1 in 2018 to 13.5:1 in 2025.

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