Swansea High Freshman Academy

Located at 1195 I. W. Hutto Road, in Swansea, South Carolina, Swansea High Freshman Academy is a tiny 9-12 campus that teaches 274 students (grade 9), operated by Lexington 04. That puts it 71% leaner than the typical public school in South Carolina, which averages around 953 students.

Within Lexington 04, which oversees 7 schools and 3,474 students, Swansea High Freshman Academy is one campus in the system.

On demographics, Swansea High Freshman Academy logs that the largest single group is White at 45%, but no single group is in the majority. Beyond that, the school logs 27% Hispanic, 21% Black, 6% multiracial. The wider county runs roughly 72% White, putting the school's mix visibly less White than the area baseline.

On the resource side, On paper, Swansea High Freshman Academy has 18 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 15.2:1. That tracks the state average closely.

In the area at large, ACS estimates for Lexington County put the typical household earns roughly $77,408 per year, about 34% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and roughly 9% of residents live below the federal poverty line. In all, Lexington County runs 76 public schools (combined enrollment of about 64,555 students), of which Swansea High Freshman Academy is one.

Swansea High is the nearest neighboring public school, about 1.0 miles from this campus. Counting just inside five miles, 4 other public schools cluster around Swansea High Freshman Academy.

The school occupies a low-density site.

Over the past 7-year window. Swansea High Freshman Academy's enrollment has increased 21% since 2018, when it stood at 226 (now 274). The White share of enrollment fell from 62% to 45% over that span. The student-to-teacher ratio narrowed from 17.4:1 in 2018 to 15.2:1 today.

On the community side, posts here usually surface around classroom updates, athletics, and weather closures. Members of the school community can share what they know.