The South Carolina Preparatory Academy

The South Carolina Preparatory Academy is an intimate high school in Anderson, South Carolina, operated by Charter Institute at Erskine. The school educates 692 students in grades 6 through 12. Enrollment runs roughly 27% smaller than the state mean of about 953.

Within Charter Institute at Erskine, which oversees 30 schools and 28,041 students, The South Carolina Preparatory Academy is one campus in the system.

Demographically, The South Carolina Preparatory Academy shows that 58% of the student body identifies as White; the rest reads as 29% Black, 7% Hispanic, 4% multiracial. The wider county runs roughly 77% White, putting the school's mix visibly less White than the area baseline.

Looking at the economic backdrop, The school lists 34 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 20.6:1. That figure is higher than the state norm's 15.5:1 average. About 70% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy.

Zooming out to the county, ACS estimates for Anderson County put median household earnings sit near $66,651, roughly 27% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and roughly 12% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Across Anderson County's 57 public schools (combined enrollment of about 34,806 students), The South Carolina Preparatory Academy is one campus in the mix.

The closest other public school is South Carolina Preparatory Leadership School, roughly 0.0 miles away. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools.

The school occupies a high-density site. The South Carolina Preparatory Academy is a charter school, which puts it inside the public-school system but outside the standard district-managed model. The South Carolina Preparatory Academy delivers learning online rather than in a traditional classroom setting.

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