Virtus Academy of South Carolina

Located at 2407 Pisgah Road, in Florence, South Carolina, Virtus Academy of South Carolina is a low-enrollment all-grades campus that serves 756 students (grades K through 11), run under Charter Institute at Erskine. By comparison, South Carolina's public schools average about 1,077 students each, so Virtus Academy of South Carolina sits 30% leaner than that benchmark.

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

On demographics, Virtus Academy of South Carolina reports that the most-represented group is White (49%), with the rest of the student body spread across multiple groups; the rest is composed of 37% Black, 7% multiracial, 6% Hispanic. Compared to Florence County overall, the school's racial mix sits in roughly the same range.

Looking at school resources, On paper, Virtus Academy of South Carolina has 60 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 12.7:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 13.7:1, putting Virtus Academy of South Carolina tighter than the state norm the norm.

Across the wider county, census data for Florence County shows median household income runs about $58,305, roughly 24% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and the poverty rate sits near 13%. Across Florence County's 39 public schools (combined enrollment of about 21,641 students), Virtus Academy of South Carolina is one campus in the mix.

Carver Elementary is the nearest neighboring public school, about 2.5 miles from this campus. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius.

Geographically, the school is in a low-density area. Virtus Academy of South Carolina operates as a public charter school, meaning it is publicly funded but governed independently of the surrounding district's traditional schools.

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