NCES CCD 2024-25 22 schools SC

Best-Resourced Schools in Anderson, SC

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22 public K-12 schools in Anderson from NCES Common Core of Data: enrollment, grade span, demographics, and Civil Rights Data Collection statistics for every active campus.

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22
Schools
13,906
Students
44.2/100
Avg Resource Index
14:1
Avg Student-Teacher Ratio

National city placement

Middle-of-corpus city profile

According to NCES CCD 2024-25, Anderson has more public-school enrollment than 87% of the 4,487 US cities in this directory. Anderson sits in the broad middle of the national city distribution rather than at a single obvious extreme. Its scale, average Resource Investment Index, and staffing position need to be read together: a middle placement on one measure does not cancel a stronger or weaker result on another. The percentile panel makes those dimensions explicit, and the school table shows where the city aggregate breaks into materially different campus profiles.

Combined-grade campuses shape the local portfolio

13 of Anderson's 22 listed schools use NCES's combined or “other” grade-level classification. Citywide averages therefore blend campuses serving unusually broad or nonstandard grade spans with conventional elementary, middle, and high schools. Grade configuration is a first-order comparison here, not a minor label.

Campus spread matters more than the city mean

The 37-point gap between Anderson Five Charter School and Homeland Park Primary shows the range hidden by Anderson's average Resource Investment Index. The city figure is useful for national placement, but families ultimately choose among campuses with different grade spans, enrollment, district affiliations, and reported support fields. Start with schools serving the relevant grade level, then compare the index components rather than assuming the city average describes any one classroom.

City enrollment
Top 13%
School count
Top 13%
Resource Index average
66th percentile
Teacher staffing
67th percentile

Anderson school enrollment varies 31× across entities

Anderson school enrollment ranges from 61 students (lowest) to 1,899 students (highest), a spread of 1,838 students. That ratio is among the widest observed and reflects extreme heterogeneity inside a single city, with small specialty programs listed alongside large comprehensive campuses. Per-school staffing and program breadth can differ sharply at opposite ends of that enrollment range, so the city average should not be treated as a typical campus.

Source: NCES Common Core of Data

Anderson reports 73.6% free-lunch eligibility

The reported share sits between 62.5% and 75%, above a simple majority but below the highest descriptive band used here. Title I operates under the Every Student Succeeds Act (ESSA, 2015), but its statutory allocation uses additional LEA-level counts and rules not represented by this average. This percentage is an economic-need context measure; it does not establish a Title I award, show dollars received, or describe how funds are distributed among campuses.

Source: NCES Common Core of Data

Anderson student-teacher ratio is 14.0:1 — near the typical range (US average ~15.7) — citywide staffing is neither unusually lean nor unusually crowded by this measure

student-teacher ratio is the simplest comparative metric but it does not capture the full picture: the ratio counts FTE classroom teachers against total enrollment, push-in specialists, English-language aides, special-education co-teachers, and counselors are not included in most reporting Variation between sub-units within Anderson is typically wider than the Anderson-aggregate figure suggests.

Source: NCES Common Core of Data, Public School Universe

# School Score
1. Anderson Five Charter School 61
2. Calhoun Academy of the Arts 57
3. Concord Elementary 55
4. Southwood Academy for the Arts 55
5. Midway Elementary 52
6. Mccants Middle 52
7. Varennes Elementary 50
8. Mclees Elementary 49
9. Centerville Elementary 47
10. North Pointe Elementary 47
11. Glenview Middle 46
12. Flat Rock Elementary 43
13. T. L. Hanna High 42
14. New Prospect Elementary 40
15. Pendleton High 39
16. Westside High 38
17. West Market School of Early Education 37
18. Robert Anderson Middle 36
19. Whitehall Elementary 36
20. The South Carolina Preparatory Academy 36
21. Nevitt Forest Elementary 31
22. Homeland Park Primary 24

Most racially and ethnically mixed schools in Anderson

Ranked by the Simpson student-body diversity index (0-100) from NCES race and ethnicity data, where higher means a more evenly mixed student body. It measures mix, not quality.

  1. 1 New Prospect Elementary 70.9/100
  2. 2 Whitehall Elementary 70.7/100
  3. 3 Varennes Elementary 70.4/100
  4. 4 Homeland Park Primary 70.1/100
  5. 5 Westside High 68.7/100

What do families ask about schools in Anderson?

Which Anderson school has the highest Resource Investment Index? ▼

Anderson Five Charter School has the highest Resource Investment Index among the Anderson schools in this federal-data comparison at 61/100. The index summarizes reported staffing, counseling, gifted-program, and attendance inputs; it is not an academic rating.

How many schools are in Anderson, SC? ▼

Anderson has 22 public schools with a total enrollment of 13,906 students. 2 are charter schools. Average student-teacher ratio: 14:1.

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Data from NCES Common Core of Data (CCD) 2024-25 and Civil Rights Data Collection (CRDC) 2021-22. The Resource Investment Index uses reported student-teacher ratio, counselor access, gifted programs, and attendance; it is not an academic rating. Cities must include at least five schools to be listed. This public-data comparison is for informational purposes: verify current enrollment, attendance boundaries, and programs with the school district before acting. See the guide to understanding NCES data.