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Columbia, South Carolina - 3 schools
1,888
Total Enrollment
3
Schools
-
Per-Pupil Spending
High, Combined
School Types
District-Level NCES Analysis
Limestone Charters Association operates 3 public schools serving 1,888 students, placing it among the smallest districts in South Carolina. The school portfolio breaks down into 2 high, 1 combined schools, a small enough portfolio that most families will interact with nearly every campus in the district at some point. These enrollment and school figures come from the NCES Common Core of Data (CCD) 2024-25 release, and the district is based in Richland County.
. Demographically, the student body averages 48.8% White, 40.4% African American, 4.8% Hispanic or Latino across the district's schools. Its most demographically mixed campus is Coastal Leadership Academy, with a diversity index of 47.8/100.
Its largest campus is Horse Creek Academy, enrolling 1,392 students (67% of the district's total enrollment). Its smallest is Coastal Leadership Academy, at 198 students, a 7x enrollment spread across the district's campuses.
Horse Creek Academy accounts for 66.9% of all Limestone Charters Association student enrollment
That is an overwhelming concentration, leaving the rest of Limestone Charters Association a distant remainder — means Limestone Charters Association-wide averages can mask substantial variation outside the dominant entity. Grade band: combined. A single dominant campus often anchors a district's program offerings and staffing patterns; the share helps explain why district-wide averages may not reflect the typical neighbourhood-school experience. When one entity dominates a region's footprint, its programmatic and budget decisions effectively set policy for a majority of the affected population.
Limestone Charters Association school enrollment varies 7.0× across entities
Limestone Charters Association school enrollment ranges from 198 students (lowest) to 1,392 students (highest), a spread of 1,194 students. That relatively narrow ratio reflects an unusually homogeneous campus portfolio, most districts have a wider mix of school sizes. Per-school staffing ratios, programme availability, and capital-renovation cycles often diverge inside the same district based on enrollment shape.
Comparisons are relative to Limestone Charters Association's own figures; each column derives from NCES Common Core of Data and the F-33 Finance Survey.
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How many schools are in Limestone Charters Association?
Limestone Charters Association has 3 schools, including 1 combined, 2 high. Total enrollment is 1,888 students.
What is the demographic composition of Limestone Charters Association?
Limestone Charters Association students are 48.8% White, 40.4% African American, 4.8% Hispanic or Latino, 1.6% Asian, averaged across 3 schools. Source: NCES CCD Membership 2024-25.