📍 1520 East Calhoun Street, Anderson, Anderson County, 29621
Calhoun Academy of the Arts is a State/Public serving elementary age pupils, located in Anderson, Anderson County. The school has 473 pupils enrolled. It is part of the Anderson 05 school district. It serves grades Pre-K–5 in an urban setting. The school employs 36.7 full-time-equivalent teachers, a student-teacher ratio of 12.9:1. 37% of students are proficient in reading. 41% are proficient in maths. Technology infrastructure includes fiber internet, campus-wide Wi-Fi, devices for students.
Calhoun Academy of the Arts enrolls 473 students across grades Pre-K–5. The student body is 47% male and 53% female. A teaching staff of 36.7 full-time-equivalent teachers supports the school, giving a student-teacher ratio of 12.9:1.
By race and ethnicity, the student body is 41% Black or African American, 37% White and 12% Two or more races.
| Race / ethnicity | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Black or African American | 194 | 41% |
| White | 176 | 37% |
| Two or more races | 57 | 12% |
| Hispanic or Latino | 44 | 9.3% |
| Asian | 2 | <1% |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data.
473 of the school's 473 students (100%) qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. Of these, 473 qualify for free lunch and 0 for a reduced price. Free and reduced-price lunch eligibility is a widely used indicator of the share of students from lower-income households.
Calhoun Academy of the Arts is located in an urban setting (NCES locale: City, Small). Virtual instruction: Supplemental Virtual. The school runs a schoolwide Title I program, which provides federal funding to support students from low-income families. For civic and policy purposes, the school sits in congressional district SC-30, state senate district 3, state house district 9.
Calhoun Academy of the Arts is one of 19 schools in Anderson 05, based in Anderson, South Carolina. The district serves 12,131 students district-wide and employs 862 full-time-equivalent teachers. With 473 students, Calhoun Academy of the Arts is smaller than the district average of about 638 students per school.
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Proficiency based on state assessments.
Setting: City - Small
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