📍 1110 Southwood Street, Anderson, Anderson County, 29624
Southwood Academy for the Arts is a State/Public serving middle age pupils, located in Anderson, Anderson County. The school has 394 pupils enrolled. It is part of the Anderson 05 school district. It serves grades 6–8 in an urban setting. The school employs 37 full-time-equivalent teachers, a student-teacher ratio of 10.7:1. 71% of students are proficient in reading. 68% are proficient in maths. Technology infrastructure includes fiber internet, campus-wide Wi-Fi, devices for students.
Southwood Academy for the Arts enrolls 394 students across grades 6–8. The student body is 33% male and 67% female. A teaching staff of 37 full-time-equivalent teachers supports the school, giving a student-teacher ratio of 10.7:1.
By race and ethnicity, the student body is 65% White, 21% Black or African American and 7.1% Hispanic or Latino.
| Race / ethnicity | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| White | 258 | 65% |
| Black or African American | 84 | 21% |
| Hispanic or Latino | 28 | 7.1% |
| Two or more races | 17 | 4.3% |
| Asian | 7 | 1.8% |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data.
226 of the school's 394 students (57%) qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. Of these, 202 qualify for free lunch and 24 for a reduced price. The school participates in the National School Lunch Program. Free and reduced-price lunch eligibility is a widely used indicator of the share of students from lower-income households.
Southwood Academy for 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 4, state house district 8.
Southwood Academy for 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 394 students, Southwood Academy for 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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