📍 233 Line Street, Charleston, Charleston County, 29403
Charleston Development Academy is a State/Public serving elementary age pupils, located in Charleston, Charleston County. The school has 139 pupils enrolled. It is part of the Charleston 01 school district. It serves grades Pre-K–8 in an urban setting. The school employs 13 full-time-equivalent teachers, a student-teacher ratio of 10.7:1. It operates as a public charter school. 42% of students are proficient in reading. 22% are proficient in maths. Technology infrastructure includes campus-wide Wi-Fi.
Charleston Development Academy enrolls 139 students across grades Pre-K–8. The student body is 49% male and 51% female. A teaching staff of 13 full-time-equivalent teachers supports the school, giving a student-teacher ratio of 10.7:1.
By race and ethnicity, the student body is 98% Black or African American and 2.2% White.
| Race / ethnicity | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Black or African American | 136 | 98% |
| White | 3 | 2.2% |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data.
139 of the school's 139 students (100%) qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. Of these, 139 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.
Charleston Development Academy is located in an urban setting (NCES locale: City, Midsize). It operates as a public charter school. 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-60, state senate district 42, state house district 111.
Charleston Development Academy is one of 82 schools in Charleston 01, based in Charleston, South Carolina. The district serves 50,856 students district-wide and employs 3,791 full-time-equivalent teachers. With 139 students, Charleston Development Academy is smaller than the district average of about 620 students per school.
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Proficiency based on state assessments.
Setting: City - Midsize
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