📍 100 Rowe Street, Duncan, Spartanburg County, 29334
James Byrnes Freshman Academy is a State/Public serving secondary age pupils, located in Duncan, Spartanburg County. The school has 820 pupils enrolled. It is part of the Spartanburg 05 school district. It serves grades 9 in a suburban setting. The school employs 45.6 full-time-equivalent teachers, a student-teacher ratio of 18.0:1. 98% of students are proficient in reading. 72% are proficient in maths. The school offers a gifted and talented program. Technology infrastructure includes fiber internet, campus-wide Wi-Fi, devices for students.
James Byrnes Freshman Academy enrolls 820 students across grades 9. The student body is 51% male and 49% female. A teaching staff of 45.6 full-time-equivalent teachers supports the school, giving a student-teacher ratio of 18.0:1.
By race and ethnicity, the student body is 54% White, 21% Black or African American and 16% Hispanic or Latino.
| Race / ethnicity | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| White | 446 | 54% |
| Black or African American | 176 | 21% |
| Hispanic or Latino | 128 | 16% |
| Two or more races | 53 | 6.5% |
| Asian | 17 | 2.1% |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data.
518 of the school's 820 students (63%) qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. Of these, 432 qualify for free lunch and 86 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.
James Byrnes Freshman Academy is located in a suburban setting (NCES locale: Suburb, Midsize). 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-40, state senate district 12, state house district 36.
James Byrnes Freshman Academy is one of 12 schools in Spartanburg 05, based in Duncan, South Carolina. The district serves 11,066 students district-wide and employs 716 full-time-equivalent teachers. With 820 students, James Byrnes Freshman Academy is close to the district average of about 922 students per school.
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Proficiency based on state assessments.
Setting: Suburb - Midsize
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