📍 804 Mauldin Rd., Greenville, Greenville County, 29607
LEAD Academy is a State/Public serving elementary age pupils, located in Greenville, Greenville County. The school has 367 pupils enrolled. It is part of the SC Public Charter School District school district. It serves grades K–8 in an urban setting. The school employs 29.3 full-time-equivalent teachers, a student-teacher ratio of 12.5:1. It operates as a public charter school. 27% of students are proficient in reading. 17% are proficient in maths. Technology infrastructure includes fiber internet, campus-wide Wi-Fi, devices for students.
LEAD Academy enrolls 367 students across grades K–8. The student body is 52% male and 48% female. A teaching staff of 29.3 full-time-equivalent teachers supports the school, giving a student-teacher ratio of 12.5:1.
By race and ethnicity, the student body is 49% Black or African American, 25% Hispanic or Latino and 19% White.
| Race / ethnicity | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Black or African American | 181 | 49% |
| Hispanic or Latino | 93 | 25% |
| White | 68 | 19% |
| Two or more races | 20 | 5.4% |
| Asian | 4 | 1.1% |
| American Indian or Alaska Native | 1 | <1% |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data.
312 of the school's 367 students (85%) qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. Of these, 252 qualify for free lunch and 60 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.
LEAD Academy is located in an urban setting (NCES locale: City, Small). 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-40, state senate district 7, state house district 25.
LEAD Academy is one of 38 schools in SC Public Charter School District, based in Columbia, South Carolina. The district serves 21,383 students district-wide and employs 1,276 full-time-equivalent teachers. With 367 students, LEAD Academy is smaller than the district average of about 563 students per school.
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Proficiency based on state assessments.
Setting: City - Small