📍 1508 Grays Highway, Ridgeland, Jasper County, 29936
Polaris Tech Charter School is a State/Public serving high age pupils, located in Ridgeland, Jasper County. The school has 300 pupils enrolled. It is part of the SC Public Charter School District school district. It serves grades 5–12. The school employs 23 full-time-equivalent teachers, a student-teacher ratio of 13.0:1. It operates as a public charter school. 32% of students are proficient in reading. 12% are proficient in maths. The school offers dual enrollment. Technology infrastructure includes fiber internet, campus-wide Wi-Fi.
Polaris Tech Charter School enrolls 300 students across grades 5–12. The student body is 46% male and 54% female. A teaching staff of 23 full-time-equivalent teachers supports the school, giving a student-teacher ratio of 13.0:1.
By race and ethnicity, the student body is 51% Black or African American, 29% Hispanic or Latino and 20% White.
| Race / ethnicity | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Black or African American | 152 | 51% |
| Hispanic or Latino | 86 | 29% |
| White | 59 | 20% |
| American Indian or Alaska Native | 2 | <1% |
| Asian | 1 | <1% |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data.
300 of the school's 300 students (100%) qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. Of these, 300 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.
The school's NCES locale classification is Rural, Fringe. 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-6, state senate district 45, state house district 122.
Polaris Tech Charter School 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 300 students, Polaris Tech Charter School is smaller than the district average of about 563 students per school.
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Proficiency based on state assessments.
Setting: Rural - Distant
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