📍 710 South 5th Street, Hartsville, Darlington County, 29550
Butler Academy is a State/Public serving elementary age pupils, located in Hartsville, Darlington County. The school has 288 pupils enrolled. It is part of the SC Public Charter School District school district. It serves grades K–6 in a small-town setting. The school employs 25.4 full-time-equivalent teachers, a student-teacher ratio of 11.3:1. It operates as a public charter school. 37% are proficient in maths. Technology infrastructure includes fiber internet, campus-wide Wi-Fi, devices for students.
Butler Academy enrolls 288 students across grades K–6. The student body is 53% male and 47% female. A teaching staff of 25.4 full-time-equivalent teachers supports the school, giving a student-teacher ratio of 11.3:1.
By race and ethnicity, the student body is 50% Black or African American, 37% White and 6.6% Hispanic or Latino.
| Race / ethnicity | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Black or African American | 143 | 50% |
| White | 106 | 37% |
| Hispanic or Latino | 19 | 6.6% |
| Two or more races | 17 | 5.9% |
| Asian | 3 | 1% |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data.
288 of the school's 288 students (100%) qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. Of these, 288 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.
Butler Academy is located in a small-town setting (NCES locale: Town, Distant). 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-70, state senate district 29, state house district 62.
Butler 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 288 students, Butler 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: Town - Distant