State/Public Elementary Open

Liberty STEAM Charter School

๐Ÿ“ 15 Church Street, Sumter, Sumter County, 29150

331
Pupils
17.6
Pupil:teacher ratio

About this school

Liberty STEAM Charter School is a State/Public serving elementary age pupils, located in Sumter, Sumter County. The school has 331 pupils enrolled. It is part of the SC Public Charter School District school district. It serves grades Kโ€“2 in an urban setting. The school employs 18.8 full-time-equivalent teachers, a student-teacher ratio of 17.6:1. It operates as a public charter school. Technology infrastructure includes fiber internet, campus-wide Wi-Fi, devices for students.

School details

School district
SC Public Charter School District

Enrollment & staffing

Liberty STEAM Charter School enrolls 331 students across grades Kโ€“2. The student body is 53% male and 47% female. A teaching staff of 18.8 full-time-equivalent teachers supports the school, giving a student-teacher ratio of 17.6:1.

Male students
176 (53%)
Female students
155 (47%)
Teachers (FTE)
18.8
Student-teacher ratio
17.6:1
Grade span
Kโ€“2

Student demographics

By race and ethnicity, the student body is 45% Black or African American, 44% White and 4.5% Hispanic or Latino.

Race / ethnicityStudentsShare
Black or African American15045%
White14544%
Hispanic or Latino154.5%
Two or more races154.5%
Asian3<1%
American Indian or Alaska Native2<1%
Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander1<1%

Source: NCES Common Core of Data.

Free & reduced-price lunch

246 of the school's 331 students (74%) qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. Of these, 215 qualify for free lunch and 31 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.

School setting & status

City, SmallGrades Kโ€“2Charter schoolSupplemental VirtualTitle I

Liberty STEAM Charter School 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-60, state senate district 36, state house district 51.

School district: SC Public Charter School District

Liberty STEAM 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 331 students, Liberty STEAM Charter School is smaller than the district average of about 563 students per school.

21,383
District students
38
Schools
1,276
Teachers (FTE)

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Academic Performance

23%
Poverty rate

Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Proficiency based on state assessments.

Technology & Programs

๐Ÿ“ถ Fiber internet ๐Ÿ“ก Campus Wi-Fi ๐Ÿ’ป Provides devices

Setting: City - Small

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