📍 1520 Old Trolley Road, Summerville, Dorchester County, 29485
Lowcountry Connection Academy is a State/Public serving other age pupils, located in Summerville, Dorchester County. The school has 528 pupils enrolled. It is part of the Charter Institute at Erskine school district. It serves grades K–12 in a suburban setting. The school employs 16 full-time-equivalent teachers, a student-teacher ratio of 33.0:1. It operates as a public charter school. The school offers Advanced Placement (AP) courses, a gifted and talented program. Technology infrastructure includes fiber internet, campus-wide Wi-Fi, devices for students.
Lowcountry Connection Academy enrolls 528 students across grades K–12. The student body is 51% male and 49% female. A teaching staff of 16 full-time-equivalent teachers supports the school, giving a student-teacher ratio of 33.0:1.
By race and ethnicity, the student body is 59% White, 26% Black or African American and 8% Two or more races.
| Race / ethnicity | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| White | 314 | 59% |
| Black or African American | 136 | 26% |
| Two or more races | 42 | 8% |
| Hispanic or Latino | 29 | 5.5% |
| American Indian or Alaska Native | 5 | <1% |
| Asian | 1 | <1% |
| Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander | 1 | <1% |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data.
332 of the school's 528 students (63%) qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. Of these, 261 qualify for free lunch and 71 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.
Lowcountry Connection Academy is located in a suburban setting (NCES locale: Suburb, Large). It operates as a public charter school and a fully virtual school. 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-10, state senate district 38, state house district 98.
Lowcountry Connection Academy is one of 24 schools in Charter Institute at Erskine, based in Columbia, South Carolina. The district serves 26,014 students district-wide and employs 1,131 full-time-equivalent teachers. With 528 students, Lowcountry Connection Academy is smaller than the district average of about 1,084 students per school.
Setting: Suburb - Large
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