South Carolina Virtual Charter School
West Columbia · SC · Charter Institute at Erskine · Public charter · K-12 combined
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Hope Christian Academy → Grace Christian School → Airport High → Brookland-Cayce High → Glenforest School → Midlands Middle College → Lexington Two Innovation Center → Gray Collegiate Academy →📋 At a glance
- ✅ Dual-enrollment program (college credit while in HS)
- 🎓 AP rigor: Bottom 33% of US high schools
- 📝 SAT/ACT participation: 66th percentile by test-taker volume
- 🎓 4-yr grad rate: 59% (Bottom 12% of US high schools by 4-yr grad rate)
Composed from federal CRDC offerings, EDFacts ACGR, and other public data. Full breakdowns below.
How South Carolina Virtual Charter School compares for families
What families should know about South Carolina Virtual Charter School.
- ▸ LocallySC sits right at the US average on NAEP 8th-grade math — local school quality will set your kid apart.
- ▸ vs Similar SchoolsThe closest comparables nearby: Hope Christian Academy, Grace Christian School, Airport High and 5 more. See the sidebar to compare side-by-side.
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SAT / ACT participation
CRDC federal data · 2020-2166th percentile by test-taker volume
Source: federal Civil Rights Data Collection (CRDC 2020-21). Volume — not score — is what's reported here. A higher count means more students at this school are entering the college admissions pipeline. Note: 2020-21 was COVID-disrupted; some districts (especially those that stayed remote longer) report unusually low or zero takers.
🎓 4-year graduation rate · federal EDFacts
What % of students graduate on time?
Bottom 12% of US high schools by 4-yr grad rate
Source: federal EDFacts ACGR (Adjusted Cohort Graduation Rate), 2019 vintage via Urban Institute. EDFacts publishes a range (low-high) to preserve privacy on small cohorts; we display the midpoint.
Chronic absenteeism
Why this matters to enrollment: A low chronic-absence rate is the cleanest school-level signal of strong family connection, classroom culture, and student engagement — all upstream drivers of enrollment stability. For school leaders: an Enrollment Trend Audit traces this dynamic forward →
Source: U.S. Department of Education, Civil Rights Data Collection 2020–2021. Rate = students chronically absent ÷ 2024 total enrollment.
Counselor capacity
Source: U.S. Department of Education, Civil Rights Data Collection 2020-2021. Counselor ratio = the school's most recent total enrollment ÷ counselor FTE. The American School Counselor Association (ASCA) recommends a 250:1 maximum; the US national median across schools with on-staff counselors is roughly 430:1.
Enrollment trend & projection
Total enrollment + grade 12, NCES Common Core of Data (2021–2024).
If the recent trend holds…
At its recent rate of -21.4%/year, projecting from 2024's 2,180 students:
≈ 1,526 fewer students by 2029 — a real revenue/relevance risk worth getting ahead of.
An extrapolation of the recent trajectory, not a forecast of the school's plans; ignores one-off shocks.
Revenue at risk
At $15,753 per student in district revenue, the 1,526 students projected to be lost by 2029 represent ≈ $24,039,078/year in funding at risk.
District total revenue ÷ enrollment, NCES F-33. Public funding largely follows enrollment, so a shrinking class is a recurring budget hit.
Nearby high schools — the local competition
The closest high schools families here also consider, and where their enrollment is heading.
| School | Type | Miles | HS enrollment | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hope Christian Academy Columbia |
Private | 0.4 | 9 | — |
| Grace Christian School West Columbia |
Private | 0.4 | 177 | +11.3% |
| Airport High West Columbia |
Public | 1.7 | 1,272 | -5.6% |
| Brookland-Cayce High Cayce |
Public | 1.9 | 1,212 | +4.7% |
| Glenforest School West Columbia |
Private | 2.2 | 52 | — |
| Midlands Middle College West Columbia |
Public · charter | 2.3 | 115 | +38.6% |
| Lexington Two Innovation Center West Columbia |
Public | 2.6 | — | — |
| Gray Collegiate Academy West Columbia |
Public · charter | 3.8 | 629 | +7.0% |