Thornwell Charter School
Clinton · SC · Charter Institute at Erskine · Public charter · K-12 combined
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Clinton High → Lighthouse Christian Academy → Laurens District 55 High → Whitmire Community School (High) → Tyger River High → Newberry Academy → Woodruff High → Ware Shoals High →📋 At a glance
- 🎓 AP rigor: Bottom 6% of US high schools
Composed from federal CRDC offerings, EDFacts ACGR, and other public data. Full breakdowns below.
How Thornwell Charter School compares for families
What families should know about Thornwell 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: Clinton High, Lighthouse Christian Academy, Laurens District 55 High and 5 more. See the sidebar to compare side-by-side.
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SAT / ACT participation
CRDC federal data · 2020-21Source: 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.
🏛️ Federal Title I context
Lower-need school
Not Title I eligible (FRPL < 25%)
<25% of students qualify for free/reduced lunch. Well below the Title I threshold; expect a higher-income student body on average.
Source: NCES Common Core of Data, free/reduced-price lunch eligibility. The actual Title I designation is a district decision and may differ from eligibility — but the federal eligibility math is what we show here. We don't claim to assert whether the district formally chose to enroll this school in Title I.
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.
Enrollment trend & projection
Total enrollment + grade 12, NCES Common Core of Data (2021–2024).
If the recent trend holds…
At its recent rate of +30.7%/year, projecting from 2024's 525 students:
An extrapolation of the recent trajectory, not a forecast of the school's plans; ignores one-off shocks.
Revenue upside
At $15,753 per student in district revenue, the 1,479 students projected to be gained by 2029 represent ≈ $23,298,687/year in additional funding.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Clinton High Clinton |
Public | 2.1 | 811 | -1.3% |
| Lighthouse Christian Academy Enoree |
Private | 10.7 | 65 | — |
| Laurens District 55 High Laurens |
Public | 10.9 | 1,434 | -8.5% |
| Whitmire Community School (High) Whitmire |
Public | 14.1 | 147 | -3.3% |
| Tyger River High Enoree |
Public | 17.3 | 6 | — |
| Newberry Academy Newberry |
Private | 19.3 | 202 | +38.4% |
| Woodruff High Woodruff |
Public | 20.1 | 844 | +5.0% |
| Ware Shoals High Ware Shoals |
Public | 20.9 | 265 | -1.9% |