Alcorn Middle
Public · Grades 6–8 · 381 students
Palmetto Achievement Center for Excellence Academy
6015 N Main Street, Columbia, SC 29203
Grades
2–8
Middle
Students
216
Enrolled 2024–25
Students per teacher
9.4 : 1
Full-time teachers
District
SC Public Charter School District
Richland County
Schola Grade D · Below average
Letter grade (A–F) · compared with 237 South Carolina middle schools · How we grade
Percentiles compare this school with other South Carolina middle schools; the line marks the middle. Data: test scores 2021–22, graduation and absenteeism 2022–23 (U.S. Department of Education, EDFacts); coursework 2023–24 (Civil Rights Data Collection); staffing 2024–25 (NCES).
About Palmetto Achievement Center for Excellence Academy
Palmetto Achievement Center for Excellence Academy is a charter middle school in Columbia, South Carolina, serving grades 2–8. It is part of SC Public Charter School District. The school is located in a large suburb in Richland County.
In the 2024–25 school year, 216 students were enrolled, with about 9.4 students for every full-time teacher. That ratio is smaller than the typical South Carolina middle school (13.8 students per teacher). As a charter school, it is publicly funded and tuition-free, but operates independently of the local district under a charter from SC Public Charter School District. Its Schola Grade is D (below average), compared with 237 South Carolina middle schools.
Grades & enrollment
Students per grade, 2024–25Grades 2–8
Location & nearby schools
School details
- Type
- Charter School · What this means
- Level
- Middle
- Grades offered
- 2–8
- Enrollment (2024–25)
- 216 students
- Students per teacher
- 9.4 to 1
- Charter school
- Yes
- Charter authorizer
- SC Public Charter School District
- Magnet school
- No
- Virtual learning
- Offers virtual courses
- Locale
- Suburb — Large
- School district
- SC Public Charter School District
- County
- Richland County
- NCES school ID
- 450390101743
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School data comes from the U.S. Department of Education: the National Center for Education Statistics (NCES) Common Core of Data and EDGE school locations (2024–25) and Private School Survey (2023–24), the Civil Rights Data Collection (2023–24), and EDFacts (test results 2021–22; graduation and chronic absenteeism 2022–23), plus other public sources. Please contact the school to confirm enrollment, programs, and other details. How we source data.