Summit Academy
Charter · Grades 6–7 · 59 students
Youth Leadership Academy
698 Concord Church Road, Pickens, SC 29671
Grades
6–8
Middle
Students
290
Enrolled 2024–25
Students per teacher
15.3 : 1
Full-time teachers
District
SC Public Charter School District
Pickens County
Schola Grade A · Excellent
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 Youth Leadership Academy
Youth Leadership Academy is a charter middle school in Pickens, South Carolina, serving grades 6–8. It is part of SC Public Charter School District. The school is located in a rural area near a town in Pickens County.
In the 2024–25 school year, 290 students were enrolled, with about 15.3 students for every full-time teacher. That ratio is larger 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 A (excellent), compared with 237 South Carolina middle schools.
Grades & enrollment
Students per grade, 2024–25Grades 6–8
Location & nearby schools
School details
- Type
- Charter School · What this means
- Level
- Middle
- Grades offered
- 6–8
- Enrollment (2024–25)
- 290 students
- Students per teacher
- 15.3 to 1
- Charter school
- Yes
- Charter authorizer
- SC Public Charter School District
- Magnet school
- No
- Virtual learning
- Offers virtual courses
- Locale
- Rural — Fringe
- School district
- SC Public Charter School District
- County
- Pickens County
- NCES school ID
- 450390101589
Schools near Youth Leadership Academy
All 9 schools in Pickens →
Pickens Middle
Public · Grades 6–8 · 566 students
Liberty Middle
Public · Grades 6–8 · 458 students
Richard H. Gettys Middle
Public · Grades 6–8 · 1,217 students
R. C. Edwards Middle
Public · Grades 6–8 · 835 students
Riverside Middle
Public · Grades 7–8 · 453 students
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.