AIKEN PERFORMING ARTS ACADEMY (CHARTER)

Serves Grades: 9 - 12

Address: 363 LAURENS STREET, AIKEN, SC 29802
Phone: (803) 644-3824
District: n/a County: AIKEN
Type of school: Regular elementary or secondary
Magnet school: No Charter school: Yes

42 Students enrolled in this school

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School Test Scores (No Child Left Behind)

	37%		38%		36%	STATE
	37%		38%		36%	SCHOOL
PROFICIENT IN READING & MATH		PROFICIENT IN READING		PROFICIENT IN MATH

Class Size (number of students per classroom teacher)

			AVG FOR DISTRICT
15.42	14.55	15.62	AVG FOR THIS SCHOOL
			AVG FOR STATE
			AVG FOR NATION

SCHOOL ENROLLMENT BY GRADE	NUMBER OF STUDENTS	PERCENTAGE

Grade 9	21	50.00%
Grade 10	15	35.71%
Grade 11	5	11.90%
Grade 12	1	2.38%
TOTAL	42	100%

School enrollment by group
ETHNIC/RACIAL GROUPS	THIS SCHOOL	THIS DISTRICT	THIS STATE

WHITE (NON-HISPANIC) (%)	35.7	58.8	54.0
BLACK (%)	59.5	35.8	40.3
HISPANIC (%)	0.0	4.2	4.0
ASIAN OR PACIFIC ISLANDER (%)	2.4	0.8	1.3
AMERICAN INDIAN OR NATIVE OF ALASKA (%)	2.4	0.2	0.3

ECONOMIC GROUPS	THIS SCHOOL	THIS DISTRICT	THIS STATE
ECONOMICALLY DISADVANTAGED (%)	57.1	52.3	51.5
FREE LUNCH ELIGIBLE	17	10,914	305,981
REDUCED LUNCH ELIGIBLE	7	2,056	55,314

District Educational Environment
POPULATION	DISTRICT FOR THIS SCHOOL	STATE

POPULATION	144,949	4,313,642
POPULATION DENSITY (per sq. mile)	139	138
POPULATION DISTRIBUTION BY AGE	DISTRICT FOR THIS SCHOOL	STATE
4 YEARS OLD AND BELOW	6.6%	6.6%
5-19 YEARS OLD	22.2%	18.7%
20-44 YEARS OLD	35.2%	36.2%
45-64 YEARS OLD	23.1%	25.5%
65 OR OLDER	12.9%	12.9%
HOUSEHOLD CHARACTERISTICS	DISTRICT FOR THIS SCHOOL	STATE
NUMBER OF HOUSEHOLDS	56,463	1,663,920
SINGLE PARENT HOUSEHOLDS WITH CHILDREN	10.3%	13.6%
ADULTS WITH AT LEAST A HIGH SCHOOL DIPLOMA	77.5%	83.5%
ADULTS WITH AT LEAST A BACHELOR'S DEGREE	19.8%	26.4%
HOUSEHOLD INCOME DISTRIBUTION	DISTRICT FOR THIS SCHOOL	STATE
$150,000 or more	2.4%	4.1%
$100,000 - $149,999	6.1%	6.1%
$75,000 - $99,999	9.6%	10.3%
$50,000 - $74,999	18.5%	19.9%
$30,000 - $49,999	23.1%	22.7%
$15,000 - $29,999	21.7%	18.6%
$15,000 or less	18.5%	16.6%

Educational Expenditures
FOR THIS DISTRICT	PER STUDENT	TOTAL	% OF TOTAL

INSTRUCTIONAL EXPENDITURES	$4,478	$111,060,000	57.9
SUPPORT EXPENDITURES
STUDENT	$469	$11,628,000	6.1
STAFF	$364	$9,019,000	4.7
GENERAL ADMINISTRATION	$117	$2,902,000	1.5
SCHOOL ADMINISTRATION	$407	$10,089,000	5.2
OPERATION	$630	$15,629,000	8.1
TRANSPORTATION	$282	$7,000,000	3.6
OTHER	$141	$3,508,000	1.8
TOTAL SUPPORT	$2,410	$59,775,000	31.2
NON-INSTRUCTIONAL EXPENDITURES	$848	$21,026,000	11.0
TOTAL EXPENDITURES	$7,737	$191,861,000	100.0

FOR THE STATE	PER STUDENT	TOTAL	% OF TOTAL

INSTRUCTIONAL EXPENDITURES	$4,728	$3,316,985,777	49.2
SUPPORT EXPENDITURES
STUDENT	$558	$391,163,071	5.8
STAFF	$545	$382,203,494	5.7
GENERAL ADMINISTRATION	$99	$69,437,264	1.0
SCHOOL ADMINISTRATION	$466	$327,178,322	4.8
OPERATION	$759	$532,598,140	7.9
TRANSPORTATION	$291	$204,324,551	3.0
OTHER	$243	$170,154,346	2.5
TOTAL SUPPORT	$2,961	$2,077,059,188	30.8
NON-INSTRUCTIONAL EXPENDITURES	$1,930	$1,353,989,004	20.1
TOTAL EXPENDITURES	$9,619	$6,748,033,969	100.0

FOR THE NATION	PER STUDENT	TOTAL	% OF TOTAL

INSTRUCTIONAL EXPENDITURES	$5,582	$274,180,000,000	53.3
SUPPORT EXPENDITURES
STUDENT	$475	$23,356,970,935	4.5
STAFF	$446	$21,924,659,888	4.3
GENERAL ADMINISTRATION	$181	$8,920,041,056	1.7
SCHOOL ADMINISTRATION	$514	$25,277,042,259	4.9
OPERATION	$902	$44,320,216,892	8.6
TRANSPORTATION	$384	$18,864,068,868	3.7
OTHER	$294	$14,465,936,592	2.8
TOTAL SUPPORT	$3,199	$157,129,000,000	30.6
NON-INSTRUCTIONAL EXPENDITURES	$1,687	$82,900,118,526	16.1
TOTAL EXPENDITURES	$10,469	$514,209,000,000	100.0

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