Summary:
Zip code 29621 in Anderson, South Carolina, is served by 10 public and charter schools—5 elementary, 2 middle, and 3 high schools—enrolling roughly 6,692 students across the Anderson 05 district and the Limestone Charters Association.
Families in this area will find a clear quality divide between the district schools and the charter options. The strongest pathway runs through T. L. Hanna High, McCants Middle, and North Pointe Elementary, all of which rank in the top 16% of their respective school levels statewide. T.L. Hanna posts a 90.5% graduation rate and 86.5% English 2 proficiency, while McCants achieves 100% proficiency on the Algebra 1 exam and North Pointe leads elementary math with 70.6% 5th-grade proficiency. By contrast, South Carolina Preparatory Leadership School ranks in the bottom 2% of high schools, with just 13.6% Algebra 1 proficiency and a staggering 60.9:1 student-teacher ratio. Its sister school, South Carolina Preparatory Academy, performs better but still trails district schools. Among elementary options, Midway Elementary and Concord Elementary are solid choices, while Nevitt Forest Elementary and Calhoun Academy of the Arts rank in the bottom half despite Calhoun's highest per-student spending ($15,568).
Chronic absenteeism is a reliable predictor of performance here: top schools like Midway (12.2%), North Pointe (13.1%), and Concord (14.1%) all stay below 17%, while struggling schools like Glenview Middle (29.8%) and Calhoun (27.4%) exceed 25%. Math proficiency also declines as students advance—Midway's 3rd-grade math hits 78% but drops to 63.6% by 5th grade, and Glenview's 8th-grade math falls to 50.5%. Notably, T.L. Hanna achieves the best high school outcomes despite the lowest per-student spending ($11,896), suggesting culture and instruction matter more than resources. For parents, the data strongly favors Anderson 05 district schools, particularly the North Pointe-McCants-T.L. Hanna feeder pattern.
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