School Facts
Grades Offered
Grades Nursery/Preschool-12
Students By Grade
Student Body
Total Students
122 students
Student Body Type
Co-ed
% Students of Color
11%
State avg.: 24%
Academic Profile
Total Classroom Teachers
16 teachers
Student-Teacher Ratio
8:1
National avg.: 11:1
Tuition & Financial Aid
Admission Deadline
None / Rolling
School Notes
- Waccamaw Academy is an independent, co-educational, non-discriminatory, state approved day school.
- The academy offers rewarding and challenging opportunities for students begining with a pre-school program for four year-olds and up through the twelfth grade.
- Our school enviornment encourages parental, faculty, and community involvement demonstrating a sence of home and the family.
- Waccamaw Academy believes in a positive approach to learning in a disciplined, yet friendly atmosphere that encourages creative thinking, development of self-esteem, and nuturance of potentials.
- Waccamaw Academy is committed to the well being of each student physically, socially, and emotionally, through a program that promotes physical activity, encourages respect for other, and provides oportunities for healthy social growth and maturity.
- Waccamaw Academy is an independent, co-educational, non-discriminatory, state approved day school.
- The academy offers rewarding and challenging opportunities for students begining with a pre-school program for four year-olds and up through the twelfth grade.
- Our school enviornment encourages parental, faculty, and community involvement demonstrating a sence of home and the family.
- Waccamaw Academy believes in a positive approach to learning in a disciplined, yet friendly atmosphere that encourages creative thinking, development of self-esteem, and nuturance of potentials.
- Waccamaw Academy is committed to the well being of each student physically, socially, and emotionally, through a program that promotes physical activity, encourages respect for other, and provides oportunities for healthy social growth and maturity.
Source: National Center for Education Statistics (NCES)
Frequently Asked Questions
When is the application deadline for Waccamaw Academy?
The application deadline for Waccamaw Academy is rolling (applications are reviewed as they are received year-round).
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