SOUTH CAROLINA CLOSED CHARTER SCHOOLS
Date Date
School Grades District Opened Closed Reason
DR = district revocation
VR = voluntary relinquishment
August July VR by governing board
Abbeville 9 Abbeville
2002 2004 decision
Bethune Charter August June VR for low enrollment and
7–12 Kershaw
School 1999 2001 financial difficulties
Charles Aiken August May VR to convert to private
1–8 Greenville
Academy 1998 2007 school
Children’s School August August VR to revert to regular
K3–5 Rock Hill 3
at Sylvia Circle 2002 2006 public school
Education August October DR for financial difficulties
4–12 Charleston
Redirection 1997 1999 and academic concerns
Elease Butler Ivy August June DR for financial difficulties
K–5 Charleston
Academy 2003 2004 and governance concerns
Harbor School for August June DR for financial difficulties
4–8 Georgetown
Arts and Sciences 1998 2000 and academic concerns
Loop Charter August June VR by governing board
1–4 McCormick
School 1998 2005 decision
Marlboro County
December August VR to convert to
Alternative Charter 9–12 Marlboro
1997 1999 alternative school
School
McCormick
August June VR by governing board
Challenge 9 McCormick
2001 2005 decision
Academy
Michelin
August August VR to convert to private
International K–12 Greenville
1997 1998 school
School Massillon
August May VR by governing board
Niven Center K–5 Greenville
2005 2006 decision
Palmetto Charter August August VR due to financial and
7–9 Greenville
School 2004 2005 governance difficulties
Restoring the
August January DR for finance and
Minds Math and K–8 Greenville
2005 2006 academic concerns
Business Academy
DR for violation of state
Sea Island August January
9–12 Charleston charter law and
YouthBuild 2007 2009
academics
Susan G. Boykin August June DR for financial difficulties
K-6 Charleston
Academy 2005 2010 and academic concerns
August December
Wohali Academy K-12 Greenville VR for financial reasons
2004 2009
Young
Entrepreneurial August August DR for financial reasons
6–12 SCPCSD
Vocational 2008 2009 due to low enrollment
Academy