SCHOOL PROFILE · FREE PREVIEW
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The Carolina Academy
Lake City, SC · Independent school
$2.1M
Revenue FY2025
IRS Form 990, latest
403
Enrollment
NCES PSS 2021-22 · latest
7
Years on file
Through FY2025
Day
Day / boarding
TABS membership
HiveCheck’s report on The Carolina Academy reads 7 years of the school's own IRS Form 990 filings alongside U.S. Census data for the families within a 45-minute drive and federal data on the private schools nearby — ten panels, each built around a question a candidate, a trustee, or a school leader would ask.
In the full report on The Carolina Academy
Ten panels · subscribers only- 01Financial Health
Revenue minus expenses, net assets, debt, and HiveCheck's estimate of the Composite Financial Index across up to nine years of the school's IRS Form 990s.
- 02Peer Comparison
Where the school sits among its 30 closest matches by size, location, and associations — or a comparison group you build.
- 03Community Demographics
Income, education, and school-age children within a 45-minute drive, plus the local economy.
- 04Paying Capacity
Tuition set against what families in the school's market earn.
- 05Giving Profile
The direction, steadiness, and revenue share of contributions, from the school's own filings.
- 06Competitive Landscape
Nearby private schools and seats drawing on the same families, from federal NCES data.
- 07Tuition & Enrollment Trajectory
Tuition revenue over time, set against county birth trends.
- 08Questions to Ask
The questions these numbers raise, ready for an interview, a search, or a board meeting.
- 09Leadership Pay
Compensation for the head of school and top earners, as reported to the IRS.
- 10Governance
Board size and structure as reported on the Form 990.
THE FULL REPORT
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All ten panels, with the figures, the peer comparisons, and the questions to ask. One subscription opens every school.
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Sources: IRS Form 990 filings; U.S. Census Bureau (American Community Survey, county births); National Center for Education Statistics (private and public school surveys); U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics; U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis; HUD. Drive-time areas: map data © OpenStreetMap contributors, routing via openrouteservice.org.