page_title: Anderson, South Carolina
section_title: Education
hierarchical_section_title: Anderson, South Carolina / Education
caption_attribution_description: English: The front steps on the lawn of Anderson University in late summer
context_page_description: Anderson is a city in and the county seat of Anderson County, South Carolina, United States. The population was 26,686 at the 2010 census, and the city was the center of an urbanized area of 75,702. It is one of the principal cities in the Greenville-Anderson--Mauldin Metropolitan Statistical Area, which had a population of 824,112 at the 2010 census. It is further included in the larger Greenville-Spartanburg-Anderson, South Carolina Combined Statistical Area, with a total population of 1,266,995, at the 2010 census. Anderson is just off Interstate 85 and is 120 miles from Atlanta and 140 miles from Charlotte.
  Anderson is the smallest of the three primary cities that makes up the Upstate region and is nicknamed "The Electric City" and "The Friendliest City in South Carolina". Anderson County was named an "All-America City" in 2000.
  Anderson is the home of Anderson University, a selective private comprehensive university of approximately 3,400 undergraduate and graduate students.
context_section_description: The city of Anderson is served by the Anderson County School System (specifically, Anderson School District Five). The school district has eleven elementary schools, five middle schools, and two high schools.
  Elementary schools:
  Calhoun Academy of the Arts
  Centerville Elementary
  Concord Elementary
  Homeland Park Primary School
  McLees Academy of Leadership
  Midway Elementary School of Science and Engineering
  Nevitt Forest Community School of Innovation
  New Prospect STEM Academy
  North Pointe Elementary School
  Varennes Academy of Communications and Technology
  Whitehall Elementary, A Global Communication School
  Middle schools:
  McCants Middle School
  Southwood Academy of the Arts
  Robert Anderson Middle School
  Glenview Middle School
  High schools:
  Westside High School
  T. L. Hanna High School
  Anderson Five Career Campus
  Private schools:
  Anderson Christian School
  Boulevard Child Enrichment Center
  Day Star School
  First Presbyterian Church Day School
  Grace Kindergarten
  Montessori School of Anderson
  New Covenant School
  Oakwood Christian School
  St Joseph Catholic School
  Temple Christian Academy
  West Anderson Christian Academy
caption: Anderson University
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