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Aiken High School

Serves grades 9 - 12

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Raw data sources:
  • Test Scores: Edfacts (U.S. Department of Education), State departments of education.
  • Expenditures: National Center for Education Statistics.
  • Educational Environment: American Community Survey (U.S. Census Bureau).
Date(s) & Update Frequency:
  • Test data: Reflects 2022 – 2023 school year.
  • Expenditures: 2021
  • Educational Environment: 2022 (latest available). Updated annually.
  • All data updated July 2024

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School Overview

Address
449 Rutland Drive
Aiken, SC 29801
Phone
(803) 641-2500
District
Aiken 01
County
AIKEN COUNTY
Type of School
Regular elementary or secondary
Magnet School
No
Charter School
No
Students Enrolled
1195
Classroom Teachers
77

School Quality Ratings

School Quality Compared to South Carolina

5

(10 is best)

Better than 44.1% of all SC schools.

School Quality Compared to U.S.

5

(10 is best)

Aiken High School Test Scores (No Child Left Behind Tests)

Grade 10

60 50 40 30 20 10 0
26%
31%
47%
47%
5%
15%
    Proficiency in Reading and Math
    Proficiency in Reading
    Proficiency in Math
School
State

Class Size (number of students per classroom teacher)

17.5 15 12.5 10 7.5 5 2.5 0
16
15
14
16
    AVG FOR THIS SCHOOL
    AVG FOR DISTRICT
    AVG FOR STATE
    AVG FOR NATION
SCHOOL ENROLLMENT BY GRADE NUMBER OF STUDENTS PERCENTAGE
Grade 9 384 32.1%
Grade 10 315 26.4%
Grade 11 264 22.1%
Grade 12 232 19.4%
Total 1195 100%

School enrollment by group

Ethnic/Racial Groups This School This District This State
White (non-hispanic) 41.2% 48.3% 50.8%
Black 47.6% 35.7% 33.4%
Hispanic 10.3% 15.0% 13.5%
Asian Or Pacific Islander 0.7% 0.8% 1.9%
American Indian Or Native Of Alaska 0.2% 0.3% 0.4%
Economic Groups This School This District This State
Economically disadvantaged 100.0% 70.0% 70.0%
Free lunch eligible 100.0% 68.3% 66.7%
Reduced lunch eligible 0.0% 1.7% 3.3%
POPULATION DISTRICT FOR THIS SCHOOL STATE
POPULATION 172,477 5,282,634
POPULATION DENSITY (per sq. mile) 167.2 174
POPULATION DISTRIBUTION BY AGE DISTRICT FOR THIS SCHOOL STATE
4 YEARS OLD AND BELOW 5.5% 5.5%
5-19 YEARS OLD 18.1% 18.8%
20-44 YEARS OLD 30.0% 31.8%
45-64 YEARS OLD 26.3% 25.6%
65 OR OLDER 20.1% 18.2%
HOUSEHOLD CHARACTERISTICS DISTRICT FOR THIS SCHOOL STATE
Number Of Households 68,849 2,023,085
Single Parent Households With Children 8.2% 8.6%
Adults With At Least A High School Diploma 89.4% 89.3%
Adults With At Least A Bachelor's Degree 29.5% 30.6%
HOUSEHOLD INCOME DISTRIBUTION DISTRICT FOR THIS SCHOOL STATE
$150,000 or more 13.8% 14.3%
$100,000 - $149,999 15.3% 15.4%
$75,000 - $99,999 13.5% 12.9%
$50,000 - $74,999 17.3% 17.5%
$30,000 - $49,999 16.6% 16.9%
$15,000 - $29,999 12.6% 12.7%
$15,000 or less 10.8% 10.3%

Education Expenditures

For this District Per Student Total % of Total
Instructional Expenditures $7,009 $162,469,000 47.0%
Support Expenditures
Student $807 $18,711,584 5.4%
Staff $742 $17,201,000 5.0%
General Administration $121 $2,805,000 0.8%
School Administration $757 $17,547,000 5.1%
Operation $976 $22,631,000 6.5%
Transportation $374 $8,660,416 2.5%
Other $322 $7,475,000 2.2%
Total Support $4,100 $95,031,000 27.5%
Non-instructional Expenditures $3,816 $88,452,000 25.6%
Total Expenditures $14,924 $345,952,000 100.0%
For the State Per Student Total % of Total
Instructional Expenditures $7,168 $5,657,337,000 48.4%
Support Expenditures
Student $903 $712,782,320 6.1%
Staff $704 $555,750,000 4.8%
General Administration $104 $82,105,000 0.7%
School Administration $780 $615,561,000 5.3%
Operation $1,170 $923,498,000 7.9%
Transportation $430 $339,663,680 2.9%
Other $537 $424,054,000 3.6%
Total Support $4,629 $3,653,414,000 31.3%
Non-instructional Expenditures $3,013 $2,378,175,000 20.3%
Total Expenditures $14,811 $11,688,926,000 100.0%
For the Nation Per Student Total % of Total
Instructional Expenditures $8,505 $421,432,149,000 50.1%
Support Expenditures
Student $912 $45,189,184,320 5.4%
Staff $715 $35,442,027,000 4.2%
General Administration $282 $13,997,625,000 1.7%
School Administration $800 $39,661,338,000 4.7%
Operation $1,302 $64,530,934,000 7.7%
Transportation $501 $24,826,324,680 3.0%
Other $567 $28,090,428,000 3.3%
Total Support $5,081 $251,737,861,000 29.9%
Non-instructional Expenditures $3,383 $167,614,653,000 19.9%
Total Expenditures $16,969 $840,784,663,000 100.0%

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