Aiken High

Aiken High is a mid-sized four-year high school in Aiken, South Carolina, run under Aiken 01. The school instructs 1,097 students in grades 9 through 12.

Aiken High is one of 40 schools operated by Aiken 01, a district that enrolls 22,916 students overall.

Demographically, Aiken High shows that the most-represented group is Black (46%), with the rest of the student body spread across multiple groups. Beyond that, the school records 39% White, 10% Hispanic, 4% multiracial. That is meaningfully more Black than the county at large, where the share is closer to 24%.

Looking at school resources, Staff filings list 78 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 14.1:1 students per teacher. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 15.5:1 average.

In the surrounding community, the surrounding county (Aiken County) shows that median household earnings sit near $70,609, 32% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 10%. Across Aiken County's 42 public schools (combined enrollment of about 24,280 students), Aiken High is one campus in the mix.

The closest other public school is North Aiken Elementary, roughly 1.1 miles away. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Aiken High.

Geographically, the school is in a suburban area.

Trend over the last 7 years. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Aiken High has shrank 24%, going from 1,438 students in 2018 to 1,097 in 2025. White enrollment moved from 46% to 39% across the same window. Class-load math has fell: from 18.2:1 in 2018 to 14.1:1 in 2025.

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