Baptist Hill High

Located at 5117 Baptist Hill Road, in Hollywood, South Carolina, Baptist Hill High is a cozy four-year high school that works with 507 students (grades 6 through 12), overseen by Charleston 01. That puts it 47% below the typical public school in South Carolina, which averages around 953 students.

Baptist Hill High is one of 81 schools operated by Charleston 01, a district that teaches 52,009 students overall.

In terms of who attends, Baptist Hill High shows that the largest single group is Black, at 68% of enrollment. Beyond that, the school logs 22% Hispanic, 6% White, 4% multiracial. By comparison, Charleston County as a whole is about 23% Black, so the school skews considerably more Black than its surroundings.

Looking at the economic backdrop, Staff filings list 56 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 9.0:1 students per teacher. The state averages around 15.5:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical.

In the area at large, census data for Charleston County shows the typical household earns roughly $88,494 per year, roughly 50% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and roughly 7% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Across Charleston County's 98 public schools (combined enrollment of about 55,933 students), Baptist Hill High is one campus in the mix.

Lowcountry Leadership Charter School is the nearest neighboring public school, about 2.3 miles from this campus. Counting just inside five miles, 2 other public schools cluster around Baptist Hill High.

Baptist Hill High operates from a low-density location.

Five-year trend. Over the past 7-year window, the student count grew 5%: 482 students in 2018 compared to 507 in 2025. Black enrollment moved from 82% to 68% across the same window. Class-load math has narrowed: from 10.5:1 in 2018 to 9.0:1 in 2025.

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