Calhoun County High

Calhoun County High is a high school in St. Matthews, South Carolina, reachable at (803) 874-3071. Enrolled students number 397 students, in grades 9 through 12. Enrollment is 58% lower than the average for high schools in South Carolina, which is about 953.

Calhoun 01 counts 3 schools and 1,465 students, including Calhoun County High.

Roughly 65% of students at Calhoun County High are Black. Enrollment also includes 23% White and 11% Hispanic. Among people living in Calhoun County, the Black share is about 39%. The school's diversity index is 51%, meaning two students picked at random have a 51% chance of belonging to different racial or ethnic groups.

The school has about 12.8 students per teacher and 31 full-time-equivalent teachers. This ratio sits 2.6 below the 15.5:1 average for high schools in South Carolina.

Census estimates describe Calhoun County this way: the median household income is $58,682, 25% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 12% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Besides Calhoun County High, Calhoun County has 2 other public schools.

The nearest other public school, St. Matthews K-8 School, is about 0.2 miles away. Inside a ten-mile radius, there are 3 other public schools.

NCES assigns Calhoun County High the locale Rural: Distant, meaning in rural territory some distance from an urban area.

Calhoun County High's enrollment declined from 418 in 2020-21 to 397 in 2024-25. In 2020-21, the student-to-teacher ratio was 13.9:1; by 2024-25 it was 12.8:1.

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