D. W. Daniel High

D. W. Daniel High is a public high school run by Pickens 01 in Central, South Carolina. Its 1,222 students are spread across grades 9 through 12. The school's enrollment is 28% above the 953 average for high schools in South Carolina.

Pickens 01 is the district for D. W. Daniel High. It has 23 schools and 16,313 students.

White students are the majority at D. W. Daniel High, with 74% of enrollment. It is also 10% Black, 6% Hispanic, 5% multiracial, and 4% Asian. Pickens County's residents are about 84% White, 10 points above the school's share. Pick two students at random and there is a 43% chance they belong to different racial or ethnic groups; that figure is the school's diversity index.

Its teaching staff equals 71.5 full-time positions, a ratio of 17.1:1. That is higher than the 15.5:1 average for high schools in South Carolina.

Pickens County has these Census figures: the median household income is $61,064, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 29% of adults, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 9%. In all, Pickens County has 27 public schools and roughly 16,866 students.

R. C. Edwards Middle is the closest public school, about 1.0 miles away in a straight line. Other public schools within five miles number 3.

The school's federal locale classification is Rural: Fringe.

Federal data show a 6% enrollment rise, from 1,149 in 2020-21 to 1,222 in 2024-25. Students per teacher fell from 19.8 in 2020-21 to 17.1 in 2024-25.

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