Edisto High

As a small high school, Edisto High serves students in Cordova, South Carolina. Enrollment stands at 614 students, covering grades 9 through 12. That puts enrollment 36% below the 953-student average for high schools in South Carolina.

Besides Edisto High, Orangeburg runs 26 other schools. The district enrolls 10,462 students.

More than half of the students at Edisto High are Black (52%). The rest of enrollment is 37% White, 7% Hispanic, and 3% multiracial. Census estimates put the Black share of Orangeburg County's population at about 61%. The diversity index for Edisto High is 59%. For US public schools as a whole it is 70%.

The student-to-teacher ratio at Edisto High is 12.7:1, based on 48.4 full-time-equivalent teachers. The average for high schools in South Carolina, 15.5:1, is higher.

Five-year Census Bureau estimates for Orangeburg County show that the median household earns about $45,675 a year, about 19% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and the poverty rate is about 16%. Across Orangeburg County, 34 public schools serve about 11,507 students.

Edisto Primary, about 1.5 miles away, is the closest public school. A five-mile radius around the school includes 3 other public schools.

The school's setting, by NCES definition, is Rural: Fringe: in rural territory close to an urban area.

Over 4 years, enrollment decreased by 25 students, from 639 to 614. Federal data show the ratio falling from 15.6:1 to 12.7:1.

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