Gaffney High

Gaffney High is one of the sizable secondary schools in Gaffney, South Carolina, run under Cherokee 01, with 1,827 students on its rolls from grades 9 through 12. Compared to the state average of about 953 students per school, that is 92% bigger than typical.

Cherokee 01 comprises 14 schools with combined enrollment of 7,525 students; Gaffney High is among them.

Looking at the student body, Gaffney High records that the most-represented group is White (52%), with the rest of the student body spread across multiple groups. The remainder is composed of 30% Black, 14% Hispanic, 2% multiracial. The wider county runs roughly 70% White, putting the school's mix meaningfully less White than the area baseline.

Looking at school resources, Staff filings list 103 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 17.7:1 students per teacher. That figure is higher than the state norm's 15.5:1 average.

Across the wider county, ACS estimates for Cherokee County put median household earnings sit near $50,288, about 18% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 12%. In all, Cherokee County runs 17 public schools (combined enrollment of about 8,402 students), of which Gaffney High is one.

B. D. Lee Elementary is the nearest neighboring public school, about 1.4 miles from this campus. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius.

Geographically, the school is in a small-town area.

Looking at the recent track record. Gaffney High's enrollment has shrank 10% since 2018, when it stood at 2,022 (now 1,827). Over the same period, the White share declined from 60% to 52%.

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