Kirkland High

As an one-room-style four-year high school in Columbia, South Carolina, Kirkland High works with 42 students from grades 9 through 12, one of the schools within Dept Of Correction N04. Enrollment runs roughly 96% leaner than the state mean of about 953.

Dept Of Correction N04 runs 12 schools in total, collectively educating 172 students. Kirkland High is one of those campuses.

Demographically, Kirkland High reports that the student body is overwhelmingly Black (81%). Other groups include 14% White, 5% Hispanic. By comparison, Richland County as a whole is about 47% Black, so the school skews visibly more Black than its surroundings.

In terms of school funding signals, On paper, Kirkland High has 1 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 42.0:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 15.5:1, putting Kirkland High higher than the state norm the norm.

Zooming out to the county, census data for Richland County shows the typical household earns roughly $63,784 per year, 41% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 12%. Kirkland High is one of 104 public schools in Richland County (combined enrollment of about 60,410 students).

Nearest neighbor: Broad River High, around 0.0 miles off. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Kirkland High.

The campus sits in a metropolitan setting.

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