MacDougall High

Set in Ridgeville, South Carolina, MacDougall High is a rural-scale secondary school, run under Dept Of Correction N04. It teaches 4 students across grades 9 through 12. Compared to the state average of about 953 students per school, that is 100% smaller than typical.

Dept Of Correction N04 comprises 12 schools with combined enrollment of 172 students; MacDougall High is among them.

For racial and ethnic makeup, MacDougall High logs that 100% of students identify as Black, making the school strongly Black-majority. The wider county runs roughly 23% Black, putting the school's mix meaningfully more Black than the area baseline.

Looking at the economic backdrop, The school lists 4 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 1.1:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 15.5:1, putting MacDougall High tighter than the state norm the norm.

Across the wider county, census data for Berkeley County shows median household earnings sit near $84,358, about 31% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 8%. Across Berkeley County's 49 public schools (combined enrollment of about 40,966 students), MacDougall High is one campus in the mix.

Nearest neighbor: Harleyville Elementary, around 5.2 miles off. Within ten miles, there are 6 other public schools, a sparser pattern than typical urban areas.

The school occupies an outlying site.

Looking at the recent track record. MacDougall High's enrollment has edged down 43% since 2018, when it stood at 7 (now 4). Over the same period, the Black share grew from 71% to 100%.

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