Ninety Six High School

Ninety Six High School is a cozy four-year high school in Ninety Six, South Carolina, overseen by Greenwood 52. The school teaches 423 students in grades 9 through 12. That puts it 56% below the typical public school in South Carolina, which averages around 953 students.

Ninety Six High School is one of 4 schools operated by Greenwood 52, a district that teaches 1,359 students overall.

For racial and ethnic makeup, Ninety Six High School shows that 71% of the student body identifies as White. Beyond that, the school logs 21% Black, 4% Hispanic, 4% multiracial. By comparison, Greenwood County as a whole is about 62% White, so the school skews visibly more White than its surroundings.

In terms of school funding signals, The school reports having 30 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 14.2:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 15.5:1, putting Ninety Six High School tighter than the state norm the norm.

Across the wider county, ACS estimates for Greenwood County put median household earnings sit near $52,830, 25% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 10%. In all, Greenwood County runs 21 public schools (combined enrollment of about 10,771 students), of which Ninety Six High School is one.

Edgewood Middle School is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.0 miles from this campus. Counting just inside five miles, 3 other public schools cluster around Ninety Six High School.

Ninety Six High School operates from a low-density location.

Five-year trend. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Ninety Six High School has contracted 11%, going from 477 students in 2018 to 423 in 2025. The White share of enrollment declined from 76% to 71% over that span. The student-to-teacher ratio fell from 16.0:1 in 2018 to 14.2:1 today.

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