Orangeburg High School for Health Professions

Orangeburg High School for Health Professions is one of the tight-knit secondary schools in Orangeburg, South Carolina, run under Limestone Charters Association, with 492 students on its rolls from grades 9 through 12. Compared to the state average of about 953 students per school, that is 48% leaner than typical.

Limestone Charters Association comprises 13 schools with combined enrollment of 7,387 students; Orangeburg High School for Health Professions is among them.

Looking at the student body, Orangeburg High School for Health Professions logs that nearly all students (94%) are Black. The remainder looks like 3% Asian. The wider county runs roughly 61% Black, putting the school's mix noticeably more Black than the area baseline.

On the resource side, Staff filings list 26 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 18.9:1 students per teacher. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 15.5:1, putting Orangeburg High School for Health Professions higher than the state norm the norm.

In the surrounding community, the surrounding county (Orangeburg County) logs that median household income runs about $45,675, roughly 19% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and roughly 16% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Across Orangeburg County's 34 public schools (combined enrollment of about 11,507 students), Orangeburg High School for Health Professions is one campus in the mix.

Nearest neighbor: Orangeburg Wilkinson High, around 0.5 miles off. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Orangeburg High School for Health Professions.

Geographically, the school is in a town-center area. As a public charter, Orangeburg High School for Health Professions runs on public funding but with greater curricular and operational autonomy than a typical district school.

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