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Powdersville High
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SY 2017-18 vs SY 2024-25About Powdersville High
Powdersville High, a middle-of-the-pack senior high in Greenville, South Carolina, run under Anderson 01, hosts 1,024 students, covering grades 9 through 12.
Anderson 01 runs 14 schools in total, collectively educating 10,886 students. Powdersville High is one of those campuses.
For racial and ethnic makeup, Powdersville High logs that White students make up the majority at 69%. Other groups include 13% Hispanic, 9% Black, 5% multiracial, 4% Asian.
On the resource side, The school currently runs with 55 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 18.6:1. The state averages around 15.5:1, so this campus is higher than the state norm typical.
Across the wider county, the surrounding county (Anderson County) logs that median household earnings sit near $66,651, about 27% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and roughly 12% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Powdersville High is one of 57 public schools in Anderson County (combined enrollment of about 34,806 students).
Powdersville Elementary is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.2 miles from this campus. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius.
Geographically, the school is in a bedroom-community area.
Five-year trend. Powdersville High's enrollment has increased 15% since 2018, when it stood at 889 (now 1,024). Over the same period, the White share fell from 79% to 69%. Class-load math has tightened: from 20.8:1 in 2018 to 18.6:1 in 2025.
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