Ridge Spring-Monetta Middle/ High

Ridge Spring-Monetta Middle/ High is a modestly sized secondary school in Monetta, South Carolina, part of Aiken 01. The school enrolls 460 students in grades 6 through 12. Enrollment runs roughly 52% below the state mean of about 953.

Aiken 01 comprises 40 schools with combined enrollment of 22,916 students; Ridge Spring-Monetta Middle/ High is among them.

In terms of who attends, Ridge Spring-Monetta Middle/ High reports that the largest single group is White at 38%, but no single group is in the majority. Beyond that, the school lists 34% Black, 23% Hispanic, 5% multiracial. By comparison, Aiken County as a whole is about 65% White, so the school skews noticeably less White than its surroundings.

In terms of school funding signals, The school lists 37 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 12.4:1. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 15.5:1 average.

Around the school, community-level numbers for Aiken County indicate median household income runs about $70,609, 32% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 10%. Ridge Spring-Monetta Middle/ High is one of 42 public schools in Aiken County (combined enrollment of about 24,280 students).

Nearest neighbor: Ridge Spring-Monetta Elementary, around 2.8 miles off. 6 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a ten-mile radius, suggesting a relatively low-density school footprint.

The school occupies a countryside site.

Trend over the last 7 years. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Ridge Spring-Monetta Middle/ High has remained close to its prior level, going from 451 students in 2018 to 460 in 2025. Over the same period, the Hispanic share expanded from 15% to 23%.

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