SC Whitmore School

Federal records list SC Whitmore School as a high school in Columbia, South Carolina. It offers grades 9 through 12 and has 431 students enrolled. It has 55% fewer students than the average for high schools in South Carolina (about 953).

SC Public Charter School District is the local district for SC Whitmore School. It runs 43 schools with 21,383 students.

At SC Whitmore School, 72% of students are White. After that, the student body is 19% Black and 6% Hispanic. Census figures show Richland County is about 40% White. Measured by the diversity index, the student body scores 45%.

SC Whitmore School reported 15 full-time-equivalent teachers in 2024-25, a ratio of 28.7:1. High schools in South Carolina average 15.5:1, 13.3 fewer students per teacher than here.

Looking at the county, Richland County, median household income comes to about $63,784, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 41% of adults, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 12%. The county's public schools total 104, with about 60,410 students.

Pendergrass Fairwold School is about 0.3 miles away, making it the nearest public school. SC Whitmore School is one of several public schools in the area, with at least 8 others within five miles.

The National Center for Education Statistics classifies the school's location as Suburb: Large, meaning it is in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more. As a charter school, SC Whitmore School is publicly funded and operates under a charter. NCES classifies the school as virtual.

From 455 students in 2020-21, enrollment fell to 431 by 2024-25. Over the same period, the student-to-teacher ratio dropped to 28.7:1, from 32.5:1.

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