South Aiken High

South Aiken High is one of the reasonably sized senior highs in Aiken, South Carolina, part of Aiken 01, with 1,349 students on its rolls from grades 9 through 12. Enrollment runs roughly 42% larger than the state mean of about 953.

Aiken 01 runs 40 schools in total, collectively educating 22,916 students. South Aiken High is one of those campuses.

In terms of who attends, South Aiken High reports that the most-represented group is White (49%), with the rest of the student body spread across multiple groups. The remainder reads as 31% Black, 12% Hispanic, 7% multiracial. By comparison, Aiken County as a whole is about 65% White, so the school skews noticeably less White than its surroundings.

On the resource side, On paper, South Aiken High has 80 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 16.9:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 15.5:1, putting South Aiken High higher than the state norm the norm.

In the broader community, the surrounding county (Aiken County) shows that median household income runs about $70,609, roughly 32% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 10%. Across Aiken County's 42 public schools (combined enrollment of about 24,280 students), South Aiken High is one campus in the mix.

Nearest neighbor: M. B. Kennedy Middle, around 0.2 miles off. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around South Aiken High.

The school occupies a bedroom-community site.

Trend over the last 7 years. Over the past 7-year window, the student count contracted 4%: 1,405 students in 2018 compared to 1,349 in 2025. White enrollment moved from 60% to 49% across the same window.

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