Spring Valley High

Located at 120 Sparkleberry Lane, in Columbia, South Carolina, Spring Valley High is a sizable secondary school that works with 2,230 students (grades 9 through 12), run under Richland 02. That puts it 134% larger than the typical public school in South Carolina, which averages around 953 students.

Richland 02 comprises 32 schools with combined enrollment of 28,841 students; Spring Valley High is among them.

Looking at the student body, Spring Valley High lists that the most-represented group is Black (54%), with the rest of the student body spread across multiple groups. The remainder is composed of 19% White, 15% Hispanic, 7% Asian, 5% multiracial.

On the resource side, The school lists 125 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 17.8:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 15.5:1, putting Spring Valley High higher than the state norm the norm.

Zooming out to the county, community-level numbers for Richland County indicate median household earnings sit near $63,784, about 41% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 12%. In all, Richland County runs 104 public schools (combined enrollment of about 60,410 students), of which Spring Valley High is one.

Nearest neighbor: L. B. Nelson Elementary, around 0.9 miles off. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Spring Valley High.

The school occupies an outer-ring site.

Five-year trend. Spring Valley High's enrollment has grew 7% since 2018, when it stood at 2,081 (now 2,230). Over the same period, the White share declined from 28% to 19%.

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