Wagener-Salley High

Wagener-Salley High is a small high school with its address in Wagener, South Carolina. Enrollment in 2024-25 was 245 students in grades 9 through 12. Against the 953-student average for high schools in South Carolina, enrollment here is 74% lower.

The district, Aiken 01, has 22,916 students enrolled across 40 schools.

No single group makes up more than half of enrollment at Wagener-Salley High. The largest is White students, at 42%. Other students are 40% Black, 10% multiracial, and 8% Hispanic. That is lower than the 65% White share among all Aiken County residents. The school's diversity index is 65%, meaning two students picked at random have a 65% chance of belonging to different racial or ethnic groups.

The teaching staff at Wagener-Salley High is 26 full-time-equivalent teachers, and the ratio is 9.4:1. This ratio sits 6.0 below the 15.5:1 average for high schools in South Carolina.

Federal survey data for Aiken County show that the median household income is $70,609, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 32% of adults, and the poverty rate is about 10%. There are 42 public schools in Aiken County, enrolling about 24,280 students in all.

A. L. Corbett Middle is the public school closest to Wagener-Salley High, about 0.3 miles away. There are 2 other public schools within five miles.

The federal government classifies Wagener-Salley High's location as Rural: Distant.

Enrollment is down 9% from 2020-21, when Wagener-Salley High had 268 students, to 2024-25, when it had 245. The ratio was 11.7:1 in 2020-21 and 9.4:1 in 2024-25.

Families, students, and staff can use this page to discuss school safety, transportation, and start times at Wagener-Salley High. Alumni can share how the school prepared them.