West-Oak High

West-Oak High, a low-enrollment senior high in Westminster, South Carolina, one of the schools within Oconee 01, educates 735 students, covering grades 9 through 12. Compared to the state average of about 953 students per school, that is 23% below typical.

Oconee 01 runs 16 schools in total, collectively educating 9,978 students. West-Oak High is one of those campuses.

On demographics, West-Oak High logs that the student body is overwhelmingly White (85%). Other groups include 9% Hispanic, 2% multiracial, 2% Black. That mix tracks the wider county fairly closely.

Looking at school resources, The school reports having 50 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 14.8:1. That tracks the state average closely.

In the area at large, the surrounding county (Oconee County) logs that median household earnings sit near $62,388, about 29% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 12%. West-Oak High is one of 17 public schools in Oconee County (combined enrollment of about 9,978 students).

The closest other public school is Fair-Oak Elementary, roughly 3.4 miles away. Within five miles, there are 4 other public schools.

West-Oak High operates from a small-town location.

Looking at the recent track record. West-Oak High's enrollment has contracted 16% since 2018, when it stood at 879 (now 735). The White share of enrollment decreased from 90% to 85% over that span. Class-load math has tightened: from 16.3:1 in 2018 to 14.8:1 in 2025.

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