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Conway High → Palmetto Academy of Learning Motorsports (PALM) → Aynor High → HCS Scholars Academy High → HCS Early College High → Atlantic Collegiate Academy → Loris High → Carolina Forest High →At a glance
- 1 AP courses offered — Strong
- Dual-enrollment program (college credit while in HS)
- Gifted & talented program
- 1 calculus classes · 4 physics · 10 chemistry
- AP rigor: 52nd percentile nationally
- SAT/ACT participation: 63rd percentile by test-taker volume
Composed from federal CRDC offerings, and other public data. Full breakdowns below.
How Academy for Technology and Academics compares for families
Solid mid-tier academic profile.
- ▸ StatewideAP rigor at the 52nd percentile nationally with 1 AP courses.
- ▸ LocallySC sits right at the US average on NAEP 8th-grade math — local school quality will set your kid apart.
- ▸ vs Similar SchoolsThe closest comparables nearby: Conway High, Palmetto Academy of Learning Motorsports (PALM), Aynor High and 5 more. See the sidebar to compare side-by-side.
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Academic rigor
AP + advanced-course offerings
Strong — solid AP program + advanced courses
52nd percentile nationally
Gifted/talented program
Source: federal Civil Rights Data Collection (CRDC 2020-21). CRDC reports what's offered + enrolled — it doesn't collect AP exam pass rates (College Board owns that data and doesn't release it school-level).
SAT / ACT participation
CRDC federal data · 2020-2163rd percentile by test-taker volume
Source: federal Civil Rights Data Collection (CRDC 2020-21). Volume — not score — is what's reported here. A higher count means more students at this school are entering the college admissions pipeline. Note: 2020-21 was COVID-disrupted; some districts (especially those that stayed remote longer) report unusually low or zero takers.
Teacher workforce · federal CRDC
Teacher experience & reliability
Source: federal Civil Rights Data Collection (CRDC 2017-18 — the most recent vintage that publishes per-school teacher quality fields; the 2020-21 sweep had them suppressed). "Inexperienced" = teachers in their first or second year. "Chronic absence" = teachers absent 10+ days/year.
Your state's public flagship
University of South Carolina-Columbia
The in-state tuition gap is the flagship's biggest draw — most in-state families pay far less than the out-of-state sticker. Average net price after aid runs about $22,811/yr. Admission odds depend on your student's GPA and test scores, not which high school they attend.
Source: IPEDS admissions, tuition & enrollment + College Scorecard net price. Flagship = the state's primary public research university.
Counselor capacity
Source: U.S. Department of Education, Civil Rights Data Collection 2020-2021. Counselor ratio = the school's most recent total enrollment ÷ counselor FTE. The American School Counselor Association (ASCA) recommends a 250:1 maximum; the US national median across schools with on-staff counselors is roughly 430:1.
Not enough enrollment history on file to chart a trend for this school yet.
Most similar nearby high schools
The schools most like this one — same type, blended on distance and size — and where their enrollment is heading. These are the schools families here weigh against each other.
| School | Type | Miles | HS enrollment | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conway High Conway |
Public | 7.3 | 1,724 | +2.6% |
| Palmetto Academy of Learning Motorsports (PALM) Conway |
Public · charter | 10.3 | 195 | +0.0% |
| Aynor High Aynor |
Public | 10.4 | 901 | +2.3% |
| HCS Scholars Academy High Conway |
Public | 10.6 | 209 | +127.2% |
| HCS Early College High Conway |
Public | 10.7 | 360 | +13.9% |
| Atlantic Collegiate Academy Conway |
Public · charter | 11.3 | 502 | +78.6% |
| Loris High Loris |
Public | 11.6 | 857 | +4.1% |
| Carolina Forest High Myrtle Beach |
Public | 12.2 | 3,176 | +6.8% |