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Horse Creek Academy → Aiken County Career Center → Williston-Elko High → Ridge Spring-Monetta Middle/ High → Wagener-Salley High → Strom Thurmond Career and Technology Center → Blackville-Hilda High → McCormick High →At a glance
- 8 AP courses offered — Elite
- Dual-enrollment program (college credit while in HS)
- Gifted & talented program
- 6 calculus classes · 1 physics · 3 chemistry
- AP rigor: 71st percentile nationally
- SAT/ACT participation: 60th percentile by test-taker volume
Composed from federal CRDC offerings, and other public data. Full breakdowns below.
How Aiken Scholars Academy compares for families
Stronger-than-average college-prep profile.
- ▸ StatewideAP rigor at the 71st percentile nationally with 8 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: Horse Creek Academy, Aiken County Career Center, Williston-Elko High and 5 more. See the sidebar to compare side-by-side.
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Academic rigor
AP + advanced-course offerings
Elite — exceptional AP + advanced course breadth
71st 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 · 2020-2160th 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.
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.
Enrollment trend & projection
Total enrollment + grade 12, NCES Common Core of Data (2021–2024).
If the recent trend holds…
At its recent rate of +1.1%/year, projecting from 2024's 176 students:
An extrapolation of the recent trajectory, not a forecast of the school's plans; ignores one-off shocks.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Horse Creek Academy Aiken |
Public · charter | 6.5 | 366 | +43.0% |
| Aiken County Career Center Warrenville |
Public | 5.3 | — | — |
| Williston-Elko High Williston |
Public | 23.9 | 192 | — |
| Ridge Spring-Monetta Middle/ High Monetta |
Public | 19.2 | 276 | +4.2% |
| Wagener-Salley High Wagener |
Public | 23.7 | 245 | -3.9% |
| Strom Thurmond Career and Technology Center Johnston |
Public | 17.2 | — | — |
| Blackville-Hilda High Blackville |
Public | 32.4 | 140 | — |
| McCormick High McCormick |
Public | 35.5 | 192 | +1.6% |