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Nation Ford High → Fort Mill High → Rock Hill High → Northwestern High → Indian Land High → South Pointe High → York Comprehensive High → Ascent Classical Academy-Fort Mill →At a glance
- 16 AP courses offered — Elite
- Dual-enrollment program (college credit while in HS)
- Gifted & talented program
- 3 calculus classes · 2 physics · 14 chemistry
- AP rigor: Top 3.7% of US high schools
- SAT/ACT participation: 85th percentile by test-taker volume
Composed from federal CRDC offerings, and other public data. Full breakdowns below.
How Catawba Ridge High School compares for families
Among the nation's most academically rigorous high schools.
- ▸ StatewideAP rigor sits in the top 3.7% of US high schools with 16 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: Nation Ford High, Fort Mill High, Rock Hill 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
Top 3.7% of US high schools
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 · 2020-2185th 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.
Chronic absenteeism
Why this matters to enrollment: A low chronic-absence rate is the cleanest school-level signal of strong family connection, classroom culture, and student engagement — all upstream drivers of enrollment stability.
Source: U.S. Department of Education, Civil Rights Data Collection 2020–2021. Rate = students chronically absent ÷ 2021 total enrollment.
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 +6.0%/year, projecting from 2024's 1,704 students:
An extrapolation of the recent trajectory, not a forecast of the school's plans; ignores one-off shocks.
Revenue upside
At $15,161 per student in district revenue, the 582 students projected to be gained by 2029 represent ≈ $8,823,702/year in additional funding.
District total revenue ÷ enrollment, NCES F-33. Public funding largely follows enrollment, so a shrinking class is a recurring budget hit.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nation Ford High Fort Mill |
Public | 4.7 | 1,921 | +6.0% |
| Fort Mill High Fort Mill |
Public | 2.9 | 2,115 | +5.1% |
| Rock Hill High Rock Hill |
Public | 5.8 | 1,980 | +0.9% |
| Northwestern High Rock Hill |
Public | 8.8 | 1,822 | +4.8% |
| Indian Land High Lancaster |
Public | 9.8 | 1,905 | +23.8% |
| South Pointe High Rock Hill |
Public | 9.6 | 1,128 | -13.6% |
| York Comprehensive High York |
Public | 16.7 | 1,511 | +2.6% |
| Ascent Classical Academy-Fort Mill Rock Hill |
Public · charter | 4.7 | — | — |