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CTE · Grades 9–12
SC Whitmore School
501 Commerce Drive NE, Columbia, SC 29223
Grades
9–12
High
Students
431
Enrolled 2024–25
Students per teacher
28.7 : 1
Full-time teachers
District
SC Public Charter School District
Richland County
Schola Grade D · Below average
Letter grade (A–F) · compared with 208 South Carolina high schools · How we grade
Percentiles compare this school with other South Carolina high schools; the line marks the middle. Data: test scores 2021–22, graduation and absenteeism 2022–23 (U.S. Department of Education, EDFacts); coursework 2023–24 (Civil Rights Data Collection); staffing 2024–25 (NCES).
About SC Whitmore School
SC Whitmore School is a charter high school in Columbia, South Carolina, serving grades 9–12. It is part of SC Public Charter School District. The school is located in a large suburb in Richland County.
In the 2024–25 school year, 431 students were enrolled, with about 28.7 students for every full-time teacher. That ratio is larger than the typical South Carolina high school (15.5 students per teacher). As a charter school, it is publicly funded and tuition-free, but operates independently of the local district under a charter from SC Public Charter School District. The school is fully virtual. Its Schola Grade is D (below average), compared with 208 South Carolina high schools.
Grades & enrollment
Students per grade, 2024–25Grades 9–12
Location & nearby schools
School details
- Type
- Charter School · What this means
- Level
- High
- Grades offered
- 9–12
- Enrollment (2024–25)
- 431 students
- Students per teacher
- 28.7 to 1
- AP courses offered
- 5
- Charter school
- Yes
- Charter authorizer
- SC Public Charter School District
- Magnet school
- No
- Virtual learning
- Fully virtual
- Locale
- Suburb — Large
- School district
- SC Public Charter School District
- County
- Richland County
- NCES school ID
- 450390101581
Schools near SC Whitmore School
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Manning High
Alternative · Grades 9–12 · 2 students
Eau Claire High
Public · Grades 9–12 · 542 students
C. A. Johnson High
Magnet · Grades 9–12 · 344 students
A. C. Flora High
Public · Grades 9–12 · 1,328 students
W.J. Keenan High
Magnet · Grades 9–12 · 675 students
School data comes from the U.S. Department of Education: the National Center for Education Statistics (NCES) Common Core of Data and EDGE school locations (2024–25) and Private School Survey (2023–24), the Civil Rights Data Collection (2023–24), and EDFacts (test results 2021–22; graduation and chronic absenteeism 2022–23), plus other public sources. Please contact the school to confirm enrollment, programs, and other details. How we source data.