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Best High Schools in Gaffney, SC

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1,827

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Top rankedGaffney High207^th of 235 South Carolina high schools

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Summary:

The city of Gaffney, South Carolina is home to a single high school, Gaffney High School, which serves students in grades 9-12. The school's performance has consistently ranked in the bottom half of South Carolina high schools, with a 1-star rating from SchoolDigger, indicating it is among the lower-performing schools in the state.

Gaffney High School's 4-year graduation rate of 85.4% for the 2023-2024 school year is slightly below the state average, and its dropout rate of 2.3% is on par with the state average. The school's proficiency rates on end-of-course exams (EOCEPs) are consistently lower than the Cherokee 01 district and state averages across subjects like Algebra 1, English 1, U.S. History, and English 2. However, the school's best performance is in English 2, where 77.22% of students were proficient or better, compared to the state average of 86.41%.

Gaffney High School faces several challenges, including a high percentage of students (76.78%) receiving free or reduced-price lunch, indicating a significant economically disadvantaged population. The school's student-teacher ratio of 17.5 is slightly higher than the state average, and its chronic absenteeism rate of 22.5% is notably higher than the state average. While the school's spending per student of $13,821 for the 2022-2023 school year is slightly higher than the state average, it's unclear how effectively these funds are being utilized to support student learning and achievement.

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School													Students/Teachers											Ranking (2025)				Ranking (2024)				EOCEP Algebra 1/Mathematics for the Technologies 2 (2025)	EOCEP English 1 (2025)	EOCEP U.S. History and the Constitution (2025)	EOCEP English 2 (2025)	Per Pupil Expenditures (2025)
Name	Type	Grades	Address	City	Zip	County	District	Is Charter	Is Magnet	Is Virtual	Is Title I	Phone	Enrollment	Full-time Teachers	Student/ Teacher Ratio	Free/Discounted Lunch Recipients	White	Black	Hispanic	Asian	American Indian	Pacific Islander	Two or More Races	Average Standard Score (2025)	Statewide Rank (2025)	State Percentile (2025)	SchoolDigger Rating (2025)	Average Standard Score (2024)	Statewide Rank (2024)	State Percentile (2024)	Rank Change from Previous Year	EOCEP Algebra 1/Mathematics for the Technologies 2 End of Course	EOCEP English 1 End of Course	EOCEP U.S. History and the Constitution End of Course	EOCEP English 2 End of Course	Per Pupil Expenditures: Total	Personnel Spending from Federal Funds	Non-Personnel Spending from Federal Funds	Sub-total from Federal Funds	Personnel Spending from State and Local Funds	Non-Personnel from State and Local Funds	Sub-total Spending from State and Local Funds
Gaffney High	Public	9-12	149 Twin Lake Road	Gaffney	29341	Cherokee County	Cherokee 01	No	No	No	No	(864) 206-2000	1,827	103	17.7		949 (51.9%)	546 (29.9%)	262 (14.3%)	23 (1.3%)	2 (0.1%)	0 (0.0%)	45 (2.5%)	15.5	207^th of 235 public high schools	11.9%		16	203^rd of 235 public high schools	13.6%	4	42.2	45.0	41.4	77.2	$4,461	$1,109	$594	$1,703	$1,890	$869	$2,758
Institute of Innovation	Public	9-12	175 Campus Drive	Gaffney	29341	Cherokee County	Cherokee 01	No	No	No	No	(864) 206-2576	0	28	.0		0 ()	0 ()	0 ()	0 ()	0 ()	0 ()	0 ()								(n/a)

Cities Near Gaffney

City	Distance	# of Schools	Statewide Rank
Blacksburg	8.06 mi	4	144^th
Cowpens	10.11 mi	1	57^th
Mayo	12 mi	1	12^th
Spartanburg	12.3 mi	33	107^th
Pacolet	12.95 mi	1	33^rd

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SchoolDigger data sources: National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Department of Education, the U.S. Census Bureau and the South Carolina Department of Education.

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