Summary:
Whitmire, South Carolina is served by a single high school, Whitmire Community School (High), which is a combined school for grades 6-12 with 264 students in the Newberry 01 district.
For parents, the most striking thing about this school is its exceptional graduation rate of 97%, compared to 86.7% statewide, and a 0% dropout rate. The school also shines in English 1, with 79.5% of students scoring proficient, which is over 18 points above the state average. However, this success comes with a major red flag: a 30.7% chronic absenteeism rate, which is much higher than the state's 22.3%. This means that while nearly all students eventually graduate, a large portion are missing significant amounts of school. The school also shows strong results in 6th grade science (62.5% proficient, 10.6 points above the state) and U.S. History (66.7% proficient, 4.1 points above the state).
Performance is not consistent across all subjects. The biggest weakness is 6th grade math, where only 30% of students are proficient, which is nearly 11 points below the state average. While 7th and 8th grade math improved significantly from the prior year, the 6th grade scores dropped. English scores also declined across the board from the previous year, though they remain near or above state averages in most grades. With a low student-teacher ratio of 11.5:1 and high per-student spending of $19,989, the school has resources to address these issues. The school's state ranking has improved over the last three years, moving from the 67th to the 71st percentile, suggesting a positive overall trajectory, but the combination of high absenteeism and declining English scores are areas to watch closely.
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