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Seneca High

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Seneca High ranks 87 th of 235 South Carolina high schools. SchoolDigger rates this school 3 stars out of 5.

Public Grades 9-12

87^th

SchoolDigger Rank ?

of 235 South Carolina High Schools

Better than 63% of South Carolina high schools

Summary

Seneca High is a public high school located in Seneca, South Carolina, serving grades 9-12 with a total enrollment of 1,022 students. The school is part of the Oconee 01 school district, which is ranked 21 out of 75 districts in the state and has a 4-star rating from SchoolDigger.

Seneca High's test scores are generally lower than the district and state averages across various End-of-Course (EOC) exams, with the exception of English 1 and English 2 EOC exams. The school's four-year graduation rate has been relatively stable, ranging from 82.2% to 86.1%, which is slightly lower than the district's average of around 85.4%. Seneca High has also experienced higher chronic absenteeism rates, ranging from 21.2% to 27.3%, compared to the district's average of around 22.5%. The school's performance varies across different student subgroups, with African American students performing well, ranking 47th out of 194 South Carolina high schools in 2023-2024, but struggling with Hispanic and multi-racial student performance.

Compared to nearby schools, such as Walhalla High and West-Oak High, which are also part of the Oconee 01 district, Seneca High's performance is generally lower, with higher test scores, graduation rates, and lower chronic absenteeism rates at these other schools. Seneca High's spending per student has increased from $11,530 in 2021-2022 to $12,635 in 2023-2024, which is higher than the state average but lower than the nearby Pendleton High ($14,412) and West-Oak High ($14,210).

1,051

Students ?

18.0

Student/teacher ratio ?

$13,752

Per pupil spending ?

69.6%

Free/discounted lunch ?

100 Bobcat Ridge
Seneca, SC 29678

(864) 886-4460

District: Oconee 01

Feeder schools for Seneca High:

Elementary:	Blue Ridge Elementary
	Northside Elementary
	Ravenel Elementary
Middle:	Seneca Middle

Racial breakdown:

White:

58.3%

African American:

20.2%

Hispanic:

12.5%

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At a glance

▼ Ranking trend: Declining — 78th percentile in 2015 → 63rd in 2025

Strengths

✓Above the South Carolina median (63rd percentile)

Worth a look

!High chronic absenteeism (31% vs 22% South Carolina)

!Ranking has slipped — down 15 percentile points since 2015

!Some student groups rank well below the school's overall statewide standing

Students meeting standards (2024-2025) ?

This school71%

District avg74%

South Carolina avg71%

87^th of 235

South Carolina public high schools ?

Top 37%▼ down 15 pts since 2015

From top 22% (2015) to top 37% (2025)

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★★★★★

SchoolDigger rating ?

2^nd of 3High Schools in the Oconee 01

21^st of 75Oconee 01 among South Carolina districts

Statewide rank percentile over time (100 = the top-ranked school in the state; click a legend item to add a student group)

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All Students

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	South Carolina percentile	Rating
2025	55.6	87 of 235	63.0%	★★★☆☆
2024	57.0	84 of 235	64.3%	★★★☆☆
2023	52.1	102 of 237	57.0%	★★★☆☆
2022	52.9	87 of 226	61.5%	★★★☆☆
2021	52.7	92 of 227	59.5%	★★★☆☆
2019	40.7	108 of 225	52.0%	★★★☆☆
2018	52.9	70 of 216	67.6%	★★★☆☆
2017	53.1	71 of 223	68.2%	★★★☆☆
2016	63.5	50 of 231	78.4%	★★★★☆
2015	63.3	52 of 232	77.6%	★★★★☆
2014	75.1	43 of 210	79.5%	★★★★☆
2013	47.4	113 of 203	44.3%	★★☆☆☆
2012	48.7	118 of 202	41.6%	★★☆☆☆
2011	61.1	78 of 199	60.8%	★★★☆☆
2010	64.1	70 of 199	64.8%	★★★☆☆
2009	54.8	97 of 188	48.4%	★★☆☆☆
2008	65.7	69 of 185	62.7%	★★★☆☆
2007	66.2	61 of 191	68.1%	★★★☆☆
2006	66.7	59 of 191	69.1%	★★★☆☆
2005	65.1	75 of 187	59.9%	★★★☆☆

African American

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	South Carolina percentile	Rating
2025	48.4	93 of 194	52.1%	★★★☆☆
2024	66.7	47 of 194	75.8%	★★★★☆
2023	52.6	85 of 199	57.3%	★★★☆☆
2022	57.4	68 of 190	64.2%	★★★☆☆
2021	46.5	83 of 178	53.4%	★★★☆☆
2019	26.9	144 of 184	21.7%	★☆☆☆☆
2018	40.9	108 of 183	41.0%	★★☆☆☆

Disabled

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	South Carolina percentile	Rating
2025	45.5	71 of 139	48.9%	★★☆☆☆
2024	47.7	73 of 145	49.7%	★★★☆☆
2023	52.9	57 of 141	59.6%	★★★☆☆
2022	47.9	71 of 139	48.9%	★★☆☆☆
2021	56.9	36 of 115	68.7%	★★★★☆
2019	57.9	54 of 143	62.2%	★★★☆☆
2018	61.7	45 of 137	67.2%	★★★☆☆

Female

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	South Carolina percentile	Rating
2025	56.7	85 of 225	62.2%	★★★☆☆
2024	60.1	72 of 225	68.0%	★★★☆☆
2023	52.9	97 of 223	56.5%	★★★☆☆
2022	46.7	109 of 220	50.5%	★★★☆☆
2021	51.2	96 of 213	54.9%	★★★☆☆
2019	32.2	131 of 213	38.5%	★★☆☆☆
2018	52.3	80 of 210	61.9%	★★★☆☆

Gifted and Talented

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	South Carolina percentile	Rating
2025	61.0	78 of 153	49.0%	★★★☆☆
2024	58.0	87 of 157	44.6%	★★☆☆☆
2023	67.0	51 of 156	67.3%	★★★☆☆

Hispanic

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	South Carolina percentile	Rating
2025	26.9	106 of 121	12.4%	★☆☆☆☆
2024	50.2	60 of 121	50.4%	★★★☆☆
2023	64.6	35 of 119	70.6%	★★★★☆
2022	53.0	48 of 108	55.6%	★★★☆☆
2021	45.4	56 of 93	39.8%	★★☆☆☆
2019	75.6	13 of 86	84.9%	★★★★☆

Low Socio Economic Status

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	South Carolina percentile	Rating
2025	54.7	84 of 226	62.8%	★★★☆☆
2024	61.3	67 of 229	70.7%	★★★★☆
2023	53.1	88 of 226	61.1%	★★★☆☆
2022	55.0	78 of 220	64.5%	★★★☆☆
2021	53.5	74 of 213	65.3%	★★★☆☆
2019	40.6	107 of 217	50.7%	★★★☆☆
2018	54.1	69 of 214	67.8%	★★★☆☆

Male

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	South Carolina percentile	Rating
2025	55.0	90 of 224	59.8%	★★★☆☆
2024	53.5	91 of 228	60.1%	★★★☆☆
2023	50.5	97 of 229	57.6%	★★★☆☆
2022	57.0	79 of 224	64.7%	★★★☆☆
2021	53.6	86 of 215	60.0%	★★★☆☆
2019	49.3	88 of 218	59.6%	★★★☆☆
2018	53.4	75 of 213	64.8%	★★★☆☆

Multi-racial

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	South Carolina percentile	Rating
2025	21.8	53 of 59	10.2%	★☆☆☆☆
2024	19.8	49 of 53	7.5%	☆☆☆☆☆
2023	23.2	48 of 57	15.8%	★☆☆☆☆

White

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	South Carolina percentile	Rating
2025	56.0	78 of 196	60.2%	★★★☆☆
2024	49.1	89 of 196	54.6%	★★★☆☆
2023	39.9	112 of 197	43.1%	★★☆☆☆
2022	38.0	117 of 192	39.1%	★★☆☆☆
2021	48.5	83 of 189	56.1%	★★★☆☆
2019	31.0	124 of 191	35.1%	★★☆☆☆
2018	48.5	79 of 185	57.3%	★★★☆☆

How student groups rank statewide ? (each group's percentile vs the same group at other schools — higher is better; the +/- beside each compares the group with this school's overall percentile)

Low Socio Economic Status (2025)63rd percentile~ school

Female (2025)62nd percentile~ school

White (2025)60th percentile-3 vs school

Male (2025)60th percentile-3 vs school

African American (2025)52nd percentile-11 vs school

Gifted and Talented (2025)49th percentile-14 vs school

Disabled (2025)49th percentile-14 vs school

Hispanic (2025)12th percentile-51 vs school

Multi-racial (2025)10th percentile-53 vs school

By subject vs South Carolina (2024-2025) ?

English 289%~ state avg

English 171%+9 vs state

U.S. History and the Constitution62%~ state avg

Algebra 1/Mathematics for the Technologies 258%-16 vs state

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by a parent
Saturday, December 17, 2011

This school is horrible. What people in SC feel is a good education falls very short. The biggest problem with this school is the administration, all the way to the district office in Walhalla. All I hear from kids are complaints as to how unfairly they are treated. The main principal is just a figure head and the entire community knows it. No one has any respect for any of the administration at all. I do not agree with minimum grades. And this district feels that no student should receive less than a 61. Where I come from you get what YOU EARN! There is a program called "seat recovery" the state says students need to be in class so many days a year. But the school says that if they miss more they can pay $20 and sit in a seat for so long and "recover" that time. Well I hate to tell the district but sitting in seat listening to an IPOD does not RECOVER class time that has been lost. The student is NOT doing the work or learning the lessons that were missed. As far as I have seen most of the administrators and some teachers do not deserve the degrees that they claim to have. Close Quote

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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
Seneca High	Public	9-12	100 Bobcat Ridge	Seneca	29678	Oconee County	Oconee 01	No	No	No	No	(864) 886-4460	1,051	58	18.0		613 (58.3%)	212 (20.2%)	131 (12.5%)	8 (0.8%)	6 (0.6%)	0 (0.0%)	81 (7.7%)	55.6	87^th of 235 public high schools	63.0%		57	84^th of 235 public high schools	64.3%	3	58.0	71.0	62.5	88.7	$13,752	$574	$339	$913	$10,512	$2,327	$12,839
Hamilton Career and Technology Center	Public	9-12	445 Oconee Business Parkway	Westminster	29693	Oconee County	Oconee 01	No	No	No	No	(864) 886-4425	0	26	.0		0 ()	0 ()	0 ()	0 ()	0 ()	0 ()	0 ()								(n/a)
West-Oak High	Public	9-12	130 Warrior Lane	Westminster	29693	Oconee County	Oconee 01	No	No	No	No	(864) 886-4530	735	50	14.8		627 (85.3%)	16 (2.2%)	66 (9.0%)	6 (0.8%)	1 (0.1%)	1 (0.1%)	18 (2.4%)	49.7	109^th of 235 public high schools	53.6%		47.5	114^th of 235 public high schools	51.5%	5	80.4	63.4	66.9	80.0	$15,675	$1,167	$458	$1,624	$11,212	$2,838	$14,051
D. W. Daniel High	Public	9-12	140 Blue and Gold Boulevard	Central	29630	Pickens County	Pickens 01	No	No	No	No	(864) 397-2900	1,222	72	17.0		905 (74.1%)	121 (9.9%)	74 (6.1%)	54 (4.4%)	3 (0.2%)	1 (0.1%)	64 (5.2%)	69.7	49^th of 235 public high schools	79.1%		75.4	35^th of 235 public high schools	85.1%	14	75.0	72.1	71.9	91.0	$11,554	$772	$437	$1,209	$8,979	$1,367	$10,346
Walhalla High	Public	9-12	4701 North Highway 11	Walhalla	29691	Oconee County	Oconee 01	No	No	No	No	(864) 886-4490	1,118	66	16.9		857 (76.7%)	15 (1.3%)	209 (18.7%)	3 (0.3%)	3 (0.3%)	0 (0.0%)	31 (2.8%)	59.7	79^th of 235 public high schools	66.4%		63.7	66^th of 235 public high schools	71.9%	13	70.8	68.1	73.2	87.0	$13,969	$557	$388	$945	$10,522	$2,501	$13,023
Pendleton High	Public	9-12	7324 Highway 187	Anderson	29625	Anderson County	Anderson 04	No	No	No	No	(864) 403-2100	924	58	15.9		678 (73.4%)	142 (15.4%)	41 (4.4%)	13 (1.4%)	1 (0.1%)	1 (0.1%)	48 (5.2%)	65.4	61^st of 235 public high schools	74.0%		66.9	55^th of 235 public high schools	76.6%	6	79.6	65.0	68.5	90.7	$14,224	$302	$943	$1,245	$10,187	$2,793	$12,980
Pickens County Career and Technology Center	Public	9-12	990 Chastain Road	Liberty	29657	Pickens County	Pickens 01	No	No	No	No	(864) 397-4500	0	29	.0		0 ()	0 ()	0 ()	0 ()	0 ()	0 ()	0 ()								(n/a)
Liberty High	Public	9-12	124 Red Devil Drive	Liberty	29657	Pickens County	Pickens 01	No	No	No	No	(864) 397-2600	640	48	13.4		525 (82.0%)	26 (4.1%)	58 (9.1%)	1 (0.2%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	30 (4.7%)	37.1	146^th of 235 public high schools	37.9%		29	168^th of 235 public high schools	28.5%	22	65.8	47.2	56.2	85.4	$14,484	$1,278	$529	$1,807	$10,918	$1,758	$12,677

Frequently Asked Questions about Seneca High

What is the racial makeup of Seneca High?

Students at Seneca High are 58% White, 20% African American, 12% Hispanic, 8% Two or more races.

What district is Seneca High in?

Oconee 01

What schools feed into Seneca High?

Seneca High is fed by the following schools:

Elementary : Blue Ridge Elementary
Elementary : Northside Elementary
Elementary : Ravenel Elementary
Middle : Seneca Middle

How many students attend Seneca High?

In the 2024-25 school year, 1,051 students attended Seneca High.

Is Seneca High a good school?

Seneca High ranks 87^th of 235 South Carolina high schools. SchoolDigger rates this school 3 stars out of 5.

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