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Seneca High

Q: Is Seneca High a good school?

Seneca High ranks 123 rd of 245 South Carolina high schools. SchoolDigger rates this school 3 stars out of 5.

Public Grades 9-12

123^rd

SchoolDigger Rank ?

of 245 South Carolina High Schools

Better than 50% of South Carolina high schools

Summary

Seneca High is a public high school in Seneca, SC, serving 1,051 students in grades 9-12 as part of the Oconee 01 school district. The school currently ranks 123rd out of 245 high schools in South Carolina, placing it in the middle of the pack among nearby schools.

Seneca High shows a clear split in academic strengths and weaknesses. The school excels in English, with English 1 proficiency (71%) exceeding both district and state averages, and English 2 scores consistently strong. However, Algebra 1 proficiency is a significant concern—only 58% of students scored proficient in 2024-2025, compared to 75.6% district-wide and 74% statewide. This represents a persistent gap of roughly 16-18 percentage points over the past three years. When compared to nearby Walhalla High, which serves a similar student population just 10 miles away, Seneca trails significantly in math (58% vs. 71% proficiency) and overall state ranking (123rd vs. 59th). D. W. Daniel High also outperforms Seneca, ranking 50th in the state.

One of the most pressing challenges is chronic absenteeism, which affects 30.7% of Seneca students—well above the district average of 23.2% and state average of 22.3%. This likely contributes to the school's declining performance across all student subgroups over the past two years. On a positive note, graduation rates have steadily improved to 86%, matching the state average, and per-student spending of $13,752 is comparable to peer schools. The school serves a population with significant economic need, with nearly 70% of students qualifying for free or reduced lunch. While resources appear adequate, the combination of high absenteeism and math struggles suggests targeted interventions in attendance and algebra instruction could help close the gap with neighboring schools.

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 2016 → 50th in 2026

Worth a look

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

!Ranking has slipped — down 28 percentile points since 2016

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

Students meeting standards (2025-2026) ?

This school65%

District avg70%

South Carolina avg69%

123^rd of 245

South Carolina public high schools ?

Top 50%▼ down 29 pts since 2016

From top 22% (2016) to top 50% (2026)

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★★★★★

SchoolDigger rating ?

3^rd of 3High Schools in the Oconee 01

18^th 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
2026	49.6	123 of 245	49.8%	★★★☆☆
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
2026	44.9	108 of 198	45.5%	★★☆☆☆
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
2026	36.6	89 of 136	34.6%	★★☆☆☆
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
2026	48.4	122 of 227	46.3%	★★☆☆☆
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
2026	39.3	128 of 155	17.4%	★☆☆☆☆
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
2026	29.3	97 of 124	21.8%	★☆☆☆☆
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
2026	51.0	118 of 238	50.4%	★★★☆☆
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
2026	47.3	124 of 231	46.3%	★★☆☆☆
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
2026	21.9	51 of 61	16.4%	★☆☆☆☆
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
2026	40.0	134 of 201	33.3%	★★☆☆☆
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 (2026)50th percentile~ school

Male (2026)46th percentile-3 vs school

Female (2026)46th percentile-4 vs school

African American (2026)45th percentile-4 vs school

Disabled (2026)35th percentile-15 vs school

White (2026)33rd percentile-16 vs school

Hispanic (2026)22nd percentile-28 vs school

Gifted and Talented (2026)17th percentile-32 vs school

Multi-racial (2026)16th percentile-33 vs school

By subject vs South Carolina (2025-2026) ?

English 282%~ state avg

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

English 157%-4 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 (2026)				Ranking (2025)				EOCEP English 1 (2026)	EOCEP U.S. History and the Constitution (2026)	EOCEP English 2 (2026)	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 (2026)	Statewide Rank (2026)	State Percentile (2026)	SchoolDigger Rating (2026)	Average Standard Score (2025)	Statewide Rank (2025)	State Percentile (2025)	Rank Change from Previous Year	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%)	49.6	123^rd of 245 public high schools	49.8%		55.6	87^th of 235 public high schools	63.0%	36	56.9	61.6	81.7	$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%)	56.8	108^th of 245 public high schools	55.9%		49.7	109^th of 235 public high schools	53.6%	1	59.1	67.5	83.0	$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%)	75.3	50^th of 245 public high schools	79.6%		69.7	49^th of 235 public high schools	79.1%	1	69.8	70.3	89.9	$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%)	72.1	59^th of 245 public high schools	75.9%		59.7	79^th of 235 public high schools	66.4%	20	75.3	65.2	86.9	$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%)	62.7	90^th of 245 public high schools	63.3%		65.4	61^st of 235 public high schools	74.0%	29	63.5	62.0	87.0	$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%)	34.9	164^th of 245 public high schools	33.1%		37.1	146^th of 235 public high schools	37.9%	18	49.4	42.2	82.5	$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 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

What district is Seneca High in?

Oconee 01

Is Seneca High a good school?

Seneca High ranks 123^rd of 245 South Carolina high schools. SchoolDigger rates this school 3 stars out of 5.

How many students attend Seneca High?

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

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