Summary:
Zip code 29105 is served by a single school, Ridge Spring-Monetta Middle/ High, a combined campus in Monetta, SC, that educates students in grades 6 through 12 within the Aiken 01 district.
For families in this rural area, Ridge Spring-Monetta Middle/ High is the only public option, making its performance the sole indicator of local educational quality. The school shows a clear split in academic outcomes. On one hand, it excels in certain end-of-course exams, with Algebra 1 pass rates (80.39%) and English 2 proficiency (86.85%) in 2024-2025 that beat both district and state averages. On the other hand, its middle school SC READY scores are consistently 18 to 25 points below state averages, with 8th-grade math proficiency at just 19.7% and 6th-grade science at 29.4% in 2025-2026. The most concerning area is U.S. History, where proficiency dropped sharply to 39.4%, a 23-point gap from the state. Encouragingly, math scores are improving dramatically year-over-year—7th-grade math more than tripled from 7.4% to 24.1%—though proficiency remains low overall.
Beyond test scores, the school posts a graduation rate of 88.2%, above the state average, but its dropout rate of 3.3% is also higher than both district and state figures. Chronic absenteeism (21.8%) is a relative bright spot, matching the state average and beating the district. With a 12.4:1 student-teacher ratio and per-student spending of $13,833, the school is reasonably resourced, yet its state ranking has been volatile, swinging from the 43rd to the 20th percentile recently. For parents, this means a school with strong potential in advanced coursework and a positive trajectory in math, but one that needs significant attention in middle-grade fundamentals and U.S. History.
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