Summary:
Zip code 29655 is home to exactly one high school, Crescent High, which serves grades 9-12 with 819 students in Iva, South Carolina, part of the Anderson 03 school district.
Crescent High is a standout performer in the state, ranking 24th out of 245 South Carolina high schools (90th percentile) with a 5-star rating for the 2025-2026 school year. The school excels dramatically in English/language arts, with a 96.57% proficiency rate on the English 2 exam—nearly 13 points above the state average—and an 81.33% proficiency on English 1, which is over 20 points higher than the state average. U.S. History proficiency is also strong at 74.62% versus the state's 62.57%. However, Algebra 1 proficiency (75.77%) is only marginally better than the state average (73.95%), highlighting math as a relative weak spot. The school also boasts a 91.7% graduation rate (5 points above the state average) and an exceptionally low dropout rate of just 0.2%, compared to the state's 2.1%.
One notable contradiction is chronic absenteeism: at 28.7%, it is significantly higher than the state average of 22.3%, despite the school's outstanding academic outcomes. This suggests that even frequently absent students are performing well, or that absenteeism is concentrated in a specific subgroup. The school's ranking has been volatile, dipping to 48th place in 2024-2025 before rebounding strongly to 24th place in 2025-2026, coinciding with a nearly 9-point jump in U.S. History proficiency. With per-student spending of $13,367 and a student-teacher ratio of 17.8:1, Crescent High achieves impressive results with moderate resources, making it a model school in the region. The primary areas for improvement are math performance and reducing chronic absenteeism.
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