Summary:
Zip code 29693, serving the Westminster, South Carolina area, is home to just one high school: West-Oak High, which serves grades 9 through 12 with an enrollment of 735 students as part of the Oconee 01 school district.
West-Oak High is a mid-tier school in South Carolina, currently ranking 108th out of 245 schools statewide (56th percentile) and earning 3 stars. The school has shown consistent, if modest, improvement over the past three years, climbing from 114th to 108th in state rankings. However, it lags behind its district, which ranks in the top quarter of South Carolina districts (76th percentile). The school's graduation rate is 79.0%, notably below the state average of 86.7%, and its dropout rate of 4.2% is double the state's 2.1%. The most concerning metric is chronic absenteeism: 34.7% of students are chronically absent, compared to 22.3% statewide—a gap of more than 12 percentage points that likely contributes to the lower graduation and higher dropout rates.
Academically, West-Oak High shows a clear split by subject. The school excels in Algebra 1 (80.42% proficiency, 6.47 points above the state) and U.S. History (67.50% proficiency, nearly 5 points above the state). However, English performance is weaker: English 2 proficiency was 82.99% in 2025-2026 (just below the state's 83.79%), while English 1 proficiency dropped from 63.38% to 59.06% year-over-year, falling below the state average. Per-student spending is $15,675 with a favorable 14.8:1 student-teacher ratio, yet these resources haven't translated into stronger overall outcomes. For parents, the school offers solid math and history instruction and a positive ranking trajectory, but addressing attendance and English proficiency—particularly the declining English 1 scores—should be priorities for improvement.
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