Best Public Schools in Due West, SC

Summary:

The city of Due West, South Carolina is home to a single high school, Dixie High, which serves grades 8-12 and has a total enrollment of 507 students. Dixie High has consistently demonstrated strong academic performance, ranking among the top high schools in the state of South Carolina and earning a 5-star rating from SchoolDigger in recent years.

Dixie High's academic excellence is evident in its high proficiency rates on state assessments, often exceeding both district and state averages. In the 2023-2024 school year, the school's proficiency rates were 85.46% in Mathematics, 81.39% in English 1, 69.69% in U.S. History, and 97.7% in English 2. The school's 8th-grade proficiency rates were also impressive, with 68.1% in English Language Arts and 69.2% in Mathematics. Dixie High is part of the Abbeville 60 school district, which is ranked 10th out of 75 districts in South Carolina and is rated 4 stars out of 5 by SchoolDigger.

Despite the school's strong academic performance, a significant portion of its student population (60.75%) comes from economically disadvantaged backgrounds, as indicated by the high percentage of free or reduced-price lunch recipients. This suggests that Dixie High is able to provide a quality education to students from diverse socioeconomic backgrounds, and there may be opportunities for further improvement in addressing the needs of all students, including those from disadvantaged backgrounds, to help the school reach even higher levels of achievement.

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School													Students/Teachers											Ranking (2024)				Ranking (2023)				SC READY English Language Arts (2024)	SC READY Mathematics (2024)	EOCEP Algebra 1/Mathematics for the Technologies 2 (2024)	EOCEP English 1 (2024)	EOCEP U.S. History and the Constitution (2024)	EOCEP English 2 (2024)	Per Pupil Expenditures (2023)
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 (2024)	Statewide Rank (2024)	State Percentile (2024)	SchoolDigger Rating (2024)	Average Standard Score (2023)	Statewide Rank (2023)	State Percentile (2023)	Rank Change from Previous Year	SC READY English Language Arts 8th Grade	SC READY Mathematics 8th Grade	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
Dixie High	Public	8-12	1 Haynes Street	Due West	29639	Abbeville County	Abbeville 60	No	No	No	Yes	(864) 379-2186	507	32	15.8	60.7%	435 (85.8%)	48 (9.5%)	9 (1.8%)	1 (0.2%)	2 (0.4%)	2 (0.4%)	10 (2.0%)	79.1	27^th of 235 public high schools	88.5%		82.4	23^rd of 237 public high schools	90.3%	4	68.1	69.2	85.5	81.4	69.7	97.7	$10,658	$560	$511	$1,070	$8,117	$1,471	$9,588

Cities Near Due West

City	Distance	# of Schools	Statewide Rank
Donalds	2.52 mi	1	9^th
Honea Path	7.61 mi	3	32^nd
Hodges	8.05 mi	1	19^th
Ware Shoals	8.46 mi	3	113^th
Belton	9.44 mi	5	20^th

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SchoolDigger data sources: National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Department of Education, the U.S. Census Bureau and the South Carolina Department of Education.

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