Impact of COVID-19 on Whitmire Community School (High)
The coronavirus has had a profound impact on education in America.
Learning shifted online overnight, attendance numbers dwindled, and enrollment decreased.
SchoolDigger.com is making it easier for you to better assess how COVID-19 has impacted your school.
Through the collection of pre-pandemic (2019) and current data, SchoolDigger.com is sharing test scores,
enrollment numbers and school demographics from schools across the country – and we make it easy to see how impacted schools compare locally and statewide.
Rankings
Rank
Pre-pandemic (2018-2019) |
Rank
Post pandemic (2022-2023) |
Change (%) |
Ranks 204th of 315 Middle schools | Ranks 81st of 325 Middle schools | 39.8% |
Ranks 144th of 225 High schools | Ranks 79th of 237 High schools | 30.7% |
Test Scores
|
% proficient
Pre-pandemic (2018-2019) |
% proficient
Post pandemic (2022-2023) |
Change (%) |
6th Grade Science (Whitmire Community School (High)) | 41.7 | 66.6 | 24.9% |
6th Grade Science (Newberry 01) | 39 | 38.8 | 0.2% |
6th Grade Science (South Carolina) | 47.1 | 43 | 4.1% |
6th Grade English Language Arts (Whitmire Community School (High)) | 47.3 | 61.5 | 14.2% |
6th Grade English Language Arts (Newberry 01) | 33.4 | 49.4 | 16% |
6th Grade English Language Arts (South Carolina) | 41.1 | 53.4 | 12.3% |
6th Grade Mathematics (Whitmire Community School (High)) | 47.2 | 51.3 | 4.1% |
6th Grade Mathematics (Newberry 01) | 42.2 | 35.1 | 7.1% |
6th Grade Mathematics (South Carolina) | 43.9 | 36.7 | 7.2% |
7th Grade English Language Arts (Whitmire Community School (High)) | 28.6 | 48.7 | 20.1% |
7th Grade English Language Arts (Newberry 01) | 37.4 | 42.4 | 5% |
7th Grade English Language Arts (South Carolina) | 44 | 50.1 | 6.1% |
7th Grade Mathematics (Whitmire Community School (High)) | 16.7 | 28.2 | 11.5% |
7th Grade Mathematics (Newberry 01) | 36.6 | 20.8 | 15.8% |
7th Grade Mathematics (South Carolina) | 35.3 | 31 | 4.3% |
8th Grade English Language Arts (Whitmire Community School (High)) | 28.6 | 64.1 | 35.5% |
8th Grade English Language Arts (Newberry 01) | 40.4 | 49.6 | 9.2% |
8th Grade English Language Arts (South Carolina) | 44.5 | 53.1 | 8.6% |
8th Grade Mathematics (Whitmire Community School (High)) | 28.5 | 38.4 | 9.9% |
8th Grade Mathematics (Newberry 01) | 41.8 | 26.3 | 15.5% |
8th Grade Mathematics (South Carolina) | 36.6 | 31.6 | 5% |
End of Course Algebra 1/Mathematics for the Technologies 2 (Whitmire Community School (High)) | 60.5 | 80 | 19.5% |
End of Course Algebra 1/Mathematics for the Technologies 2 (Newberry 01) | 60.2 | 77.4 | 17.2% |
End of Course Algebra 1/Mathematics for the Technologies 2 (South Carolina) | 68.6 | 68.3 | 0.3% |
End of Course Biology 1/Applied Biology 2 (Whitmire Community School (High)) | 58.9 | 47.7 | 11.2% |
End of Course Biology 1/Applied Biology 2 (Newberry 01) | 50 | 50.3 | 0.3% |
End of Course Biology 1/Applied Biology 2 (South Carolina) | 67.2 | 59.1 | 8.1% |
End of Course English 1 (Whitmire Community School (High)) | 72.5 | 88.6 | 16.1% |
End of Course English 1 (Newberry 01) | 76.7 | 82.3 | 5.6% |
End of Course English 1 (South Carolina) | 78.9 | 84 | 5.1% |
Student Body
|
Number of students
Pre-pandemic (2018-2019) |
Number of students
Post pandemic (2022-2023) |
Change (%) |
Total Students | 305 | 281 | 7.9% |
African American | 58 | 54 | 6.9% |
American Indian | 1 | 3 | 200% |
Asian | 2 | 0 | 100% |
Hispanic | 3 | 6 | 100% |
Pacific Islander | 0 | 0 | |
White | 222 | 193 | 13.1% |
Two or More Races | 19 | 25 | 31.6% |
% Free/Discounted Lunch Recipients | 100% | 64.4% | 35.6% |