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Aiken County Public School District
School
Facts & General Info
Annual
Report
| Admin Staff
| Food Service | Transportation
| Recognitions & Awards
| Statistics | Registration
| Demographics |
Official
Name: |
Consolidated
School District of Aiken County |
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Total
Administrative Areas: |
5 |
| Address: |
1000
Brookhaven Drive
Aiken, SC 29803 |
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Number
of Schools: |
41
7 High Schools
10 Middle Schools
20 Elementary Schools
3 Charter Schools
1 Career Center |
| Phone: |
641-2428,
641-2430,
641-2431 |
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Geography:
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1,178
square miles.
Daily school buses cover an area that is as large as the state of Rhode
Island. |
| Student
Population K-12: |
24,683 (2010-2011)
*An additional 1123 students are in the Adult Education
Program |
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Average
Teacher Salary: |
$48,730 |
| Size: |
Aiken
County is South Carolina's sixth largest school district in population. |
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Number
of Teachers: |
1,868
*58% have degrees at the Master's degree level or higher. |
| Number
of Four Year Olds: |
731 |
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Total
Number of Employees: |
3,303 |
| Ethnic
Composition: |
58%
White
33.8% Black
5.2% Hispanic
3.0% Asian American/Other |
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Largest/Smallest
Schools: |
North
Augusta High School is the largest school with 1,627 students.
New Ellenton Middle School is the smallest with 181 students. |
| School
Food Service |
| Total
Meals Served 2009-2010: |
3,708,990 |
| Meals
Served Per Day: |
20,049 |
| Free
And Reduced Meals: |
57.50
% |
| Transportation |
| Total
School Buses: |
198
(2010-2011) |
| Average
Miles Driven per Day: |
11,286
miles per day; 2,031,449 miles for the year (2009-2010)
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| Students Transporting: |
Approximately
10,606 (2009-2010) |
| **Click
here
more school bus facts. |
| Recognitions
and Awards |
| Red
Carpet Winners 2010: |
Millbrook
Elementary, Belvedere Elementary, Midland Valley High
School and North Augusta Elementary |
2009-10
Palmetto Gold and Silver Awards:
State
WebSite link
2009-2010
Closing the Achievement Gaps Awards |
Midland
Valley High School - Silver
North Augusta Middle School - Silver
Aiken Elementary School - Gold
Belvedere Elementary School - Silver
Gloverville Elementary School - Silver
Hammond Hill Elementary School - Gold
North Augusta Elementary School - Silver
Cyril B Busbee Elementary School - Silver
Warrenville Elementary School - Silver
Chukker Creek Elementary School - Gold
Aiken County Career Center - Gold
Aiken Elementary School - Silver
Clearwater Elementary School - Silver
Gloverville Elementary School - Silver
Greendale Elementary School - Silver
Hammond Hill Elementary School - Silver
Cyril B Busbee Elementary School - Silver
Silver Bluff High School - Silver
South Aiken High School - Silver
Midland Valley High School - Silver
Wagener-Salley High School - Silver
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| Aiken
County Teacher of the Year: |
2010-2011
Nikki Mock, Hammond Hills Elementary |
| Model
Programs: |
Several
schools in Aiken County are recognized statewide and nationally
for implementing model programs in the arts, middle school
education, physical education, science education, athletics,
community service initiatives, etc. These honors
are attributed to the hard work of accomplished school
administrators, teachers, students, and parents.
Recognitions include: The Verner Award, Palmetto's
Finest, Blue Ribbon Candidate, National School of Excellence,
Principal of the Year, Milken Family Foundation National
Educators' Award, State Teacher of the Year, Service Learning,
State Agriculture Awards, Vocational Education Awards,
State Band Competitions, and others. Our teachers
amass over a half million dollars annually through writing
educational grants, including grants provided by the Public
Education Partners(PEP). Considering all competitive
grants, the school district accumulates over $1.2 million
annually.
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Distance
learning was made available through a $241,000 grant
from the Governor's Technology Initiative. Also,
a $285,000 state grant was awarded to set up a tape and
delay television center as one of a few in the state. An
additional $257,000 grant was awarded to expand distance
education to a middle school and an alternative school.
This grant expands our educational partners to include
Allendale County Public Schools, University of South Carolina
- Departments of Mathematics and Science Marine Biology,
the University of South Carolina-Aiken, and the Governor's
School for Arts and Humanities. The District offers
on an average twenty courses a semester and serves approximately
two hundred students. This program serves as a model
for the State Department of Education and distance education
throughout the state of South Carolina, and received national
recognition through the Smithsonian Institute, Computer
World Award. |
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| Selected
Statistics |
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- Our
classrooms are technologically rich. There is an average
of one computer for every five students. Schools have
internet capability, as well.
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- Our
school system serves 93 percent of all school-age children
in Aiken County. This compares impressively to other
large school districts in the state with similar demographics.
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- All
of our schools, except charter schools, are fully accredited
by the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools.
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