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Westside High School

Serves grades 9 - 12

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Raw data sources:
  • Test Scores: Edfacts (U.S. Department of Education), State departments of education.
  • Expenditures: National Center for Education Statistics.
  • Educational Environment: American Community Survey (U.S. Census Bureau).
Date(s) & Update Frequency:
  • Test data: Reflects 2022 – 2023 school year.
  • Expenditures: 2021
  • Educational Environment: 2022 (latest available). Updated annually.
  • All data updated July 2024

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School Overview

Address
806 Pearman Dairy Road
Anderson, SC 29625
Phone
(864) 260-5260
District
Anderson 05
County
ANDERSON COUNTY
Type of School
Regular elementary or secondary
Magnet School
No
Charter School
No
Students Enrolled
1769
Classroom Teachers
98

School Quality Ratings

School Quality Compared to South Carolina

4

(10 is best)

Better than 34.3% of all SC schools.

School Quality Compared to U.S.

4

(10 is best)

Westside High School Test Scores (No Child Left Behind Tests)

Grade 10

60 50 40 30 20 10 0
22%
31%
32%
47%
11%
15%
    Proficiency in Reading and Math
    Proficiency in Reading
    Proficiency in Math
School
State

Class Size (number of students per classroom teacher)

20 15 10 5 0
18
15
14
16
    AVG FOR THIS SCHOOL
    AVG FOR DISTRICT
    AVG FOR STATE
    AVG FOR NATION
SCHOOL ENROLLMENT BY GRADE NUMBER OF STUDENTS PERCENTAGE
Grade 9 585 33.1%
Grade 10 497 28.1%
Grade 11 397 22.4%
Grade 12 290 16.4%
Total 1769 100%

School enrollment by group

Ethnic/Racial Groups This School This District This State
White (non-hispanic) 44.0% 51.5% 50.8%
Black 39.0% 35.4% 33.4%
Hispanic 16.1% 11.5% 13.5%
Asian Or Pacific Islander 0.9% 1.6% 1.9%
American Indian Or Native Of Alaska 0.0% 0.1% 0.4%
Economic Groups This School This District This State
Economically disadvantaged 88.7% 79.2% 70.0%
Free lunch eligible 81.4% 75.9% 66.7%
Reduced lunch eligible 7.3% 3.3% 3.3%
POPULATION DISTRICT FOR THIS SCHOOL STATE
POPULATION 85,158 5,282,634
POPULATION DENSITY (per sq. mile) 776.4 174
POPULATION DISTRIBUTION BY AGE DISTRICT FOR THIS SCHOOL STATE
4 YEARS OLD AND BELOW 5.6% 5.5%
5-19 YEARS OLD 20.2% 18.8%
20-44 YEARS OLD 30.7% 31.8%
45-64 YEARS OLD 25.2% 25.6%
65 OR OLDER 18.3% 18.2%
HOUSEHOLD CHARACTERISTICS DISTRICT FOR THIS SCHOOL STATE
Number Of Households 34,480 2,023,085
Single Parent Households With Children 9.7% 8.6%
Adults With At Least A High School Diploma 87.6% 89.3%
Adults With At Least A Bachelor's Degree 26.5% 30.6%
HOUSEHOLD INCOME DISTRIBUTION DISTRICT FOR THIS SCHOOL STATE
$150,000 or more 10.7% 14.3%
$100,000 - $149,999 13.5% 15.4%
$75,000 - $99,999 12.3% 12.9%
$50,000 - $74,999 16.4% 17.5%
$30,000 - $49,999 19.1% 16.9%
$15,000 - $29,999 16.5% 12.7%
$15,000 or less 11.5% 10.3%

Education Expenditures

For this District Per Student Total % of Total
Instructional Expenditures $6,261 $78,632,000 48.5%
Support Expenditures
Student $882 $11,075,035 6.8%
Staff $1,068 $13,415,000 8.3%
General Administration $58 $725,000 0.4%
School Administration $807 $10,135,000 6.2%
Operation $1,155 $14,509,000 8.9%
Transportation $411 $5,166,965 3.2%
Other $652 $8,186,000 5.0%
Total Support $5,033 $63,212,000 39.0%
Non-instructional Expenditures $1,622 $20,375,000 12.6%
Total Expenditures $12,916 $162,219,000 100.0%
For the State Per Student Total % of Total
Instructional Expenditures $7,168 $5,657,337,000 48.4%
Support Expenditures
Student $903 $712,782,320 6.1%
Staff $704 $555,750,000 4.8%
General Administration $104 $82,105,000 0.7%
School Administration $780 $615,561,000 5.3%
Operation $1,170 $923,498,000 7.9%
Transportation $430 $339,663,680 2.9%
Other $537 $424,054,000 3.6%
Total Support $4,629 $3,653,414,000 31.3%
Non-instructional Expenditures $3,013 $2,378,175,000 20.3%
Total Expenditures $14,811 $11,688,926,000 100.0%
For the Nation Per Student Total % of Total
Instructional Expenditures $8,505 $421,432,149,000 50.1%
Support Expenditures
Student $912 $45,189,184,320 5.4%
Staff $715 $35,442,027,000 4.2%
General Administration $282 $13,997,625,000 1.7%
School Administration $800 $39,661,338,000 4.7%
Operation $1,302 $64,530,934,000 7.7%
Transportation $501 $24,826,324,680 3.0%
Other $567 $28,090,428,000 3.3%
Total Support $5,081 $251,737,861,000 29.9%
Non-instructional Expenditures $3,383 $167,614,653,000 19.9%
Total Expenditures $16,969 $840,784,663,000 100.0%

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