MacDougall High
Ridgeville · SC · Dept Of Correction N04 · Public
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Dorchester Career and Technology Center → Pinewood Preparatory School → Cane Bay High → Woodland High → Charis Academy → Summerville High → Holly Hill Academy → Ridge Christian Academy →📋 At a glance
- 🎓 AP rigor: Bottom 6% of US high schools
Composed from federal CRDC offerings, EDFacts ACGR, and other public data. Full breakdowns below.
How MacDougall High compares for families
What families should know about MacDougall High.
- ▸ LocallySC sits right at the US average on NAEP 8th-grade math — local school quality will set your kid apart.
- ▸ vs Similar SchoolsThe closest comparables nearby: Dorchester Career and Technology Center, Pinewood Preparatory School, Cane Bay High and 5 more. See the sidebar to compare side-by-side.
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SAT / ACT participation
CRDC federal data · 2020-21Source: federal Civil Rights Data Collection (CRDC 2020-21). Volume — not score — is what's reported here. A higher count means more students at this school are entering the college admissions pipeline. Note: 2020-21 was COVID-disrupted; some districts (especially those that stayed remote longer) report unusually low or zero takers.
👩🏫 Teacher workforce · federal CRDC
Teacher experience & reliability
Source: federal Civil Rights Data Collection (CRDC 2017-18 — the most recent vintage that publishes per-school teacher quality fields; the 2020-21 sweep had them suppressed). "Inexperienced" = teachers in their first or second year. "Chronic absence" = teachers absent 10+ days/year.
🏛️ Federal Title I context
Lower-need school
Not Title I eligible (FRPL < 25%)
<25% of students qualify for free/reduced lunch. Well below the Title I threshold; expect a higher-income student body on average.
Source: NCES Common Core of Data, free/reduced-price lunch eligibility. The actual Title I designation is a district decision and may differ from eligibility — but the federal eligibility math is what we show here. We don't claim to assert whether the district formally chose to enroll this school in Title I.
Enrollment trend & projection
Total enrollment + grade 12, NCES Common Core of Data (2021–2024).
If the recent trend holds…
At its recent rate of -7.2%/year, projecting from 2024's 4 students:
A small or specialty program — naive trend math doesn't capture the school's full picture. Read the trend as directional, not predictive.
An extrapolation of the recent trajectory, not a forecast of the school's plans; ignores one-off shocks.
Nearby high schools — the local competition
The closest high schools families here also consider, and where their enrollment is heading.
| School | Type | Miles | HS enrollment | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dorchester Career and Technology Center Dorchester |
Public | 5.8 | — | — |
| Pinewood Preparatory School Summerville |
Private | 10.4 | 607 | -1.0% |
| Cane Bay High Summerville |
Public | 10.8 | 2,412 | +24.3% |
| Woodland High Dorchester |
Public | 11.7 | 680 | +13.0% |
| Charis Academy Summerville |
Private | 12.5 | 14 | — |
| Summerville High Summerville |
Public | 12.8 | 3,361 | +4.5% |
| Holly Hill Academy Holly Hill |
Private | 13.6 | 250 | +53.4% |
| Ridge Christian Academy Summerville |
Private | 13.7 | 111 | -1.8% |