SCDJJ Evaluation and Detention Center
Columbia · SC · Dept of Juvenile Justice · Public · K-12 combined
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Empowerment and Enrichment Academy → The Palmetto Empowerment and Enrichment Academy → Sara Babb High → Broad River High → Kirkland High → Ben Lippen School → Columbia High → SC Connections Academy →📋 At a glance
- 🎓 AP rigor: Bottom 18% of US high schools
Composed from federal CRDC offerings, EDFacts ACGR, and other public data. Full breakdowns below.
How SCDJJ Evaluation and Detention Center compares for families
What families should know about SCDJJ Evaluation and Detention Center.
- ▸ 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: Empowerment and Enrichment Academy, The Palmetto Empowerment and Enrichment Academy, Sara Babb 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.
Counselor capacity
Source: U.S. Department of Education, Civil Rights Data Collection 2020-2021. Counselor ratio = the school's most recent total enrollment ÷ counselor FTE. The American School Counselor Association (ASCA) recommends a 250:1 maximum; the US national median across schools with on-staff counselors is roughly 430:1.
Enrollment trend & projection
Total enrollment + grade 12, NCES Common Core of Data (2021–2024).
If the recent trend holds…
At its recent rate of +26.7%/year, projecting from 2024's 417 students:
An extrapolation of the recent trajectory, not a forecast of the school's plans; ignores one-off shocks.
Revenue upside
At $12,809 per student in district revenue, the 945 students projected to be gained by 2029 represent ≈ $12,104,505/year in additional funding.
District total revenue ÷ enrollment, NCES F-33. Public funding largely follows enrollment, so a shrinking class is a recurring budget hit.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Empowerment and Enrichment Academy Columbia |
Public | 0.0 | 65 | — |
| The Palmetto Empowerment and Enrichment Academy Columbia |
Public | 0.0 | 92 | — |
| Sara Babb High Columbia |
Public | 0.8 | 8 | — |
| Broad River High Columbia |
Public | 1.2 | 28 | — |
| Kirkland High Columbia |
Public | 1.2 | 42 | — |
| Ben Lippen School Columbia |
Private | 2.2 | 964 | +671.2% |
| Columbia High Columbia |
Public | 2.3 | 681 | -1.4% |
| SC Connections Academy Columbia |
Public · charter | 2.7 | 2,949 | +13.6% |