SC Governor's School for Agriculture at John de la Howe
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McCormick High → Calhoun Falls Charter School → Abbeville County Career Center → Abbeville High → Cold Springs Mennonite School → Emerald High → Cambridge Academy → Greenwood High →📋 At a glance
- ✅ Dual-enrollment program (college credit while in HS)
- 🎓 AP rigor: Bottom 33% of US high schools
- 📝 SAT/ACT participation: Bottom 22% by test-taker volume
Composed from federal CRDC offerings, EDFacts ACGR, and other public data. Full breakdowns below.
How SC Governor's School for Agriculture at John de la Howe compares for families
What families should know about SC Governor's School for Agriculture at John de la Howe.
- ▸ 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: McCormick High, Calhoun Falls Charter School, Abbeville County Career Center and 5 more. See the sidebar to compare side-by-side.
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SAT / ACT participation
CRDC federal data · 2020-21Bottom 22% by test-taker volume
Source: 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.
🏛️ 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 +9.9%/year, projecting from 2024's 81 students:
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| McCormick High McCormick |
Public | 10.3 | 192 | +1.6% |
| Calhoun Falls Charter School Calhoun Falls |
Public · charter | 14.3 | 93 | +10.7% |
| Abbeville County Career Center Abbeville |
Public | 14.6 | — | — |
| Abbeville High Abbeville |
Public | 16.2 | 463 | -0.6% |
| Cold Springs Mennonite School Abbeville |
Private | 19.3 | 66 | -15.4% |
| Emerald High Greenwood |
Public | 20.9 | 887 | +2.8% |
| Cambridge Academy Greenwood |
Private | 21.7 | 264 | +41.9% |
| Greenwood High Greenwood |
Public | 23.5 | 1,724 | +5.5% |