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Got the raw numbers earlier this week. These are always a pain to deal with and actually go through school by school.
West Ashley can not be right. I find it hard to believe they have lost that many students in 1 year.
Wando over 3600 is amazing. The school is becoming a total outliners with regards to student populations. By my count I think Wando is the largest school in the history of SC.
Spartanburg continues to shrink, the same as we have seen and will continue to see. By 2019 I see Spartanburg under 1600. There is a very good chance Spartanburg will be 3A in less than a decade.
Northwestern continues to gain students back after the split 8 years ago. Northwestern should squarely be back in Division 1 playoffs this season.


1 WANDO 3670.84 1 GAINED
2 DORMAN 3194.74 2 GAINED
3 SUMMERVILLE 2786.87 3 GAINED
4 BOILING SPRINGS 2340.04 5 GAINED
5 SUMTER 2303.82 4 LOST
6 JAMES F BYRNES 2277.68 6 GAINED
7 MAULDIN 2151.31 8 GAINED
8 ASHLEY RIDGE 2136.73 11 GAINED
9 HILLCREST 2059.85 10 GAINED
10 CAROLINA FOREST 2041.42 16 GAINED
11 FORT DORCHESTER 2011.16 12 GAINED
12 CLOVER 1992.84 15 GAINED
13 GAFFNEY 1989.41 13 LOST
14 ROCK HILL 1972.67 17 GAINED
15 SPRING VALLEY 1946.93 14 LOST
16 WHITE KNOLL 1921.82 18 GAINED

17 DUTCH FORK 1894.04 9 LOST
18 LEXINGTON 1870.45 19 GAINED
19 NORTHWESTERN 1795.67 24 GAINED
20 GOOSE CREEK 1777.79 22 GAINED
21 STRATFORD 1770.31 21 GAINED
22 SPARTANBURG 1759.22 20 LOST
23 WEST ASHLEY 1731.85 7 LOST
24 T L HANNA 1728.96 23 LOST
25 EASLEY 1716.06 25 LOST

26 FT MILL 1781
27 WEST FLORENCE 1720
28 J L MANN 1704
29 WESTSIDE 1681
30 WOODMONT 1674
31 NATION FORD 1672
32 BLYTHEWOOD 1663
33 LUGOFF-ELGIN 1627
34 RIVERSIDE 1606
35 SOUTH FLORENCE 1605
36 BLUFFTON 1605
37 WADE HAMPTON (G) 1598
38 LAURENS 1588
39 GREENWOOD 1552
40 COLLETON COUNTY 1548
41 IRMO 1540
42 RIDGE VIEW 1524
43 SOCASTEE 1520
44 CONWAY 1496
45 CANE BAY 1475
46 YORK 1467
47 RIVER BLUFF 1465
48 SOUTH AIKEN 1454
49 RICHLAND NORTHEAST 1450
50 NORTH AUGUSTA 1449
51 ST JAMES 1429
52 AIKEN 1415

53 PICKENS 1387
54 LANCASTER 1349
55 GREENVILLE 1337
56 SOUTH POINTE 1335
57 BEAUFORT 1330
58 HARTSVILLE 1320
59 WESTWOOD 1303.06


Looks like based on these numbers, if they stay the same into next year,
Aiken back to 4A
Richland NE back to 4A

Greenville back to 3A
Westwood to 3A
Hartsville to 3A

Edited

Are those the raw numbers from the Dept. of Education?

Also, where is Bluffton?

SF Band dad wrote:Are those the raw numbers from the Dept. of Education?

Also, where is Bluffton?

Here you go...
https://ed.sc.gov/data/student-counts/S ... counts.cfm

You have to do a specific google search for this page to appear.

Bluffton's enrollment according to the info they provide should put them at 1600.

476 - 9th Grade at H.E. McCracken Middle School. (correct ?)
454 - 10th Grade at Bluffton High
352 - 11th Grade at Bluffton High
318 - 12th Grade at Bluffton High

I knew I would miss one along the way......agggghhhh

450.78
462.25
363.08
329.67

1605.78

Dave Pickren wrote:I knew I would miss one along the way......agggghhhh

Posting info to a forum has the advantage that it encourages feedback and comments. I'll be posting my incomplete 4A schedules soon for the same reason, people will fill-in the gaps and find the errors.

Hmm... all I'm gonna say is this is gonna get interesting come play off time...

Due to an attendance line change effective this year Carolina Forest will drop around 200 students and Conway will gain that same 200 back.

Tigerific wrote:Due to an attendance line change effective this year Carolina Forest will drop around 200 students and Conway will gain that same 200 back.

That makes it even more likely that those good teams just below the cut will move up.

Sparty, Did the State Dept of Education make adjustments to the ADM numbers reported by the district?

I won't pretend to understand the techno-babble of the professional educrats, but I know they have specific methods and formulas to calculate Membership, Head-Count and Enrollment. I believe "membership" will be the lowest number as it requires more than just the student being there.

It's always fun to compare the State Dept of Education numbers to those reported by SCHSL after they make their "adjustments". If anyone is making political adjustments, I believe it's the HSL.

Look on the bright side, if this holds true, Spartanburg could find themselves in the D-II bracket.