High · South Carolina
Bethune-Bowman Middle/High
Free meals for allBethune-Bowman Middle/High, a public high school in Rowesville, South Carolina: grades 6–12, 349 students, 14.0 students per teacher (2024–25 school year). Part of Orangeburg.
Size and class size
Compared with high schools of the same state and the whole country. Students per teacher counts every full-time-equivalent teacher, not the size of each class.
- Students
- 349
- Teachers (FTE)
- 24.9
- Students per teacher
- 14.0
- Grades
- 6–12
- High
Fewer students per teacher than 63% of high schools in South Carolina
Median 15.5 · 248 schools compared
Fewer students per teacher than 53% of high schools in the US
Median 14.4 · 20,809 schools compared
Smaller than 79% of high schools in South Carolina
Median 741 · 250 schools compared
Smaller than 55% of high schools in the US
Median 414 · 22,064 schools compared
State test results
Share of students scoring proficient or above on South Carolina's tests, grades 3–8, 2024–25 school year.
Reading and writing
South Carolina: 60%26%proficient
New test or proficiency bar this year: not comparable with the year before.
A lower share proficient than 90% of high schools in South Carolina
Median 47% · 29 high schools compared
138 students tested, grades 6, 7, 8 · SC Ready; proficient means Levels 3-4
Math
South Carolina: 44%8.0%proficient
+2.2 points from 2023–24 school year
A lower share proficient than 72% of high schools in South Carolina
Median 20% · 29 high schools compared
137 students tested, grades 6, 7, 8 · SC Ready; proficient means Levels 3-4
Each state sets its own test and its own bar for “proficient”, so results compare only within a state. Results also follow family income closely: a school's share reflects its students' circumstances as much as its teaching.
Data sourced from the Education Data Center (www.eddatacenter.org), a partner project of the National Center for Civic Innovation, Inc. State Assessment Data Repository version 3.1. More information about these assessments over time, including participation and test changes, is available from the Education Data Center.
What it offers
- Grades
- High · Grades 6–12
- Type
- District school · Regular
- Instruction
- Some virtual classes
- Meals
- Free breakfast and lunch for every student
- Area
- Distant rural area
- Run by
- Orangeburg
Which school a home is assigned to is decided by the district's attendance zones; check with Orangeburg.
Location
- Address
- 4857 Charleston Highway, Rowesville, SC 29133
- Phone
- (803)516-6011
- County
- Orangeburg County
Nearby high schools
The closest public high schools by straight-line distance. Attendance zones are set by each district.
| School | Grades | Students | Students / teacher | Reading | Math |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Orangeburg Wilkinson HighFree meals for all | 9–12 | 992 | 16.5 | — | — |
| 9–12 | 492 | 18.9 | — | — | |
The Orangeburg Career & Technology CenterCareer and technical | 9–12 | 0 | — | — | — |
Branchville HighFree meals for all | 6–12 | 317 | 14.3 | 68% | 57% |
Edisto HighFree meals for all | 9–12 | 614 | 12.7 | — | — |
Lake Marion Technology CenterCareer and technical | 9–12 | 0 | — | — | — |
Reading and Math: share of tested students proficient or above on the state's own tests (grades 3–8, 2024–25 school year). Compare only within a state.
Data sourced from the Education Data Center (www.eddatacenter.org), a partner project of the National Center for Civic Innovation, Inc. State Assessment Data Repository version 3.1. More information about these assessments over time, including participation and test changes, is available from the Education Data Center.
Sources
- Public schools and school districts (National Center for Education Statistics · U.S. Census Bureau), 2024–25 school year. NCES Common Core of Data and EDGE public school geocodes; U.S. Census Bureau, Annual Survey of School System Finances and cartographic boundary files (places).
- State Assessment Data Repository (Education Data Center), 2024–25 school year. Data sourced from the Education Data Center (www.eddatacenter.org), a partner project of the National Center for Civic Innovation, Inc. State Assessment Data Repository v3.1.
Analisa does not rate schools. Figures are what a school has (students, teachers, programs), placed among schools of the same level; state test results are compared only within a state.
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