Spring valley high school south carolina student handbook

Public, Magnet 9-12

120 Sparkleberry Lane
Columbia , SC 29229

District: Richland 02

SchoolDigger Rank:
76 th of 235 South Carolina High Schools

Per Pupil Expenditures: $11,898

Feeder schools for Spring Valley High:

Student/teacher ratio: 17.8

Number of students: 2,187

Racial breakdown:

African American: Two or more races: American Indian: Pacific Islander:

Free/discounted lunch recipients: 48.6%

Overview
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Performance Trends

Compare Details Spring Valley High ranks better than 67.7% of high schools in South Carolina. It also ranks 2 nd among 5 ranked high schools in the Richland 02 School District. (See more. )

Compare Details In 2024 the calculated Average Standard Score was 60.08. (See more. ) Student Body

Compare Details Spring Valley High has the largest high school student body size in the Richland 02 School District. Student population at Spring Valley High is diverse. Racial makeup is: African American (50.3%), White (22.7%), Hispanic (14.4%). (See more. )

Compare Details 48.6% of students are receiving a free or discounted lunch. (See more. )

Compare Details The student/teacher ratio at Spring Valley High is 17.8. 2 high schools in the Richland 02 School District have better student/teacher ratios. (See more. )

Compare Spring Valley High employs 122.2 full-time teachers.

Compare Details The average total spent per student at Spring Valley High is $11,898. 3 high schools in the Richland 02 School District spend more per student.

Schooldigger 2024 Rankings:

Spring Valley High:

SchoolDigger ranks Spring Valley High 76 th of 235 South Carolina public high schools. (See Spring Valley High in the ranking list.)

High School Test Score Ratings by Student Subgroup:

Multi-racial students: English Language Learner students: Low Socio Economic Status students: Female students: Disabled students: Gifted and Talented students: Military Connected students: Male students: Asian students: African American students: Hispanic students: White students:

Richland 02:

SchoolDigger ranks Richland 02 33 rd of 75 South Carolina school districts. (See district ranking list.)

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Rank History for Spring Valley High

Rank History for all students at Spring Valley High

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked High Schools	SC State Percentile
2005	72.80	35 th	187	81.3%
2006	71.47	37 th	191	80.6%
2007	71.07	30 th	191	84.3%
2008	82.42	19 th	185	89.7%
2009	79.20	27 th	188	85.6%
2010	85.59	24 th	199	87.9%
2011	79.44	34 th	199	82.9%
2012	80.23	35 th	202	82.7%
2013	83.17	24 th	203	88.2%
2014	77.47	38 th	210	81.9%
2015	65.09	48 th	232	79.3%
2016	69.55	37 th	231	84.0%
2017	63.08	42 nd	223	81.2%
2018	61.78	49 th	216	77.3%
2019	62.94	40 th	225	82.2%
2021	61.21	69 th	227	69.6%
2022	57.14	75 th	226	66.8%
2023	64.98	62 nd	237	73.8%
2024	60.08	76 th	235	67.7%

Rank History for Multi-racial students at Spring Valley High

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked High Schools	SC State Percentile
2022	75.48	9 th	48	81.3%
2023	73.21	16 th	57	71.9%
2024	81.73	6 th	53	88.7%

Rank History for English Language Learner students at Spring Valley High

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked High Schools	SC State Percentile
2018	55.05	26 th	58	55.2%
2019	78.42	11 th	64	82.8%
2022	29.87	48 th	61	21.3%
2023	25.52	53 rd	68	22.1%
2024	41.75	45 th	71	36.6%

Rank History for Low Socio Economic Status students at Spring Valley High

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked High Schools	SC State Percentile
2018	59.08	55 th	214	74.3%
2019	55.90	57 th	217	73.7%
2021	42.30	116 th	213	45.5%
2022	45.16	107 th	220	51.4%
2023	59.42	70 th	226	69.0%
2024	53.26	91 st	229	60.3%

Rank History for Female students at Spring Valley High

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked High Schools	SC State Percentile
2018	60.32	59 th	210	71.9%
2019	64.34	50 th	213	76.5%
2021	58.28	73 rd	213	65.7%
2022	52.25	91 st	220	58.6%
2023	64.92	65 th	223	70.9%
2024	62.42	69 th	225	69.3%

Rank History for Disabled students at Spring Valley High

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked High Schools	SC State Percentile
2018	44.47	74 th	137	46.0%
2019	75.14	26 th	143	81.8%
2021	28.50	84 th	115	27.0%
2022	58.90	45 th	139	67.6%
2023	43.90	76 th	141	46.1%
2024	50.55	68 th	145	53.1%

Rank History for Gifted and Talented students at Spring Valley High

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked High Schools	SC State Percentile	SchoolDigger Rating
2023	75.46	14 th	156	91.0%
2024	69.65	38 th	157	75.8%

Rank History for Military Connected students at Spring Valley High

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked High Schools	SC State Percentile	SchoolDigger Rating
2023	55.44	8 th	15	46.7%
2024	44.86	8 th	15	46.7%

Rank History for Male students at Spring Valley High

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked High Schools	SC State Percentile
2018	64.53	46 th	213	78.4%
2019	64.12	42 nd	218	80.7%
2021	60.77	66 th	215	69.3%
2022	59.13	68 th	224	69.6%
2023	63.59	66 th	229	71.2%
2024	58.01	80 th	228	64.9%

Rank History for Asian students at Spring Valley High

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked High Schools	SC State Percentile
2018	80.63	2 nd	7	71.4%
2019	65.67	3 rd	8	62.5%
2021	63.49	5 th	9	44.4%
2022	69.29	3 rd	11	72.7%
2023	54.47	7 th	11	36.4%
2024	58.76	5 th	13	61.5%

Rank History for African American students at Spring Valley High

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked High Schools	SC State Percentile
2018	82.35	12 th	183	93.4%
2019	79.73	13 th	184	92.9%
2021	71.03	34 th	178	80.9%
2022	71.29	37 th	190	80.5%
2023	80.55	25 th	199	87.4%
2024	76.52	28 th	194	85.6%

Rank History for Hispanic students at Spring Valley High

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked High Schools	SC State Percentile
2018	58.57	34 th	80	57.5%
2019	67.09	20 th	86	76.7%
2021	58.34	41 st	93	55.9%
2022	50.19	51 st	108	52.8%
2023	61.40	41 st	119	65.5%
2024	53.31	49 th	121	59.5%

Rank History for White students at Spring Valley High

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked High Schools	SC State Percentile
2018	76.44	15 th	185	91.9%
2019	82.41	8 th	191	95.8%
2021	70.67	42 nd	189	77.8%
2022	65.47	51 st	192	73.4%
2023	79.15	29 th	197	85.3%
2024	76.78	34 th	196	82.7%

See the entire list of Best South Carolina High Schools for White Students!

Data source: test scores: South Carolina Department of Education, rankings: SchoolDigger.com

As you review the school rankings data, please be aware that some of the information from certain demographics is missing. The reason for this omission is that the data has been redacted from the source data itself due to low population samples in these specific demographic groups.

Redacting data from low population samples is a necessary step to ensure the reliability and accuracy of the results, as small sample sizes may not be representative of the broader population. Additionally, this measure helps protect the privacy of individuals belonging to these demographic groups.

Spring Valley High Test Scores

(All)
EOCEP Algebra 1/Mathematics for the Technologies 2
EOCEP English 1
EOCEP U.S. History and the Constitution
EOCEP English 2
EOCEP Biology 1/Applied Biology 2
ACT English
ACT Mathematics
ACT Reading
ACT Science
HSAP English Language Arts
HSAP Math
EOCEP Physical Science

(All)
10th Grade
11th Grade
End of course

Grade
Year
Test

District Scores: State Scores: (All Students)

All Students
Female
Male
Asian
African American
Hispanic
Pacific Islander
White
Multi-racial
English Language Learner
Low Socio Economic Status
Disabled
Gifted and Talented
Military Connected

Updates have been made to the graphs below.

Data source: South Carolina State Department of Education

Review counts

All ratings (Avg rating: 3 )

by a student
Tuesday, August 18, 2020

Very disappointed! Some teachers will care about you and try to help you, while others just care about making their jobs easier. Please be careful when choosing classes. Also, the school just seems to care about stuffing the information into us as quickly as possible by putting us into many semester classes.

Enrollment/Ethnicity
Free/Disc Lunch
Student/Teacher Ratio

Enrollment information for Spring Valley High

Year	White	African American	Asian	Hispanic	American Indian	Pacific Islander	Two or More Races	Not Specified	Total
1988	1747	595	61	23	0	n/a	n/a	0	2426
1989	1728	633	56	27	6	n/a	n/a	0	2450
1990	1680	640	50	30	3	n/a	n/a	0	2403
1991	1666	651	67	26	3	n/a	n/a	0	2413
1992	1747	703	80	30	1	n/a	n/a	0	2561
1993	1577	823	71	35	2	n/a	n/a	0	2508
1994	1551	906	75	33	2	n/a	n/a	0	2567
1995	953	726	45	34	1	n/a	n/a	0	1759
1996	953	726	45	34	1	n/a	n/a	0	1759
1997	873	679	59	33	3	n/a	n/a	0	1647
1998	827	714	57	28	2	n/a	n/a	0	1628
1999	841	793	61	32	1	n/a	n/a	0	1728
2000	853	846	77	43	3	n/a	n/a	0	1822
2001	844	787	73	47	4	n/a	n/a	0	1755
2002	863	879	81	47	4	n/a	n/a	1	1875
2003	863	879	81	47	4	n/a	n/a	1	1875
2004	860	914	75	56	5	n/a	n/a	0	1910
2005	856	998	84	63	5	n/a	n/a	1	2007
2006	811	974	91	54	5	n/a	n/a	3	1938
2007	792	932	97	62	5	n/a	n/a	0	1888
2008	786	978	107	66	3	n/a	n/a	9	1949
2009	714	997	109	59	4	n/a	n/a	8	1891
2010	732	1061	119	77	6	n/a	n/a	7	2002
2011	753	1076	128	84	3	3	23	0	2070
2012	728	1151	132	92	4	3	18	0	2128
2013	716	1013	125	108	4	4	30	0	2000
2014	674	1002	122	134	3	6	33	0	1974
2015	625	1047	130	157	2	7	60	0	2028
2016	579	1059	117	182	3	8	61	0	2009
2017	590	1081	128	208	3	9	70	0	2089
2018	581	1054	127	230	4	7	78	0	2081
2019	566	1099	141	268	3	9	76	0	2162
2020	583	1103	155	276	2	7	86	0	2212
2021	526	1014	168	286	3	10	86	0	2093
2022	520	1058	167	304	4	5	100	0	2158
2023	496	1099	164	316	4	1	107	0	2187

Data source: National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Dept of Education.

About Enrollment/Ethnicity

For more information about how the Department of Education defines ethnicity, see Defining Race and Ethnicity Data, National Center for Education Statistics

Students eligible for free or discounted lunch at Spring Valley High

Year	# Students	Full-time Teachers	Student/Teacher ratio	% Free/Discounted Lunch
1988	2426	130.1	18.6	n/a
1989	2450	129.7	18.8	n/a
1990	2403	144.0	16.6	n/a
1991	2413	144.4	16.7	4.8
1992	2561	152.9	16.7	7.5
1993	2508	156.4	16.0	7.9
1994	2567	155.8	16.5	8.1
1995	1759	114.7	15.3	16.3
1996	1759	114.7	15.3	16.3
1997	1647	112.5	14.6	14.6
1998	1628	108.2	15.0	16.7
1999	1728	116.6	14.8	11.5
2000	1822	126.7	14.4	14.4
2001	1755	121.4	14.5	15.8
2002	1875	115.9	16.2	20.2
2003	1875	115.9	16.2	20.2
2004	1910	123.8	15.4	24.7
2005	2007	131.0	15.3	25.9
2006	1938	127.2	15.2	19.1
2007	1888	162.7	11.6	30.6
2008	1949	120.6	16.2	20.4
2009	1891	122.2	15.5	24.4
2010	2002	126.3	15.8	29.2
2011	2070	125.0	16.5	35.3
2012	2128	122.6	17.3	38.3
2013	2000	117.8	16.9	35.3
2014	1974	119.5	16.5	35.8
2015	2028	124.0	16.3	35.5
2016	2009	123.0	16.3	35.2
2017	2089	123.8	16.8	34.6
2018	2081	119.8	17.3	33.5
2019	2162	122.8	17.6	36.1
2020	2212	120.5	18.3	33
2021	2093	120.5	17.3	37.9
2022	2158	122.3	17.6	38
2023	2187	122.2	17.8	48.6

Data source: National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Dept of Education.

About Students eligible for discounted/free lunch :

The National School Lunch Program (NSLP) provides low-cost or free meals to students in U.S. public and nonprofit private schools based on household income. Those with incomes below 130% of the poverty line receive free lunch, while those between 130% and 185% qualify for reduced-price lunch. The percentage of students receiving free or reduced-price lunch serves as a marker for poverty, as it reflects the socioeconomic status of families in a given school or district. A higher FRPL rate typically indicates a higher concentration of low-income families, suggesting that the school or district may face additional challenges in providing adequate resources and support for student success.

Student/Teacher Ratio Spring Valley High

Year	# Students	Full-time Teachers	Student/Teacher ratio	% Free/Discounted Lunch
1988	2426	130.1	18.6	n/a
1989	2450	129.7	18.8	n/a
1990	2403	144.0	16.6	n/a
1991	2413	144.4	16.7	4.8
1992	2561	152.9	16.7	7.5
1993	2508	156.4	16.0	7.9
1994	2567	155.8	16.5	8.1
1995	1759	114.7	15.3	16.3
1996	1759	114.7	15.3	16.3
1997	1647	112.5	14.6	14.6
1998	1628	108.2	15.0	16.7
1999	1728	116.6	14.8	11.5
2000	1822	126.7	14.4	14.4
2001	1755	121.4	14.5	15.8
2002	1875	115.9	16.2	20.2
2003	1875	115.9	16.2	20.2
2004	1910	123.8	15.4	24.7
2005	2007	131.0	15.3	25.9
2006	1938	127.2	15.2	19.1
2007	1888	162.7	11.6	30.6
2008	1949	120.6	16.2	20.4
2009	1891	122.2	15.5	24.4
2010	2002	126.3	15.8	29.2
2011	2070	125.0	16.5	35.3
2012	2128	122.6	17.3	38.3
2013	2000	117.8	16.9	35.3
2014	1974	119.5	16.5	35.8
2015	2028	124.0	16.3	35.5
2016	2009	123.0	16.3	35.2
2017	2089	123.8	16.8	34.6
2018	2081	119.8	17.3	33.5
2019	2162	122.8	17.6	36.1
2020	2212	120.5	18.3	33
2021	2093	120.5	17.3	37.9
2022	2158	122.3	17.6	38
2023	2187	122.2	17.8	48.6

Data source: National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Dept of Education.

About Student-Teacher Ratio

Student/teacher ratio is calculated by dividing the total number of students by the total number of full-time equivalent teachers. Please note that a smaller student/teacher ratio does not necessarily translate to smaller class size. In some instances, schools hire teachers part time, and some teachers are hired for specialized instruction with very small class sizes. These and other factors contribute to the student/teacher ratio. Note: For private schools, Student/teacher ratio may not include Pre-Kindergarten.