Airport High School (South Carolina)
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| Airport High School | |
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| Location | |
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1315 Boston Avenue , 29170 United States | |
| Coordinates | 33°57′0″N 81°6′23″W / 33.95000°N 81.10639°W |
| Information | |
| Type | Public high school |
| Established | 1958 |
| School district | Lexington County School District Two |
| Principal | Matt Schilit |
| Teaching staff | 72.00 (FTE)[1] |
| Grades | 9–12 |
| Enrollment | 1,338 (2023–2024)[1] |
| Student to teacher ratio | 18.58[1] |
| Colors | Blue and gray |
| Athletics | Fall: competitive cheer, cross country, football, girls' golf, swimming, girls' tennis, volleyball
Winter: girls' basketball, boys' basketball, bowling, wrestling Spring: baseball, boys' golf, girls' soccer, softball, boys' tennis, track[citation needed] |
| Mascot | Eagle |
| Nickname | The Port, Flight School |
| Rival | Brookland-Cayce High School |
| Newspaper | The Eyrie |
| Yearbook | Aquila |
| Affiliation | Columbia Metropolitan Airport (CAE), Midlands Technical College (Airport Campus) |
| Website | https://ahs.lex2.org/ |
Airport High School in West Columbia, South Carolina, United States, is a public high school offering education for grades 9–12. It serves the communities of West Columbia, Cayce, South Congaree, and Pine Ridge, and parts of Gaston. A part of Lexington County School District 2, it derives its name from its location next to (CAE) Columbia Metropolitan Airport. Sports teams are known as the Eagles. The main athletic rival is the Brookland-Cayce High School Bearcats.
Airport HS has a student body of around 1,400. It has a student: teacher ratio of 31:1 in core subjects. The current principal is Matt Schilit, alongside assistant principals Julie Miller, Cheryl Talton, and Chris Pumphrey.
Class breakdown is as follows:
- 9th – 566
- 10th – 484
- 11th – 441
- 12th – 454[2]
Feeder schools
Elementary and middle schools that feed into Airport High School are Congaree Elementary School, Springdale Elementary School, Herbert A. Wood Elementary School, R.H. Fulmer Middle School, and Pine Ridge Middle School.
