Philip Simmons High School

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Philip Simmons High School is a high school in Charleston, South Carolina, United States. It is part of the Berkeley County School District, and is named after Philip Simmons.

TypePublic high school
Principal
Chris Buchholz
Staff55.40 (FTE)[1]
Enrollment809[1] (2023-2024)
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Philip Simmons High School
Location
3080 River Village Drive

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29492

United States
Information
TypePublic high school
Principal
Chris Buchholz
Staff55.40 (FTE)[1]
Enrollment809[1] (2023-2024)
Student to teacher ratio
14.60[1]
ColorsPurple, black and gray
      [2]
NicknameIron Horses[2]
Websitehttps://www.bcsdschools.net/o/psh
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Opened in 2017, it serves Daniel Island, an area of Charleston; Thomas Island; Huger, and the Cainhoy Peninsula. These areas were previously zoned to Hanahan High School or Timberland High School (South Carolina) .[3]

Its campus has 107 acres (43 ha) of land, and the school building will have 219,000 square feet (20,300 m2) of space.[4]

Chris Buchholz is the principal.[5]

History

The school officially opened on August 17, 2017. Dr. James A. Spencer was the first principal,[6] and Brion Packett was the first assistant principal for athletics.[7] Prior to his appointment, Spencer was the principal of Marrington Middle School of the Arts.[8]

Feeder patterns

Its feeder schools are Daniel Island K-8, Cainhoy Elementary, Philip Simmons Elementary, and Philip Simmons Middle.[9]

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