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33°57′0″N 81°6′23″W / 33.95000°N 81.10639°W / 33.95000; -81.10639
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Airport High School
Address
1315 Boston Avenue

,
29170

United States
Coordinates 33°57′0″N 81°6′23″W / 33.95000°N 81.10639°W / 33.95000; -81.10639
Information
Type Public high school
Established1958 (66 years ago) (1958)
School district Lexington County School District Two
PrincipalMatt Schilit
Grades 9–12
Enrollment1,372 (2020–21) [1]
Color(s)Blue and gray
  
AthleticsFall: 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]
MascotEagle
NicknameThe Port, Flight School
Rival Brookland-Cayce High School
NewspaperThe Eyrie
YearbookAquila
AffiliationColumbia 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, serving the communities of West Columbia, Cayce, South Congaree, 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.

Structure

Airport HS has a student body of around 1,400. Airport HS 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.

JROTC Drill Team

Airport's Golden Talon Drill Team is a drill team that consistently finishes as the top drill team in South Carolina, and in the top 10 drill teams in the nation.

Notable alumni

References

  1. ^ "Airport High". National Center for Education Statistics. Retrieved January 3, 2022.
  2. ^ Airport High School – West Columbia, South Carolina/SC – Public School Profile
  3. ^ "Larry Francis Lebby". South Carolina African American History Calendar. Retrieved November 30, 2017.
  4. ^ "Airport High School's Duce Staley hired as Detroit Lions' new assistant head coach". westmetronews. January 25, 2021. Retrieved February 18, 2022.

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