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Dreher High
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Dreher High

PublicHighGrades 9–12

3319 Millwood Avenue, Columbia, SC 29205 · (803) 253-7000 · Part of Richland School District 1

Columbia’s School Grade B better than 59% of South Carolina school districts

Directions
Photo: Abductive · CC0 · Wikimedia Commons
Students
1,144
Students per teacher
15:1
Setting
City
Grades
9–12
The gist

What stands out about Dreher High

  • Its own letter, A: reading and math results near the top of South Carolina’s public schools
  • Math proficiency 9 pts above the state
  • Reading / language arts 44 pts above the state

On the path

Where Columbia kids come from and go next. The whole path →

6–86 middle schoolsDepends on your address
9–12Dreher HighYou are here

Test scores

2020–21
Math proficiency47%
State average 38.3%
Reading / language arts92%
State average 48.1%

Its own letter, A, places these results among South Carolina’s 1,072 public schools with results. Source: EDFacts via Urban Institute Education Data Portal (SY2020-21).

Location

Directions ↗

3319 Millwood Avenue, Columbia

Students

Enrollment by grade
Grade 9320
Grade 10287
Grade 11290
Grade 12247
Enrollment over time
1,150’20
1,183’21
1,150’22
1,155’23
1,144’24

About steady since 2020–21.

Who goes here
Black 49%White 34%Hispanic 9%Two or more races 6%Asian 2%Native Hawaiian/Pacific Islander <1%American Indian/Alaska Native <1%

As reported to NCES, share of students with a reported race or ethnicity.

Parents talk

Questions and answers about Dreher High from Columbia families.

Other schools in Richland School District 1

The district →
Brennen Elementary
Elementary · Grades PK–5 · Columbia
A−
805 students14:1
Caughman Road Elementary
Elementary · Grades PK–5 · Columbia
C−
715 students13:1
Meadowfield Elementary
Elementary · Grades PK–5 · Columbia
C
615 students15:1
Horrell Hill Elementary
Elementary · Grades PK–5 · Hopkins
D
565 students15:1
Pine Grove Elementary
Elementary · Grades PK–5 · Columbia
C−
501 students13:1
Watkins-Nance Elementary
Elementary · Grades PK–5 · Columbia
C−
499 students17:1

School facts: U.S. Department of Education (NCES), 2024–2025 school year. Test scores: EDFacts via Urban Institute Education Data Portal (SY2020-21). A school’s letter is our own summary of its reading and math results against South Carolina’s other public schools; Columbia’s School Grade is built from its districts’ results. Map: © OpenStreetMap contributors.