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Dreher High School

701 Adger Road, Columbia, SC, 29205-1909 -

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Dreher High School

School Level

High school

Grades Offered

Grades 9 - 12

County

Richland County, SC

Students & Faculty

Total Students

1153 students

% Male / % Female

47% / 53%

Total Classroom Teachers

72 teachers

Students by Grade

Grade 9 - 330 students

Grade 10 - 318 students

Grade 11 - 278 students

Grade 12 - 227 students

This School

(SC) School Average

Teacher : Student Ratio

1:16

1:15

Students by Ethnicity

This School

(SC) School Average

% American Indian	n/a	n/a
% Asian	2%	1%
% Hispanic	1%	2%
% Black	52%	37%
% White	45%	41%

Additional Student Information

This School

(SC) School Average

% Eligible for Free Lunch

29%

36%

% Eligible for Reduced Lunch

% Migrant Students Enrolled

n/a

n/a

(SC) Statewide Testing Performance

School Statewide Performance

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School District Name

Richland County 01 School District

This School's Agency

(SC) District Average

Number of Schools Managed	49	8
Number of Students Managed	24,947 students	4,796 students
District Total Revenue	$310,221,000	$34,226,000
District Expenditure	$362,397,000	$32,374,000
District Revenue / Student	$12,435	$7,136
District Expenditure / Student	$14,527	$6,750
District Graduation Rates	83%	66%

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Milestones (The State)
posted on November 19, 2009 at 04:43:07 am
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Giving a kidney, Marine gives hope (The State)
posted on November 12, 2009 at 05:04:07 am
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Dreher High School is a co-educational four-year public high school in Richland County School District One located in the city of Columbia, South Carolina, United States. Dreher has a distinction as one of the oldest public high schools in the state. Dreher was listed as the 702 best school in the country by Newsweek in their annual best-high school rankings.
History
The school was founded in 1938 at the corner of Millwood and Adger. It was named for E. S. Dreher, Superintendent of Columbia Schools. Dreher opened with 651 students and 30 faculty members. Today, the school currently has 1,302 enrolled student and is classified AAA by the SCHSL. The original building was demolished in the summer of 2007 to make way for a state of the art new building. The new Dreher has been built right next to the old school and opened August 20, 2007, at the start of the 2007-2008 school year. Dreher prides itself on the three A's of Academics, Arts and Athletics, and annually boasts some of the best AP, SAT and ACT scores in the state.
In 2000 Dreher's feeder school, Hand Middle School, was awarded by Time Magazine as one of three Schools of the Year and a had a feature article in on issue of the magazine.
Athletics
For athletics the Dreher mascot is the Blue Devil. The Blue Devil's main rivals are AC Flora High School and Brookland Cayce High School. Dreher offers many sports to its student athletes during the fall, winter and spring.
Men's Sports at Dreher include Baseball, Basketball, Bowling, Cross Country, Football, Golf, Soccer, Swimming, Tennis, Track, and Wrestling.
Women's Sports at Dreher include Basketball, Bowling, Chearleading, Cross Country, Golf, Soccer, Softball, Swimming, Volleyball, Tennis, and Wrestling.
In 2001 and 2003 the women's basketball team won the AAA Basketball State Championship at the Colonial Life Arena, while falling in the 2002 Championship to York High School.In winter 2009, both men's and women's basketball teams won the Region V AAA Championships on their way to undefeated Region seasons.
For football and soccer the Dreher teams play at Memorial Stadium located in the Rosewood neighborhood. Adjacent to Memorial Stadium are the newly built baseball and softball stadiums, along with a new track and field pitch. In September 2007 Dreher was defeated by its crosstown rival Lower Richland 35-21 in football snapping LR's 32-game losing streak.
Recently, men's and women's track and cross country teams have been runner-up at the state championships or been crowned champions for AAA. In 2003 the Dreher Track Team won the AAA State Championship.
Also as of late, the men's and women's soccer teams have had a dominance in region soccer both winning 4 championships in a row, respectively. In 2003 the Dreher women's soccer team won the state championship and in 1999 and 2006 the boy's soccer team won the Lowerstate Final but lost 2-1 in the State Championship game to Riverside High School.
Athletic Titles
Bobsled AAA Statffffe Championships
Winners: 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009
Women's AAA Basketball State Championship
Winners: 1969, 2001, 2003
Runners-Up: 2002
Region Champions:1969, 1977, 1983, 1984, 1988, 1989, 1995, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2009
Track and Field AAA State Championship
Winners: 2003
Women's Soccer
AAA State Champions: 2003
Men's Soccer AAA State Championship
Winners: 1968, 1980, 1982
Runners-Up 1999, 2006
Region Champions: 1968, 1976, 1977, 1981, 1983, 1986, 1988, 19991, 1994, 1995, 1997, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008
Men's Baseball AAAA State Championship
Winners: 1969
Notable alumni
Kary Mullis, Nobel Prize Laureate
Bob Coble, Columbia Mayor of the past 20 years
Alex English, NBA Hall of Famer
Michael Flessas, Actor, Palme d'Or (Golden Palm) winning film Dancer in the Dark at the Cannes Film Festival
Jean H. Toal, Chief Justice of the South Carolina Supreme Court
Warren Edward Johnson, or Blue Sky is a painter and artist famous for Tunnelvision
Corey Jenkins, former professional football player for the Miami Dolphins and Chicago Bears as well as playing baseball for the Boston Red Sox minor league system

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