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Spring Valley High School

120 Sparkleberry Ln, Columbia, SC, 29223-4337 -

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Definition of Terms

Spring Valley High School

School Level

High school

School Type

Magnet School

Grades Offered

Grades 9 - 12

County

Richland County, SC

Students & Faculty

Total Students

1938 students

% Male / % Female

51% / 49%

Total Classroom Teachers

127 teachers

Students by Grade

Grade 9 - 508 students

Grade 10 - 567 students

Grade 11 - 448 students

Grade 12 - 415 students

This School

(SC) School Average

Teacher : Student Ratio

1:15

1:15

Students by Ethnicity

This School

(SC) School Average

% American Indian	n/a	n/a
% Asian	5%	1%
% Hispanic	3%	2%
% Black	50%	37%
% White	42%	41%

Additional Student Information

This School

(SC) School Average

% Eligible for Free Lunch

14%

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 02 School District

This School's Agency

(SC) District Average

Number of Schools Managed	26	8
Number of Students Managed	21,455 students	4,796 students
District Total Revenue	$188,147,000	$34,226,000
District Expenditure	$200,979,000	$32,374,000
District Revenue / Student	$8,769	$7,136
District Expenditure / Student	$9,367	$6,750
District Graduation Rates	87%	66%

Roberts eager for next phase (The Post and Courier)
posted on November 19, 2009 at 06:33:39 am
Citadel football coach Kevin Higgins still remembers Andre Roberts' first practice as a Bulldog, more than four years ago. "He just looked different, even from the upper-class guys who had been in the program several years," Higgins recalled this week.
Milestones (The State)
posted on November 19, 2009 at 04:43:07 am
COLUMBIA GREEN has awarded $11,000 in neighborhood and tree initiative grants for projects in the Columbia area. Winners of the neighborhood grants include Ashewood Neighborhood Association, Downtown Neighborhood Association, Historic Waverly Neighborhood, Strathaven Forest Subdivision, University Hills Neighborhood Association and the W. Gordon Belser Arboretum. Completion of each project is ...
Almanac (The State)
posted on November 19, 2009 at 04:43:07 am
MEETINGS
Meetings (The State)
posted on November 12, 2009 at 05:04:07 am
WOMEN IN PHILANTHROPY FOUNDERS' BREAKFAST: 8-9:30 a.m. Thursday, Nov. 19, at Brookland Banquet and Conference Center, 1066 Sunset Blvd., West Columbia. Guest speaker will be Hildy Teegen, dean of the Moore School of Business at USC. $25, register at www.uway.org/events.
Scouts 'part of something big' + gallery (The State)
posted on November 8, 2009 at 05:04:24 am
If violence rattled a number of Columbia inner-city neighborhoods this weekend, some of their most vulnerable residents wouldn't have been there to witness it.

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Spring Valley High School is located in Northeast Columbia, South Carolina and is operated by the Richland County School District Two. Originally opened in the fall of 1970, it was the sole high school operating in Richland School District Two, replacing Dentsville High School.
History
Originally opened in the fall of 1970, it was the sole high school operating in Richland School District Two, replacing Dentsville High School. New students and families entering the halls of Spring Valley High School for the first time often find themselves walking in circles due to the school's unique design. The main building is divided into octagonal 'pods', each containing 8 chevron-shaped classrooms. This design was born out of the open classroom concept that was popular during the late 1960s and early 1970s. In the school's early days, classrooms within each pod had no walls, allowing students to participate in any one of several classes occurring at one time. Ultimately this did not prove successful, and walls were later added to the classroom pods by the early 1980s. In mid-January 2008, a new three story building replaced the pods as the new school.
Spring Valley Viking Band
The Spring Valley Viking Band is the Marching Band for Spring Valley High School. The first band took the field in 1971, a year after the school's opening. The band has won six South Carolina Band Directors Association 4-A State Marching Championships. They won five straight from 1974 to 1978 and won their sixth in 1983. The band also won three national titles, the De Soto National Title in 1974 and Cherry Blossom National Title in both 1975 and 1978. In 1984 a festival form state competition was adapted so there was no state champion. This form was abandoned the next year when the band took second place. The band also won the lower state championship in 1988. In 2007, the band took the best music score in class 4-A at the Lowcountry Invitaional at Wando High School and received a superior at every competition.
Discovery Program
The Discovery magnet program is designed for talented students and focuses on science and math, first founded in 1995. These courses are honors level and required for all members of the Discovery program. All Discovery members are required to complete two college-level research projects during their sophomore and junior year. The completion of at least four AP courses (one math, one science, two others) is required for graduation from the Discovery program.
Athletics
State championships
Football: 1973, 1974, 1975, 1988
Boy's Cross Country: 2003
Boy's Track: 2003
Girl's Track: 1986, 1987, 1988, 1989, 1990, 1991, 1992, 1993, 1994, 2005
Boy's Golf: 1972, 1979, 1981, 1988, 1989, 1990
Boy's Tennis: 1974, 1982
Girl's Basketball: 1978, 2008
Girl's Cross Country: 1985, 1987, 1988, 1989, 1990, 1991
Girl's Tennis: 1988, 1989
Softball: 1991, 1993, 1994
Boy's Soccer: 2008
Notable alumni
Peter Boulware - former NFL linebacker for Baltimore Ravens
Michael Boulware - NFL defensive back for Minnesota Vikings
Ainsley Earhardt - Fox News Channel anchor
Monique Hennagan - Two-time Olympic 4x400m gold medalist (2004, 2000)
Danielle Howle - regionally respected folk/rock songwriter
Willie Williams - former NFL defensvie back for Pittsburgh Steelers

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