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Airport High School (South Carolina)

Public high school in West Colombia, South Carolina, United States

Summary

Public high school in West Colombia, South Carolina, United States

Field	Value
name	Airport High School
established
type	Public high school
affiliation	Columbia Metropolitan Airport (CAE), Midlands Technical College (Airport Campus)
principal	Matt Schilit
enrollment	1,338 (2023–2024)
teaching_staff	72.00 (FTE)
ratio	18.58
grades	9–12
address	1315 Boston Avenue
city	West Columbia, South Carolina
postcode	29170
country	United States
coordinates
district	Lexington County School District Two
colors	Blue and gray

athletics	Fall: Competitive Cheer, Cross Country, Football, Girls Golf, Swimming, Girls Tennis, Volleyball
Spring: Baseball, Boys Golf, Girls Soccer, Softball, Boys Tennis, Track{{citation needed	date	December 2021}}
mascot	Eagle
newspaper	The Eyrie
yearbook	Aquila
website	https://ahs.lex2.org/
nickname	The Port, Flight School
rival	Brookland-Cayce High School

the high school in South Carolina

Winter: Girls Basketball, Boys Basketball, Bowling, Wrestling

Spring: Baseball, Boys Golf, Girls Soccer, Softball, Boys Tennis, Track

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

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 10the nation.

Notable alumni

Larry Francis Lebby - Artist
Duce Staley - Former NFL player and current assistant head coach for the Detroit Lions
Jim Stuckey - former NFL football player and a member of the Super Bowl XVI and XIX Champion San Francisco 49ers.
Art Lown - Muscian.

References

"Airport High". National Center for Education Statistics.
[http://www.publicschoolreview.com/school_ov/school_id/72473 Airport High School – West Columbia, South Carolina/SC – Public School Profile]
(2021-01-25). "Airport High School's Duce Staley hired as Detroit Lions' new assistant head coach".

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