Baptist Hill High School

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Baptist Hill High School
Address
Baptist Hill High School
5117 Baptist Hill Road

Hollywood
,
South Carolina

United States
Coordinates 32°43′40″N80°15′43″W / 32.7279°N 80.2619°W / 32.7279; -80.2619
Information
Other nameBaptist Hill Middle High School
TypePublic Middle High School
Established1948 (1948)
School district Charleston County School District
NCES School ID 450144000250 [1]
PrincipalBrendan Glaze
Teaching staff54.00 [1]
Grades6–12
Enrollment508 (2023-2024) [1]
Student to teacher ratio9.41 [1]
Color(s)Maroon and gray    [2]
Sports
[3]
Mascot Bobcat [2]
Website www.ccsdschools.com/baptisthill

Baptist Hill High School is a public high school in Hollywood, South Carolina. It is part of the Charleston County School District. Most of its students are African American. [4] Bobcats are the school mascot.

The school was built circa 1953 at a cost of approximately $250,000. [5] [6] In 1954, Jet reported that a janitor at the school's new cement block building believed it was haunted by a student who drowned before receiving a diploma. [7] In 1977, the school was set on fire, causing $125,000 in damage. [8]

In 2017, the school's football team played for a state championship. [9] [10]

The school district launched a cultural competency program to address much lower scores among African American and Hispanic students than white students at its largely segregated schools. [11]

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 "Search for Public Schools - Baptist Hill High (450144000250)". National Center for Education Statistics . Institute of Education Sciences . Retrieved December 16, 2024.
  2. 1 2 "Baptist Hill High School". South Carolina High School League. Retrieved March 20, 2024.
  3. ↑ "Baptist Hill Bobcats Sports". Baptist Hill High School Athletics. Retrieved September 9, 2021.
  4. ↑ "Baptist Hill High School in Hollywood, SC". US News. February 20, 2023. Retrieved July 14, 2023.
  5. ↑ "Savage-Glover among schools receiving building permits". The Item . November 20, 1952. p. 9.
  6. ↑ "Janitor calls new S.C. school haunted". Jet . January 21, 1954. p. 30.
  7. ↑ Company, Johnson Publishing (January 21, 1954). "Jet". Johnson Publishing Company – via Google Books.{{cite web}}: |last= has generic name (help)
  8. ↑ "Charlestonian charged in fires". The Greenville News. Associated Press. August 17, 1977. pp. 9–B.
  9. ↑ "A Reflection of The Lower State Football Champion Baptist Hill Bobcats". The Charleston Chronicle. Archived from the original on January 19, 2018.
  10. ↑ "Newsweek". Newsweek, Incorporated. August 14, 1954 – via Google Books.
  11. ↑ Stanford, Libby (July 21, 2021). "CCSD creates initiative to better serve minority students as racial gaps persist". Post and Courier.


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