Barnwell High School

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Barnwell High School
Address
Barnwell High School
474 Jackson Street

Barnwell
,
(Barnwell County)
,
South Carolina
29812

United States
Information
TypePublic high school
PrincipalFranklin McCormack
Staff39.50 (FTE) [1]
Enrollment562 [1]  (2023-2024)
Student to teacher ratio14.23 [1]
Color(s)Red and white    [2]
Nickname Warhorses [2]
Website

Barnwell High School is a public high school in Barnwell, South Carolina. It has about 625 students. [3] The Warhorse is the school's mascot. [4]

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The student body is more than half African American and about a third white. The entire student body was categorized as economically disadvantaged. [3]

Prior to desegregation there was a Barnwell High School for African American students in Barnwell. It was succeeded by Butler High School. [5]

History

In 1915, a new Barnwell High School building was planned. [6] In 1916, a photo of Barnwell High School appeared in the state school inspector's bulletin. [7]

State law established the Barnwell High School District. [8] In 1968, discrimination against Barnwell High School's African American students was documented. [9] J. Chester Floyd was principal from 1969 to 1971. [10]

From 1942 to 1965, Harold Sewell served as a teacher, school principal, and football coach. In 1967, a resolution was introduced in the South Carolina Assembly commending the school for its basketball season. [11]

In 1998, Barnwell School District 45 trustees issued a proclamation in support of a U.S. Department of Energy plutonium disassembly plant project at a Savannah River site for the job opportunities it would offer. [12] A 2009 book on school reform notes that Barnwell High School emphasized project based leaning in its science curriculum. [13]

Band

The school has a Scarlet Knights Band. [14]

Athletics

Barnwell High School has a football rivalry with Silver Bluff High School. Both teams have won state championships. Barnwell High School players have gone on to success in college and played professionally in the NFL. [15] In 2008, one of the school's football players died of heat stroke after a summer practice. [16]

The girls basketball team won a state championship in 1977. [17] The boys basketball team won two state championships with coach Clifford "Chip" Atkins. [18]

Alumni

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