Calhoun County High School

This article is about the high school in South Carolina. For the schools in Georgia and West Virginia with similar names, see Calhoun High School.

Calhoun County High School
Address
150 Saints Avenue St. Matthews, South Carolina 29135 United States
Coordinates	33°39′55″N80°47′57″W / 33.66528°N 80.79917°W / 33.66528; -80.79917
Information
School district	Calhoun County Schools
CEEB code	411755
Principal	Milton Howard
Teaching staff	31.00 (FTE) [1]
Grades	9–12
Enrollment	418 (2023-2024) [1]
Student to teacher ratio	13.48 [1]
Color(s)	Red, black and white
Athletics	SCHSL Class AA, Region V
Mascot	Saint
Website	cchs.ccpsonline.net

Calhoun County High School is a public secondary school in St. Matthews, South Carolina, United States.

Campus

The campus has a pasture with the new K–8 school in front of it on Saints Avenue.

Extracurricular activities

The school's sports teams, known as the Saints, compete in the South Carolina High School League Class AA, Region V. They field teams in baseball, basketball, football, softball, track, and volleyball.^{[ citation needed ]}

State championship titles held by the school's teams include:

• Boys' basketball: 1996 (AA), 2000 (AA), 2001 (AA), 2004 (AA), 2006 (A), 2007 (A), 2008 (A), 2009 (A) ^{[2] [ unreliable source? ]}

The boys' basketball team holds the state record for consecutive wins, at 78. ^[2]

Notable alumni

• Mike Colter – actor
• Alshon Jeffery – NFL wide receiver ^[3]
• Phillip Merling – NFL defensive end
• Chris Rumph – former head coach for the high school who spent over 20 years coaching collegiately and in the National Football League (NFL)

References

1. "Calhoun County High". National Center for Education Statistics. Retrieved March 28, 2025.
2. "Palmetto's Finest - Boys' Basketball" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on July 23, 2011. Retrieved October 18, 2009.
3. Linder, Brian (February 5, 2009). "GAMECOCK BOUND: Calhoun County star Alshon Jeffery signs with South Carolina". The Times and Democrat. Orangeburg, SC.