Airport High School (South Carolina)

Airport High School in West Columbia, South Carolina, United States, is a public high school offering education for grades 9–12. It serves the communities of West Columbia, Cayce, South Congaree, and 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. It 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 consistently finishes as the top drill team in South Carolina, and in the top 10 in the nation.

Notable alumni

• Larry Francis Lebby - painter and printmaker (1950–2019)
• Art Lown - singer-songwriter (1949–1977)
• Duce Staley - former NFL player (Super Bowl Champion: XL as a player and LII as a coach); current assistant head coach for the Detroit Lions
• Jim Stuckey - former NFL football playe, member of the Super Bowl XVI and XIX Champion San Francisco 49ers

References

External links

• Airport High School's homepage
• Public Schools Report website