Airport High School | |
Affiliation: | Columbia Metropolitan Airport (CAE), Midlands Technical College (Airport Campus) |
Principal: | Matt Schilit |
Enrollment: | 1,372 (2020 - 21)[1] |
Address: | 1315 Boston Avenue |
Postcode: | 29170 |
Country: | United States |
Colors: | Blue and gray |
Athletics: | Fall: Competitive Cheer, Cross Country, Football, Girls Golf, Swimming, Girls Tennis, Volleyball Winter: Girls Basketball, Boys Basketball, Bowling, Wrestling Spring: Baseball, Boys Golf, Girls Soccer, Softball, Boys Tennis, Track |
Mascot: | Eagle |
Newspaper: | The Eyrie |
Yearbook: | Aquila |
Website: | https://ahs.lex2.org/ |
Nickname: | The Port, Flight School |
Rival: | Brookland-Cayce High School |
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.
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 [2]
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.
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 10 drill teams in the nation.