Ridgeland-Hardeeville High School

Ridgeland-Hardeeville
High School
Location
250 Jaguar Trail
Ridgeland, SC 29936

United States
Coordinates 32°30′00″N 80°59′15″W / 32.50000°N 80.98750°W / 32.50000; -80.98750Coordinates: 32°30′00″N 80°59′15″W / 32.50000°N 80.98750°W / 32.50000; -80.98750
Information
Type Public high school
Established 2012
School district Jasper County School District
Superintendent Vashti Washington
Grades 9–12
Campus size 40 acres (16 ha)
Campus type Rural
Color(s)          Black and red
Mascot Jaguar
Feeder schools Hardeeville-Ridgeland Middle
Hardeeville Elementary
Ridgeland Elementary
Website rhs.jcsd.net

Ridgeland-Hardeeville High School or RHHS is a public high school within the Jasper County School District, located in Ridgeland, South Carolina. Where we are famous for Fried Chicken Thursday's and Andrew non baseball playing The high school serves students in all of Jasper County and takes its name after the two major communities in the county, Ridgeland and Hardeeville.

The school was formed in 2012 following the consolidation of Hardeeville High School and Ridgeland High School as part of the JCSD's overall reorganization of schools. RHHS utilizes the facilities of the former Ridgeland High School, whereas Hardeeville-Ridgeland Middle School utilizes the facilities of the former Hardeeville High School.

History

In the post-segregation era, Jasper County made efforts to control costs by consolidating educational facilities. Prior to 2007, all secondary students attended Jasper County High School which was located in close proximity to RHHS. In 2007, the Jasper County School District opened two K-12 facilities in both Hardeeville and Ridgeland, thus creating Hardeeville High School and Ridgeland High School in anticipation of future population growth. However due to the economic slowdown beginning in 2008 and limited AP course offerings at both facilities, JCSD decided to merge the two middle schools and two high schools for the 2012-2013 school year.

Critics of the merger have pointed to potentially long bus rides for students from various points of the county. Other critics suggested that the consolidation of the schools was prompted due to rumors that the State of South Carolina was about to take over the operation of the failing Ridgeland Middle School and the creation of Hardeeville-Ridgeland Middle School (by consolidation) would prevent the takeover.

Academics

According to data released by the South Carolina Department of Education, Ridgeland-Hardeeville High School earned a "F" letter grade for the 2012-2013 school year, substantially below academic expectations put forth by the state in standardized testing and graduation accomplishment.[1]

Athletics

Ridgeland-Hardeeville's teams are known as the Jaguars, which was the previous mascot for Ridgeland High School. RHHS competes at the Class AA level in the South Carolina High School League.

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