Airport High School (South Carolina)

This article is about the high school in South Carolina. For the high school in Michigan, see Airport High School (Michigan).

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 High School
Location
1315 Boston Avenue West Columbia, South Carolina , 29170 United States
Coordinates	33°57′0″N 81°6′23″W
Information
Type	Public high school
Established	1958 (67 years ago) (1958)
School district	Lexington County School District Two
Principal	Matt Schilit
Teaching staff	72.00 (FTE)[1]
Grades	9–12
Enrollment	1,338 (2023–2024)[1]
Student to teacher ratio	18.58[1]
Color(s)	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[citation needed]
Mascot	Eagle
Nickname	The Port, Flight School
Rival	Brookland-Cayce High School
Newspaper	The Eyrie
Yearbook	Aquila
Affiliation	Columbia Metropolitan Airport (CAE), Midlands Technical College (Airport Campus)
Website	https://ahs.lex2.org/

Structure

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]

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 is a drill team that consistently finishes as the top drill team in South Carolina, and in the top 10the nation.

Notable alumni

• Larry Francis Lebby – Artist who has served on the board of the South Carolina Nation Diabetic Association, the South Carolina Arts Commission, and the Governor's Task Force for the Arts. His work has been displayed throughout the United States in places such as the White House, the Smithsonian Institution, the United Nations and the United States Senate. In 1989, his work was displayed at the Vatican in Rome.^[3]
• Duce Staley – Former NFL player and current assistant head coach for the Detroit Lions^[4]
• Jim Stuckey – former NFL football player and a member of the Super Bowl XVI and XIX Champion San Francisco 49ers.^{[citation needed]}