The Aiken County school system has 37 schools divided into five administrative areas. There are seven high schools, 10 middle schools, 19 elementary schools and a career center.

Pupils performed slightly better than the state average on the science and social studies portions of the 2002-03 Palmetto Achievement Challenge Test.

SAT scores for the county dropped 12 points in 2003 to 1,008, a decline school officials blamed on an influx of first-time test takers.

Chukker Creek Elementary has ranked in the top five schools in the state in recent years and is a two-time winner of the Palmetto Gold and Silver award for consistently high-scoring schools.

For more information on the school system, visit the Aiken County Public Schools Web site, www.aiken.k12.sc.us.

IMPORTANT NUMBERS

Dr. William Gallman, deputy superintendent, 641-2516

Dr. Frank Roberson, associate superintendent for instructional services, 641-2420

Area 1 office: David Caver, assistant superintendent, 641-2720

Area 2 office: Cecelia Davidson, assistant superintendent, 442-6250

Area 3 office: Troy Nobles, assistant superintendent, 593-7200

Area 4 office: Joy Shealy, assistant superintendent, 564-1075

Area 5 office: Andy Reeves, assistant superintendent, 652-8250

HIGH SCHOOLS

Aiken, 641-2500

Midland Valley, 593-7100

North Augusta, 442-6100

Ridge Spring-Monetta, 685-2100

Silver Bluff, 652-8100

South Aiken, 641-2600

Wagener-Salley, 564-1100

MIDDLE SCHOOLS

Aiken, 641-2570

A.L. Corbett, 564-1050

Jackson, 279-3525

Kennedy, 641-2470

Langley-Bath-Clearwater, 593-7260

Leavelle-McCampbell, 663-4300

New Ellenton, 652-8200

North Augusta, 442-6200

Paul Knox, 442-6300

Schofield, 641-2770

ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS

Aiken, 641-2740

Belvedere, 442-6330

Cyril B. Busbee, 564-1000

Byrd, 663-4320

Chukker Creek, 641-2474

Clearwater, 593-7240

East Aiken, 641-2450

Gloverville, 593-7280

Greendale, 652-8170

Hammond Hill, 442-6170

Jefferson, 593-7180

J.D. Lever, 641-2760

Millbrook, 641-2580

North Aiken, 641-2690

North Augusta, 442-6280

Oakwood-Windsor, 641-2560

Redcliffe, 827-3350

Ridge Spring-Monetta, 685-2005

Warrenville, 663-4270

BOARD OF EDUCATION

Superintendent Linda Eldridge, 641-2428

District 1: John Brown, 564-5517

District 2: Valerie Towles, 867-9019

District 3: Larry Murphy, 593-5068

District 4: Nick Flouras, 279-8712

District 5: Thomas Goforth, 279-6152

District 6: Christine Sanders, 663-0553

District 7: Rosemary English, 793-3307

District 8: John Bradley, 648-0901

District 9: Jack Hunter, 649-2407