Dreher High School

Public | 9-12 | 1184 students |  

PHONE: (803) 253-7000

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701 Adger Rd

Columbia, SC 29205

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Dreher High School, located in Columbia, South Carolina, serves grades 9-12 in the Richland County School District 1. It is among the few public high schools in South Carolina to receive a distinguished GreatSchools Rating of 8 out of 10.

This school has an average Community Rating of 4 out of 5 stars, based on reviews from 25 school community members.

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Posted on Jan 15, 2011
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I love being a student at Dreher.There a great arts opportunities, I take guitar and dance classes . The teachers and faculty are kind and really teach us a lot. It is a great experiance.
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Posted on Apr 8, 2010
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I would like to see faculty enforce The Code of Conduct more. My son acts out in class and teachers phone me as if I can motivate him over the phone. I appreciate knowing what he's doing at school but enforce the code please. Excellent communication from teachers. Top notch arts program. Hats off to the Special Ed group.
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Posted on Jan 30, 2010
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this school is excellent , many AP courses are available , wish there was more money in schools to support athletics . If your child wants to learn dreher is the place to be , if your child doesnt it probally doesnt matter what school they are in , It starts at home people !!!!
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Posted on Jan 27, 2010
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I have two children at this wonderful school. Dreher maintains the highest of standards and your children will definitely be challenged. I know several people who's children have transferred from two of the local private prep schools. These people say that Dreher is far more challenging than the private schools. Dreher sends students to the Ivy League every year. The two most expensive private schools in the area cannot make the same claim. You're not getting what your paying for folks, bring your kids to Dreher!
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Posted on Jan 26, 2010
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dreher is an asome school and they do have alot to give to your children as a student who goes to dreher and who has a younger sibling that will being going there in two years i think dreher i a school that does challenge it's children and they do excell in every thing mins our football team but that really does show that the students are focused on there work and not just focused on sports and the teachers are wonderful they really do care and they do try to help each of there students .
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Posted on Sep 16, 2009
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Dreher High School offered more foreign language courses than any other school and has also supported the arts as much as possible since its beginning. I'm an alumna who is the widow of an alumnus.

Posted on Feb 11, 2009
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Excellent academic track record. Ranked higher by newsweek than ac flora. Ap students excel, seem to routinely win academic decathalons, etc and each year have more merit semi finalists than the public and private schools in the cola area. Wish football team was better, but basketball, baseball, soccer, cross country , tennis are competitive. See parental involvement getting better.
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Posted on Dec 30, 2008
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Dreher is an excellent school. After reading some of the complaints on this site about Dreher, I can tell you now, that most of it is nonsense. If your child is strong academically and you don't want to pay all that money for a private school, then Dreher is where you want to go. Dreher offers more AP courses than most schools, giving a lot of students head starts into college. It's not uncommon for AP students at Dreher to go into college as a 2nd semester Freshman. It is true, the professors can be challenging, and there isn't a boat load of parent involvement; but these teachers will expand your child's mind, and prepare them for the road that lies ahead. They teach you work ethic, drive, and how to evolve as, not only a student, but as an upstanding citizen in the community. If you want success, choose Dreher
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Posted on Apr 1, 2008
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This may be the best high school experience in South Carolina. Awesome faculty and administration. Great arts , academics .
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Posted on Sep 28, 2007
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I view this school as an excellent because it is a positive way of learning. I give fully support to this school.
--Submitted by a student


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