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Dutch Fork High School

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Type
  
Public High School

Grades
  
9-12

Color(s)
  
Green and Silver

Mascot
  
Foxy the Silver Fox

Established
  
1992

Enrollment
  
2,392

Phone
  
+1 803-476-3300

Number of students
  
2,392

Dutch Fork High School

Motto
  
"Enter to Learn... Go Forth to Serve"

Address
  
1400 Old Tamah Rd, Irmo, SC 29063, USA

District
  
Lexington & Richland County School District Five

Profiles

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Dutch Fork High School is a school in the Lexington & Richland County School District Five system, located in Irmo, South Carolina, United States. In 2009 it had approximately 1,956 students.Built to contain no more than about 1,600 students, it has been expanded to accommodate a little over 1,900, and has faced severe overcrowding. Portable classrooms have been installed for the 2005-2006 school year. During the 12-13 school year, the population has expanded to over 2,000 students.

Contents

Class breakdown:

  • 9th - 21
  • 10th - 18
  • 11th - 12
  • 12th - 4
  • Dutch Fork has been named in Newsweek's List of the 100 Best Schools in the United States for five years in a row. In 2009, Dutch Fork reached its highest ranking at #91.

    Dutch Fork High school is ranked 199 out of 244 in South Carolina, 2011.

    Dutch fork high school cheerleading 14 15 at state


    Classes and curriculum

    Dutch Fork High School offers grade level, advanced, honors, and AP level courses. The STEM accelerated learning program offers science and math courses for students to take an intensive AP/Honors curriculum before moving on to similar studies in college.

    Twenty-four Advanced Placement courses are offered in liberal arts and science/math fields.

    Athletics

    DFHS offers sports and athletic programs to students, as well as intramurals and in-school tournaments. The school mascot is "Foxy" the Silver Fox and teams are known as the Dutch Fork Silver Foxes, with the exception of the district-wide hockey team: The District Five Fusion. In 2012, Dutch Fork High School started a boys and girls lacrosse team. Cheerleading won the school's first and then consecutive state titles in 1999, 2000, 2001, 2003, 2014, was runner-up in 2015, and won the first 5A title in 2016. The DFHS varsity girls basketball team has won the Upper and Lower State Championship in consecutive years 2012, 2013, and 2014.The Dutch Fork Varsity Football Team won the 2013 South Carolina Class 4A Division 1 State Championship and the 2016 South Carolina Class 5A State Championship. The Dutch Fork Varsity Wrestling team won the 2003 South Carolina 4A State Championship and was runner-up in 1996 (3A), 1997, 1999, 2001, and 2002. The DFHS varsity girls tennis team won state in 2014 and was runner-up in 2016. The Varsity Dutch Fork Track and Field team won the 2016 South Carolina Class 4A State Championship.

    Clubs and organizations

    Dutch Fork has chapters of state and national organizations such as Key Club, Beta Club, and Junior Civitans.

    Feeder patterns

    The following elementary schools feed into Dutch Fork High School:

  • Ballentine Elementary School
  • H. E. Corley Elementary School
  • Dutch Fork Elementary School
  • Oak Pointe Elementary School
  • River Springs Elementary School
  • Notable alumni

  • Dustin Johnson, golfer
  • Danny Efland, race car driver
  • Jerome Singleton, US paralympic athlete
  • Stephen Sene, a professional football player with the New England Patriots
  • References

    Dutch Fork High School Wikipedia