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Anderson County School District 4

                                                                                            Graduation Rate 87.3%
                                                                                Anderson School District 4’s commitment   Additionally, the district’s 1:1 technology
                                                                                to whole-child education has earned   initiative connects students in grades 4-12
                                                                                it the notable rank of 4th in the state   to the world classroom via personal devices.
                                                                                for academic performance. Anderson 4   Throughout all levels of study, Anderson
                                                                                schools offer classroom and extracurricular   School District 4’s students use creative
                                                                                experiences in the areas of STEAM   thinking skills, problem solving, creativity,
                                                                                (science, technology, engineering, the arts,   collaboration, and technology to develop
                                                                                and mathematics), leadership education,   the world-class skills of the Profile of the
                                                                                and many other activities.         SC Graduate.
                                                                                This award-wining district’s Class of 2021   Administration
                                                                                graduated 211 seniors who earned more
                                                                                than $4.9 million in scholarship awards   315 E. Queen St.
                                                                                and 70 percent qualified for LIFE or   Pendleton, SC 29670
                                                                                Palmetto Fellows.                    (864) 403-2000 | anderson4.org



                                                                                     Higher Education               Clemson University
                                                                                A Higher education positively influences   Carnegie R1 public research institution,
                                                                                the success of the area’s public schools. By   Clemson University was established in 1889.
                                                                                their very presence, Clemson University,   Its College of Agriculture, Forestry and Life
                                                                                Southern Wesleyan University, and Tri-  Sciences is at the core of the University’s
                                                                                County Technical College set the benchmark   land-grant heritage and is the lifeblood
                                                                                for academic achievement, establishing   of founder Thomas Green Clemson’s
                                                                                quality standards for students in high school   vision of “a high seminary of learning” that
                                                                                and those pursuing higher education.    benefits South Carolina, its people, land,
                                                                                To contact our higher education institutions,   wildlife, natural resources, and economy.
                                                                                please go to ClemsonAreaChamber.org   The University is dedicated to intellectual
                                                                                and click on Member Directory under the   leadership, collaboration, public service, and
                                                                                Membership tab.                    innovative research.
                                                                                                                            (864) 654-1200 | ClemsonAreaChamber.org
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