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Timmonsville High School is part of Florence County School District Four in Timmonsville,
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. The high school is part of a school campus that also contains Brockington
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and Johnson
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. The school campus complex was built in 2000 and contains all three schools in an interconnected building and the
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field. The high school serves grades 9 through 12. The student/teacher ratio is 8 in comparison to the state average of 14. The high student population is approximately 270 students. Timmonsville High School offers the following subjects:
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, social studies, Spanish, exceptional education,
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and health,
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, career and technology education,
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, health science technology, and
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. Timmonsville High School is "Home of the Whirlwinds." As of 2016, Langston Brown was the principal of Timmonsville High School. As of 2009, there were 22 teaching staff members at the high school.


Notable alumni

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(Class of 1957), former
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driver and champion (1976, 1977, 1978) * Mike Anderson (Class of 1969), former
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(MLB) player


References

{{authority control Public high schools in South Carolina Schools in Florence County, South Carolina