Mayo High School for Math, Science, and Technology
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Mayo High School for Math, Science, and Technology is a magnet
high school
located in Darlington, South Carolina
. The school educates about 340 students in grades 9 to 12 in the Darlington County School District.
Mayo High School was built around 1950 as an African-American school. At the order of a judge to become desegregated, Mayo was renovated and became a magnet school.
Mayo High School earned a silver medal in the U.S. News/School Matters Best High Schools rankings.
Magnet school
In education in the United States, magnet schools are public schools with specialized courses or curricula. "Magnet" refers to how the schools draw students from across the normal boundaries defined by authorities as school zones that feed into certain schools.There are magnet schools at the...
high school
High school
High school is a term used in parts of the English speaking world to describe institutions which provide all or part of secondary education. The term is often incorporated into the name of such institutions....
located in Darlington, South Carolina
Darlington, South Carolina
Darlington is a city in and the county seat of Darlington County, in the northeastern part of the U.S. state of South Carolina. It is a center for tobacco farming. The population was 6,720 at the 2000 census and is part of the Florence Metropolitan Statistical Area...
. The school educates about 340 students in grades 9 to 12 in the Darlington County School District.
Mayo High School was built around 1950 as an African-American school. At the order of a judge to become desegregated, Mayo was renovated and became a magnet school.
Mayo High School earned a silver medal in the U.S. News/School Matters Best High Schools rankings.