The 2021-22 school year marked Clover School District’s first steps toward normalcy following a persistent pandemic. The district prioritized student and staff health, while seeking to maximize instructional time by keeping students in the classroom as much as possible.

Student performance on state assessments indicates that this strategy was successful. Students in the district returned to pre-pandemic levels of achievement on most assessments. Across all grade levels and assessments in grades 3-8, Clover students posted mean scores and proficiency rates among the top five in South Carolina. Clover’s high school students post exceptionally high scores that exceed state averages on the EOCEP, WIN and WorkKeys assessments.

Clover School District ensures effective leadership, relevant, engaging instruction, and positive collaborative partnerships to achieve the highest levels of student achievement.  Our vision is applied to the entire academic program, PK-12. 

Clover School District has a strong commitment to early childhood education.  The district’s pre-k program serves 320 four-year-old students with 16 highly qualified Early Childhood teachers and 16 instructional aides. Pre-k classes are full day with lunch and transportation provided by the district.   

The district’s elementary schools serve students in Pre-k through fifth grade. The S.C. Curriculum Standards are the foundation of the instructional program. Students also receive weekly instruction in art, music, physical education, and technology. Each school is staffed with highly-qualified teachers, a full-time nurse, a guidance counselor, and grade level teaching assistants. 

The district’s middle schools serve students in sixth through eighth grades in a modified middle school program model. The South Carolina Curriculum Standards are the foundation for all core content instructional courses.  Students also have the opportunity to take up to  three courses for high school credit beginning in the eighth grade - Algebra 1, English 1, French 1, and Spanish 1.  The core academic program is complemented by electives such as band, chorus, art, dance, drama, agriculture science, and project lead the way along with strong athletics, student clubs, and service organizations.  All middle schools have one full time nurse, school resource officer, three school counselors, and two-three assistant principals.

Clover High School serves students in grades nine through twelve on a 4 x 4 block schedule model with frequent flex times each week during which students can receive academic support.  Students in grades 9 through 11 take eight courses per year with a comprehensive final exam which counts 20% of the final grade.  Freshmen are served at the 9th Grade Campus, a separate facility on the greater CHS campus.  The South Carolina Curriculum Standards are the foundation of the high school instructional program. Clover High School offers award-winning fine arts programs at the highest performance and creative levels, along with elective courses in fifteen of sixteen nationally recognized career clusters.  The Applied Technology Center offers high school majors in agriculture, architecture and construction, AV Tech, automotive technology, business management, finance, informational technology, marketing, education and training, engineering (Project Lead the Way), health science, hospitality and tourism, lineworker and human services.  Emphasis is placed on offering industry certifications and/or a work-based-learning opportunity with each CTE program of study.  Our students earn an average of 1244 certifications each school year.  

Students wishing to take an advanced course of study may choose from among several honors courses, 16 Advanced Placement courses, and 66 dual enrollment college courses offered through partnerships with University of South Carolina at Lancaster, Winthrop University and York Technical College.  Clover High School is also host to Western York County Middle College through a partnership with York School District One and York Technical College.  Middle College students spend part of their junior and senior year taking courses on the campus of York Technical College.  Finally, Clover High school runs a fully operational i-School, which offers virtual college prep, honors and advanced placement courses in English, mathematics, science, social studies, physical education and health.   The high school has two full time nurses, six guidance counselors, four assistant principals and a school resource officer.