Aiken County schools cut student quarantines by more than 1,100

AIKEN, S.C. (WRDW/WAGT) - The Aiken County school district continues to see a decline in the number of students infected with COVID-19 and quarantined, according to newly released numbers.

The number of quarantined students stands at 1,703, down from 2,830 a week earlier, 3,248 the week before and more than 4,000 the week before that.

The latest figures show 48 COVID-positive students in the 22,956-student district, down from 67 a week earlier.

Here’s a look at the latest numbers, which cover last week:

Across the Savannah River in Georgia, the Richmond County and Columbia County school districts released statistics Friday for the same period. Here’s a look at the numbers for those districts, each of which has about the same number of students as Aiken County Public Schools.:

Richmond County School System

The district has 29,167 students. Here’s the breakdown of COVID cases for the past week:

ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS

A.B. Merry, 0 positive students, 1 quarantined students, 0 positive employees, 1 quarantined employee
Barton Chapel, 0 positive students, 0 quarantined students, 0 positive employees, 0 quarantined employees
Bayvale, 0 positive students, 0 quarantined students, 0 positive employees, 0 quarantined employees
Blythe, 0 positive students, 0 quarantined students, 0 positive employees, 0 quarantined employees
Copeland, 4 positive students, 2 quarantined students, 0 positive employees, 0 quarantined employees
Deer Chase, 3 positive students, 9 quarantined students, 1 positive employee, 1 quarantined employee
Diamond Lakes, 1 positive student, 7 quarantined students, 0 positive employees, 0 quarantined employees
Garrett, 0 positive students, 0 quarantined students, 0 positive employees, 2 quarantined employees
Glenn Hills, 0 positive students, 0 quarantined students, 0 positive employees, 0 quarantined employees
Goshen, 0 positive students, 39 quarantined students, 2 positive employees, 2 quarantined employees
Gracewood, 0 positive students, 0 quarantined students, 0 positive employees, 0 quarantined employees
Hains, 2 positive students, 4 quarantined students, 0 positive employees, 0 quarantined employees
Hephzibah, 2 positive students, 5 quarantined students, 0 positive employees, 0 quarantined employees
Jamestown, 0 positive students, 0 quarantined students, 0 positive employees, 0 quarantined employees
Jenkins-White, 0 positive students, 0 quarantined students, 0 positive employees, 0 quarantined employees
Lake Forest Hills, 0 positive students, 0 quarantined students, 1 positive employee, 1 quarantined employee
Lamar-Milledge, 0 positive students, 0 quarantined students, 0 positive employees, 0 quarantined employees
McBean, 1 positive student, 1 quarantined student, 0 positive employees, 0 quarantined employees
Meadowbrook, 0 positive students, 0 quarantined students, 1 positive employee, 1 quarantined employee
Monte Sano, 1 positive student, 1 quarantined student, 0 positive employees, 0 quarantined employees
Sue Reynolds, 2 positive students, 3 quarantined students, 0 positive employees, 0 quarantined employees
Terrace Manor, 2 positive students, 9 quarantined students, 0 positive employees, 0 quarantined employees
Tobacco Road, 0 positive students, 0 quarantined students, 2 positive employees, 2 quarantined employees
W.S. Hornsby, 0 positive students, 2 quarantined student, 0 positive employees, 0 quarantined employees
Warren Road, 2 positive students, 16 quarantined students, 1 positive employee, 1 quarantined employee
Wheeless Road, 0 positive students, 0 quarantined students, 0 positive employees, 0 quarantined employees
Wilkinson Gardens, 1 positive student, 5 quarantined students, 0 positive employees, 0 quarantined employees
Willis Foreman, 1 positive students, 2 quarantined students, 0 positive employees, 0 quarantined employees

K-8 SCHOOLS

Belair K-8, 0 positive students, 3 quarantined students, 0 positive employees, 0 quarantined employees
C.T. Walker, 0 positive students, 3 quarantined students, 0 positive employees, 0 quarantined employees
Freedom Park, 0 positive students, 0 quarantined students, 0 positive employees, 0 quarantined employees
Richmond Hill, 1 positive student, 2 quarantined students, 0 positive employees, 0 quarantined employees

MIDDLE SCHOOLS

Glenn Hills, 4 positive students, 5 quarantined students, 1 positive employee, 1 quarantined employee
Hephzibah, 1 positive student, 1 quarantined student, 0 positive employees, 0 quarantined employees
Hornsby, 0 positive students, 0 quarantined students, 1 positive employee, 1 quarantined employee
Langford, 1 positive student, 23 quarantined students, 0 positive employees, 0 quarantined employees
Murphey, 1 positive student, 25 quarantined students, 0 positive employees, 0 quarantined employees
Pine Hill, 6 positive students, 37 quarantined students, 0 positive employees, 0 quarantined employees
Spirit Creek, 0 positive students, 1 quarantined students, 0 positive employees, 0 quarantined employees
Tutt, 1 positive student, 14 quarantined students, 1 positive employee, 1 quarantined employee

HIGH SCHOOLS

Academy of Richmond County, 6 positive students, 10 quarantined students, 1 positive employee, 1 quarantined employee
A.R. Johnson, 0 positive students, 0 quarantined students, 0 positive employees, 0 quarantined employees
Butler, 5 positive students, 14 quarantined students, 1 positive employee, 1 quarantined employee
Cross Creek, 0 positive students, 2 quarantined students, 1 positive employee, 2 quarantined employees
Davidson, 1 positive student, 6 quarantined students, 0 positive employees, 0 quarantined employees
Glenn Hills, 0 positive students, 1 quarantined student, 0 positive employees, 0 quarantined employees
Hephzibah, 3 positive students, 17 quarantined students, 0 positive employees, 0 quarantined employees
T.W. Josey, 8 positive students, 19 quarantined students, 3 positive employees, 3 quarantined employees
Lucy C. Laney, 1 positive student, 1 quarantined student, 2 positive employees, 2 quarantined employees
Performance Learning Center, 0 positive students, 0 quarantined students, 0 positive employees, 0 quarantined employees
RCTCM, 1 positive student, 2 quarantined students, 0 positive employees, 0 quarantined employees
Westside, 6 positive students, 10 quarantined students, 1 positive employee, 1 quarantined employee

SPECIAL PROGRAM SCHOOLS

Alternative School, 0 positive students, 1 quarantined student, 0 positive employees, 0 quarantined employees
eSchool, 0 positive students, 0 quarantined students, 0 positive employees, 0 quarantined employees
Marion E. Barnes Career Center, 0 positive students, 0 quarantined students, 0 positive employees, 0 quarantined employees
RPM - Reaching Potential through Manufacturing, 0 positive students, 1 quarantined student, 1 positive employee, 1 quarantined employee
Sandhills, 0 positive students, 0 quarantined students, 0 positive employees, 0 quarantined employees