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Best High Schools in Lancaster County, SC

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Schools

4,947

Students

Districts

5-star school

Top rankedIndian Land High16^th of 248 South Carolina high schools

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Biggest riser

North Central High up 24 spots statewide this year

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Smallest classes

Andrew Jackson High 11.4 students per teacher

SchoolDigger ratings

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1 school without a SchoolDigger rating (too few tested students)

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School													Students/Teachers											Ranking (2026)				Ranking (2025)				EOCEP Algebra 1/Mathematics for the Technologies 2 (2026)	EOCEP Biology 1/Applied Biology 2 (2026)	EOCEP U.S. History and the Constitution (2026)	EOCEP English 2 (2026)	Per Pupil Expenditures (2025)
Name	Type	Grades	Address	City	Zip	County	District	Is Charter	Is Magnet	Is Virtual	Is Title I	Phone	Enrollment	Full-time Teachers	Student/ Teacher Ratio	Free/Discounted Lunch Recipients (2024)	White	Black	Hispanic	Asian	American Indian	Pacific Islander	Two or More Races	Average Standard Score (2026)	Statewide Rank (2026)	State Percentile (2026)	SchoolDigger Rating (2026)	Average Standard Score (2025)	Statewide Rank (2025)	State Percentile (2025)	Rank Change from Previous Year	EOCEP Algebra 1/Mathematics for the Technologies 2 End of Course	EOCEP Biology 1/Applied Biology 2 End of Course	EOCEP U.S. History and the Constitution End of Course	EOCEP English 2 End of Course	Per Pupil Expenditures: Total	Personnel Spending from Federal Funds	Non-Personnel Spending from Federal Funds	Sub-total from Federal Funds	Personnel Spending from State and Local Funds	Non-Personnel from State and Local Funds	Sub-total Spending from State and Local Funds
North Central High	Public	9-12	3000 Lockhart Road	Kershaw	29067	Lancaster County	Kershaw 01	No	No	No	No	(803) 432-9858	563	38	14.8	68.2%	350 (62.2%)	113 (20.1%)	71 (12.6%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	29 (5.2%)	63.5	87^th of 248 public high schools	64.9%		49.7	111^th of 240 public high schools	53.8%	24		57.9	73.5	85.8	$14,932	$616	$746	$1,362	$11,311	$2,259	$13,570
Andrew Jackson High	Public	9-12	6925 Kershaw-Camden Highway	Kershaw	29067	Lancaster County	Lancaster 01	No	No	No	No	(803) 475-2381	557	49	11.4	61.3%	375 (67.3%)	127 (22.8%)	19 (3.4%)	3 (0.5%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	33 (5.9%)	69.3	66^th of 248 public high schools	73.4%		59.9	78^th of 240 public high schools	67.5%	12		81.7	63.1	84.3	$15,668	$363	$136	$499	$12,183	$2,986	$15,169
Indian Land High	Public	9-12	6100 Charlotte Hwy	Lancaster	29720	Lancaster County	Lancaster 01	No	No	No	No	(803) 286-8470	1,905	118	16.1	29.3%	1,153 (60.5%)	292 (15.3%)	266 (14.0%)	93 (4.9%)	3 (0.2%)	2 (0.1%)	96 (5.0%)	91.4	16^th of 248 public high schools	93.5%		78.5	27^th of 240 public high schools	88.8%	11		90.5	84.3	93.9	$10,826	$328	$171	$499	$8,482	$1,846	$10,327
Lancaster High	Public	9-12	625 Woodland Drive	Lancaster	29720	Lancaster County	Lancaster 01	No	No	No	No	(803) 283-2001	1,390	88	15.8	87.0%	348 (25.0%)	677 (48.7%)	303 (21.8%)	5 (0.4%)	2 (0.1%)	1 (0.1%)	54 (3.9%)	26.3	191^st of 248 public high schools	23.0%		30.8	168^th of 240 public high schools	30.0%	23		44.7	46.2	77.6	$12,645	$1,000	$283	$1,283	$9,255	$2,108	$11,363
Buford High	Public	9-12	4290 Tabernacle Road	Lancaster	29720	Lancaster County	Lancaster 01	No	No	No	No	(803) 286-7068	532	45	11.8	55.8%	454 (85.3%)	38 (7.1%)	22 (4.1%)	0 (0.0%)	2 (0.4%)	0 (0.0%)	16 (3.0%)	69	68^th of 248 public high schools	72.6%		63.3	68^th of 240 public high schools	71.7%			70.6	64.7	87.2	$16,220	$416	$198	$614	$13,001	$2,605	$15,606
Lancaster County School District Career Center	Public	9-12	625 Normandy Road	Lancaster	29720	Lancaster County	Lancaster 01	No	No	No	No	(803) 289-4885	0	22	.0		0 ()	0 ()	0 ()	0 ()	0 ()	0 ()	0 ()								(n/a)

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SchoolDigger data sources: National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Department of Education, the U.S. Census Bureau and the South Carolina Department of Education.

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