Summary:
The Sumter 01 school district in South Carolina is home to three high schools: Sumter High School, Crestwood High, and Lakewood High. These schools serve students in grades 9-12 and share similar performance metrics, indicating a lack of differentiation in educational outcomes across the district.
Based on the data, there are no clear standout schools in the Sumter 01 district. All three high schools have the same four-year graduation rate of 85.4% and the same dropout rate of 2.3% for the 2023-2024 school year. Additionally, the chronic absenteeism rate is 22.5% across all three schools. While the schools have a range of rankings, with Sumter High School ranking 182nd, Crestwood High ranking 214th, and Lakewood High ranking 186th out of 235 South Carolina high schools, they all receive a 1 or 0 star rating from School Digger, indicating below-average performance.
The high schools in the Sumter 01 district consistently perform below the state average in most End-of-Course (EOC) exams, with proficiency rates ranging from 36.65% to 79.75% across the different subjects and years. Sumter High School generally has the highest proficiency rates, followed by Crestwood High and Lakewood High. Additionally, all three schools have 100% of their students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, indicating a high-poverty student population. The spending per student varies, ranging from $10,671 at Crestwood High to $12,108 at Lakewood High, and the student-teacher ratios also differ, with Sumter High School having the lowest ratio at 18:1.
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