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Lancaster High

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Lancaster High ranks 165 th of 235 South Carolina high schools. SchoolDigger rates this school 2 stars out of 5.

Public Grades 9-12

165^th

SchoolDigger Rank ?

of 235 South Carolina High Schools

Better than 30% of South Carolina high schools

Summary

Lancaster High is a public high school in Lancaster, South Carolina, serving 1,393 students in grades 9-12. The school is part of the Lancaster 01 School District, which is ranked 25 out of 75 districts in the state and has a 3-star rating from SchoolDigger.

Despite being part of a moderately ranked district, Lancaster High has consistently ranked in the bottom half of South Carolina high schools, with a low SchoolDigger rating ranging from 0 to 2 stars out of 5 over the past 10 years. The school's performance varies significantly across different student subgroups, with female and African American students performing better than the overall school, while male, White, and Gifted and Talented students perform significantly worse. Interestingly, English Language Learner (ELL) students are a bright spot, ranking in the top 25% of schools.

Academically, Lancaster High struggles, with proficiency rates on End-of-Course (EOC) exams consistently lower than the district and state averages across all subject areas. The school's proficiency rates have also declined over the past few years, dropping from the 60-80% range to the 30-50% range in many subjects. Additionally, the school's four-year graduation rate has fluctuated between 77.9% and 85.4%, which is below the state average, and its dropout rate has ranged from 2.1% to 3.9%, which is higher than the state's average. When compared to nearby schools in the York 04 and Charter Institute at Erskine districts, Lancaster High generally performs worse on key metrics, suggesting that factors beyond just the district may be influencing the school's performance.

1,390

Students ?

15.8

Student/teacher ratio ?

$12,645

Per pupil spending ?

87%

Free/discounted lunch ?

625 Woodland Drive
Lancaster, SC 29720

(803) 283-2001

District: Lancaster 01

Feeder schools for Lancaster High:

Elementary:	Brooklyn Springs Elementary
	Clinton Elementary
	Erwin Elementary
	McDonald Green Elementary
	More...
	North Elementary
Middle:	Buford Middle
	South Middle

Racial breakdown:

African American:

48.7%

White:

25.0%

Hispanic:

21.8%

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At a glance

▲ Ranking trend: Improving — 14th percentile in 2015 → 30th in 2025

Strengths

✓Ranking is trending up — up 16 percentile points since 2015

Worth a look

!Test scores below the South Carolina average (65% vs 71% meeting standards)

!Graduation rate below the South Carolina average (81% vs 87%)

!High chronic absenteeism (42% vs 22% South Carolina)

Students meeting standards (2024-2025) ?

This school65%

District avg78%

South Carolina avg71%

165^th of 235

South Carolina public high schools ?

Bottom 30%▲ up 16 pts since 2015

From bottom 14% (2015) to bottom 30% (2025)

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★★★★★

SchoolDigger rating ?

4^th of 4High Schools in the Lancaster 01

25^th of 75Lancaster 01 among South Carolina districts

Statewide rank percentile over time (100 = the top-ranked school in the state; click a legend item to add a student group)

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All Students

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	South Carolina percentile	Rating
2025	30.8	165 of 235	29.8%	★★☆☆☆
2024	17.2	198 of 235	15.7%	★☆☆☆☆
2023	8.0	223 of 237	5.9%	☆☆☆☆☆
2022	7.2	212 of 226	6.2%	☆☆☆☆☆
2021	9.4	211 of 227	7.0%	☆☆☆☆☆
2019	12.1	198 of 225	12.0%	★☆☆☆☆
2018	16.0	172 of 216	20.4%	★☆☆☆☆
2017	14.5	191 of 223	14.3%	★☆☆☆☆
2016	16.3	203 of 231	12.1%	★☆☆☆☆
2015	18.5	200 of 232	13.8%	★☆☆☆☆
2014	18.2	180 of 210	14.3%	★☆☆☆☆
2013	22.2	165 of 203	18.7%	★☆☆☆☆
2012	42.7	131 of 202	35.1%	★★☆☆☆
2011	28.4	150 of 199	24.6%	★☆☆☆☆
2010	22.4	167 of 199	16.1%	★☆☆☆☆
2009	43.4	130 of 188	30.9%	★★☆☆☆
2008	38.7	130 of 185	29.7%	★★☆☆☆
2007	47.4	141 of 191	26.2%	★☆☆☆☆
2006	36.9	163 of 191	14.7%	★☆☆☆☆
2005	37.2	150 of 187	19.8%	★☆☆☆☆

African American

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	South Carolina percentile	Rating
2025	40.9	123 of 194	36.6%	★★☆☆☆
2024	27.5	156 of 194	19.6%	★☆☆☆☆
2023	7.8	195 of 199	2.0%	☆☆☆☆☆
2022	12.2	184 of 190	3.2%	☆☆☆☆☆
2021	15.5	168 of 178	5.6%	☆☆☆☆☆
2019	16.8	165 of 184	10.3%	★☆☆☆☆
2018	24.7	145 of 183	20.8%	★☆☆☆☆

Disabled

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	South Carolina percentile	Rating
2025	40.2	79 of 139	43.2%	★★☆☆☆
2024	24.5	119 of 145	17.9%	★☆☆☆☆
2023	12.8	127 of 141	9.9%	★☆☆☆☆
2022	25.0	106 of 139	23.7%	★☆☆☆☆
2021	24.3	91 of 115	20.9%	★☆☆☆☆
2019	26.7	107 of 143	25.2%	★☆☆☆☆
2018	22.2	113 of 137	17.5%	★☆☆☆☆

English Language Learner

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	South Carolina percentile	Rating
2025	66.0	16 of 69	76.8%	★★★★☆
2024	45.7	39 of 71	45.1%	★★☆☆☆
2023	23.2	55 of 68	19.1%	★☆☆☆☆
2022	10.9	60 of 61	1.6%	☆☆☆☆☆
2021	32.4	35 of 46	23.9%	★☆☆☆☆
2019	27.5	51 of 64	20.3%	★☆☆☆☆
2018	9.0	57 of 58	1.7%	☆☆☆☆☆

Female

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	South Carolina percentile	Rating
2025	35.7	145 of 225	35.6%	★★☆☆☆
2024	16.8	191 of 225	15.1%	★☆☆☆☆
2023	8.6	212 of 223	4.9%	☆☆☆☆☆
2022	12.2	201 of 220	8.6%	☆☆☆☆☆
2021	10.5	196 of 213	8.0%	☆☆☆☆☆
2019	14.7	183 of 213	14.1%	★☆☆☆☆
2018	19.2	168 of 210	20.0%	★☆☆☆☆

Gifted and Talented

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	South Carolina percentile	Rating
2025	10.6	143 of 153	6.5%	☆☆☆☆☆
2024	27.5	135 of 157	14.0%	★☆☆☆☆
2023	10.3	150 of 156	3.8%	☆☆☆☆☆

Hispanic

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	South Carolina percentile	Rating
2025	51.1	59 of 121	51.2%	★★★☆☆
2024	29.8	93 of 121	23.1%	★☆☆☆☆
2023	17.1	107 of 119	10.1%	★☆☆☆☆
2022	9.7	104 of 108	3.7%	☆☆☆☆☆
2021	12.4	88 of 93	5.4%	☆☆☆☆☆
2019	13.9	79 of 86	8.1%	☆☆☆☆☆
2018	10.3	78 of 80	2.5%	☆☆☆☆☆

Low Socio Economic Status

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	South Carolina percentile	Rating
2025	37.8	146 of 226	35.4%	★★☆☆☆
2024	21.3	191 of 229	16.6%	★☆☆☆☆
2023	9.4	218 of 226	3.5%	☆☆☆☆☆
2022	10.9	205 of 220	6.8%	☆☆☆☆☆
2021	14.0	192 of 213	9.9%	★☆☆☆☆
2019	13.3	197 of 217	9.2%	☆☆☆☆☆
2018	17.5	182 of 214	15.0%	★☆☆☆☆

Male

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	South Carolina percentile	Rating
2025	27.2	174 of 224	22.3%	★☆☆☆☆
2024	17.7	193 of 228	15.4%	★☆☆☆☆
2023	7.6	216 of 229	5.7%	☆☆☆☆☆
2022	6.4	215 of 224	4.0%	☆☆☆☆☆
2021	10.8	198 of 215	7.9%	☆☆☆☆☆
2019	10.1	199 of 218	8.7%	☆☆☆☆☆
2018	12.4	187 of 213	12.2%	★☆☆☆☆

White

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	South Carolina percentile	Rating
2025	43.2	114 of 196	41.8%	★★☆☆☆
2024	11.8	182 of 196	7.1%	☆☆☆☆☆
2023	12.4	181 of 197	8.1%	☆☆☆☆☆
2022	7.9	188 of 192	2.1%	☆☆☆☆☆
2021	9.8	179 of 189	5.3%	☆☆☆☆☆
2019	14.9	163 of 191	14.7%	★☆☆☆☆
2018	17.8	156 of 185	15.7%	★☆☆☆☆

How student groups rank statewide ? (each group's percentile vs the same group at other schools — higher is better; the +/- beside each compares the group with this school's overall percentile)

English Language Learner (2025)77th percentile+47 vs school

Hispanic (2025)51st percentile+21 vs school

Disabled (2025)43rd percentile+13 vs school

White (2025)42nd percentile+12 vs school

African American (2025)37th percentile+7 vs school

Female (2025)36th percentile+6 vs school

Low Socio Economic Status (2025)35th percentile+6 vs school

Male (2025)22nd percentile-7 vs school

Gifted and Talented (2025)7th percentile-23 vs school

By subject vs South Carolina (2024-2025) ?

English 280%-6 vs state

Algebra 1/Mathematics for the Technologies 265%-9 vs state

English 164%+3 vs state

U.S. History and the Constitution50%-11 vs state

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School													Students/Teachers											Ranking (2025)				Ranking (2024)				SC READY English Language Arts (2025)			SC READY Mathematics (2025)			SC READY Science (2025)	EOCEP Algebra 1/Mathematics for the Technologies 2 (2025)	EOCEP English 1 (2025)	EOCEP U.S. History and the Constitution (2025)	EOCEP English 2 (2025)	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	White	Black	Hispanic	Asian	American Indian	Pacific Islander	Two or More Races	Average Standard Score (2025)	Statewide Rank (2025)	State Percentile (2025)	SchoolDigger Rating (2025)	Average Standard Score (2024)	Statewide Rank (2024)	State Percentile (2024)	Rank Change from Previous Year	SC READY English Language Arts 6th Grade	SC READY English Language Arts 7th Grade	SC READY English Language Arts 8th Grade	SC READY Mathematics 6th Grade	SC READY Mathematics 7th Grade	SC READY Mathematics 8th Grade	SC READY Science 6th Grade	EOCEP Algebra 1/Mathematics for the Technologies 2 End of Course	EOCEP English 1 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
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		348 (25.0%)	677 (48.7%)	303 (21.8%)	5 (0.4%)	2 (0.1%)	1 (0.1%)	54 (3.9%)	30.8	165^th of 235 public high schools	29.8%		17.2	198^th of 235 public high schools	15.7%	33								64.7	64.2	50.0	80.3	$12,645	$1,000	$283	$1,283	$9,255	$2,108	$11,363
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)
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		454 (85.3%)	38 (7.1%)	22 (4.1%)	0 (0.0%)	2 (0.4%)	0 (0.0%)	16 (3.0%)	63.3	67^th of 235 public high schools	71.5%		48.8	104^th of 235 public high schools	55.7%	37								73.0	87.0	71.6	86.5	$16,220	$416	$198	$614	$13,001	$2,605	$15,606
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		1,153 (60.5%)	292 (15.3%)	266 (14.0%)	93 (4.9%)	3 (0.2%)	2 (0.1%)	96 (5.0%)	78.5	27^th of 235 public high schools	88.5%		72.3	45^th of 235 public high schools	80.9%	18								78.9	78.1	80.9	92.2	$10,826	$328	$171	$499	$8,482	$1,846	$10,327
Lewisville High	Public	9-12	3971 Lewisville High School Ro	Richburg	29729	Chester County	Chester 01	No	No	No	No	(803) 789-5131	431	29	14.8		224 (52.0%)	138 (32.0%)	30 (7.0%)	6 (1.4%)	3 (0.7%)	3 (0.7%)	27 (6.3%)	33.2	154^th of 235 public high schools	34.5%		48	109^th of 235 public high schools	53.6%	45								49.4	58.3	54.8	81.0	$15,907	$1,480	$789	$2,269	$10,835	$2,803	$13,638
Great Falls High	Public	6-12	409 Sunset Avenue	Great Falls	29055	Chester County	Chester 01	No	No	No	No	(803) 482-2210	375	35	10.7		152 (40.5%)	151 (40.3%)	30 (8.0%)	2 (0.5%)	0 (0.0%)	4 (1.1%)	36 (9.6%)	35.8	149^th of 235 public high schools	36.6%		32.4	153^rd of 235 public high schools	34.9%	4	49.1	54.5	56.0	31.5	12.8	30.0	45.3	83.1	37.7	38.6	86.8	$19,665	$1,514	$867	$2,380	$12,228	$5,057	$17,285
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		375 (67.3%)	127 (22.8%)	19 (3.4%)	3 (0.5%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	33 (5.9%)	59.9	77^th of 235 public high schools	67.2%		49.5	101^st of 235 public high schools	57.0%	24								69.8	68.5	66.7	88.1	$15,668	$363	$136	$499	$12,183	$2,986	$15,169
Rock Hill High	Public	9-12	320 West Springdale Road	Rock Hill	29730	York County	York 03	No	No	No	No	(803) 981-1300	1,980	118	16.7		820 (41.4%)	582 (29.4%)	354 (17.9%)	38 (1.9%)	46 (2.3%)	0 (0.0%)	137 (6.9%)	45.3	122^nd of 235 public high schools	48.1%		38.2	137^th of 235 public high schools	41.7%	15								75.4	59.9	57.8	83.3	$14,729	$721	$810	$1,531	$11,478	$1,720	$13,198
South Pointe High	Public	9-12	801 Neely Road	Rock Hill	29730	York County	York 03	No	No	No	No	(803) 980-2100	1,128	84	13.4		309 (27.4%)	660 (58.5%)	87 (7.7%)	5 (0.4%)	7 (0.6%)	1 (0.1%)	58 (5.1%)	43	129^th of 235 public high schools	45.1%		50.8	96^th of 235 public high schools	59.1%	33								64.9	53.8	65.4	84.1	$17,068	$739	$812	$1,551	$13,166	$2,351	$15,517
Catawba Ridge High School	Public	9-12	1180 Fort Mill Parkway	Fort Mill	29715	York County	York 04	No	No	No	No	(803) 835-5222	1,704	107	15.9		1,183 (69.4%)	160 (9.4%)	159 (9.3%)	98 (5.8%)	2 (0.1%)	1 (0.1%)	101 (5.9%)	89.1	11^th of 235 public high schools	95.3%		85	20^th of 235 public high schools	91.5%	9								87.3	86.7	90.6	97.7	$11,913	$280	$405	$684	$9,411	$1,818	$11,229

Frequently Asked Questions about Lancaster High

What schools feed into Lancaster High?

Lancaster High is fed by the following schools:

Elementary : Brooklyn Springs Elementary
Elementary : Clinton Elementary
Elementary : Erwin Elementary
Elementary : McDonald Green Elementary
Elementary : North Elementary
Middle : Buford Middle
Middle : South Middle

Is Lancaster High a good school?

Lancaster High ranks 165^th of 235 South Carolina high schools. SchoolDigger rates this school 2 stars out of 5.

What is the racial makeup of Lancaster High?

Students at Lancaster High are 49% African American, 25% White, 22% Hispanic, 4% Two or more races.

How many students attend Lancaster High?

In the 2024-25 school year, 1,390 students attended Lancaster High.

What district is Lancaster High in?

Lancaster 01

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