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White Knoll High

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White Knoll High ranks 141 st of 248 South Carolina high schools. SchoolDigger rates this school 2 stars out of 5.

Public Grades 9-12

141^st

SchoolDigger Rank ?

of 248 South Carolina High Schools

Better than 43% of South Carolina high schools

Summary

White Knoll High is a large public high school in Lexington, SC, serving approximately 2,025 students in grades 9-12 as part of the Lexington 01 school district.

White Knoll faces significant challenges that set it apart from neighboring schools. The most pressing issue is chronic absenteeism, with a 38.5% rate in 2024-2025—far above the district average of 22.7% and dramatically higher than nearby River Bluff High (29.4%) and Lexington High (26.2%). This attendance problem likely contributes to the school's graduation rate of 81.5%, which trails the district average of 89.1% by a wide margin. By comparison, River Bluff High graduates 94.1% of its students. Mathematics is another area of concern—Algebra 1 proficiency has plummeted from 57% to just 29% over two years, now sitting well below both district and state averages. The school's overall ranking has also declined from a solid 3-4 star rating before 2020 to its current 2-star status.

Despite these struggles, there are bright spots. English performance is a relative strength, with English 2 proficiency at 78.9%—above the state average. The school also shows encouraging progress among certain student groups, including significant improvements for disabled students and multi-racial students. White Knoll serves a more economically diverse population than some peers, with 51% of students qualifying for free/reduced lunch. While the school spends a comparable amount per student ($14,070) to higher-performing schools like River Bluff High ($14,256), outcomes lag considerably. For parents considering this school, the most urgent priorities are addressing the attendance crisis and reversing the decline in math achievement—both of which will require focused attention from school leadership and family support.

2,025

Students ?

15.3

Student/teacher ratio ?

$14,070

Per pupil spending ?

51.2%

Free/discounted lunch ?

5643 Platt Springs Road
Lexington, SC 29073

(803) 821-5200

District: Lexington 01

Feeder schools for White Knoll High:

Elementary:	Carolina Springs Elementary
	Red Bank Elementary
	Saxe Gotha Elementary
	White Knoll Elementary
Middle:	Carolina Springs Middle
	White Knoll Middle

Racial breakdown:

White:

48.9%

African American:

27.4%

Hispanic:

15.4%

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At a glance

▼ Ranking trend: Declining — 72nd percentile in 2016 → 43rd in 2026

Worth a look

!Graduation rate below the South Carolina average (82% vs 87%)

!High chronic absenteeism (38% vs 22% South Carolina)

!Ranking has slipped — down 29 percentile points since 2016

Students meeting standards (2025-2026) ?

This school66%

District avg77%

South Carolina avg69%

141^st of 248

South Carolina public high schools ?

Bottom 43%▼ down 29 pts since 2016

From top 28% (2016) to bottom 43% (2026)

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★★★★★

SchoolDigger rating ?

4^th of 5High Schools in the Lexington 01

14^th of 75Lexington 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
2026	44.4	141 of 248	43.1%	★★☆☆☆
2025	34.3	154 of 240	35.8%	★★☆☆☆
2024	40.0	136 of 243	44.0%	★★☆☆☆
2023	39.6	136 of 237	42.6%	★★☆☆☆
2022	33.8	146 of 226	35.4%	★★☆☆☆
2021	38.1	133 of 227	41.4%	★★☆☆☆
2019	53.2	73 of 225	67.6%	★★★☆☆
2018	51.2	77 of 216	64.4%	★★★☆☆
2017	50.0	78 of 223	65.0%	★★★☆☆
2016	59.3	65 of 231	71.9%	★★★★☆
2015	57.6	68 of 232	70.7%	★★★★☆
2014	76.0	41 of 210	80.5%	★★★★☆
2013	76.1	45 of 203	77.8%	★★★★☆
2012	72.3	56 of 202	72.3%	★★★★☆
2011	71.8	55 of 199	72.4%	★★★★☆
2010	68.6	60 of 199	69.8%	★★★★☆
2009	79.3	24 of 188	87.2%	★★★★☆
2008	75.2	41 of 185	77.8%	★★★★☆
2007	68.1	53 of 191	72.3%	★★★★☆
2006	73.7	24 of 191	87.4%	★★★★☆
2005	76.2	20 of 187	89.3%	★★★★☆

African American

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	South Carolina percentile	Rating
2026	40.8	124 of 200	38.0%	★★☆☆☆
2025	36.0	137 of 196	30.1%	★★☆☆☆
2024	50.9	87 of 197	55.8%	★★★☆☆
2023	53.5	81 of 199	59.3%	★★★☆☆
2022	39.6	108 of 190	43.2%	★★☆☆☆
2021	30.6	129 of 178	27.5%	★☆☆☆☆
2019	63.6	43 of 184	76.6%	★★★★☆
2018	64.7	42 of 183	77.0%	★★★★☆

Disabled

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	South Carolina percentile	Rating
2026	39.5	78 of 136	42.6%	★★☆☆☆
2025	30.4	107 of 140	23.6%	★☆☆☆☆
2024	33.8	102 of 147	30.6%	★★☆☆☆
2023	50.8	60 of 141	57.4%	★★★☆☆
2022	23.9	108 of 139	22.3%	★☆☆☆☆
2021	45.8	66 of 115	42.6%	★★☆☆☆
2019	74.8	28 of 143	80.4%	★★★★☆
2018	60.2	47 of 137	65.7%	★★★☆☆

English Language Learner

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	South Carolina percentile	Rating
2025	12.9	66 of 70	5.7%	☆☆☆☆☆
2024	44.2	41 of 71	42.3%	★★☆☆☆
2023	11.2	63 of 68	7.4%	☆☆☆☆☆
2022	11.0	59 of 61	3.3%	☆☆☆☆☆
2019	25.5	54 of 64	15.6%	★☆☆☆☆
2018	34.8	44 of 58	24.1%	★☆☆☆☆

Female

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	South Carolina percentile	Rating
2026	45.0	133 of 229	41.9%	★★☆☆☆
2025	31.2	161 of 229	29.7%	★★☆☆☆
2024	45.1	124 of 231	46.3%	★★☆☆☆
2023	41.3	123 of 223	44.8%	★★☆☆☆
2022	37.9	135 of 220	38.6%	★★☆☆☆
2021	35.3	132 of 213	38.0%	★★☆☆☆
2019	57.1	74 of 213	65.3%	★★★☆☆
2018	48.2	90 of 210	57.1%	★★★☆☆

Gifted and Talented

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	South Carolina percentile	Rating
2026	44.2	120 of 155	22.6%	★☆☆☆☆
2025	33.1	133 of 154	13.6%	★☆☆☆☆
2024	36.6	128 of 158	19.0%	★☆☆☆☆
2023	26.6	136 of 156	12.8%	★☆☆☆☆

Hispanic

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	South Carolina percentile	Rating
2026	40.9	74 of 124	40.3%	★★☆☆☆
2025	34.8	89 of 122	27.0%	★☆☆☆☆
2024	39.2	84 of 122	31.1%	★★☆☆☆
2023	32.0	87 of 119	26.9%	★☆☆☆☆
2022	34.1	82 of 108	24.1%	★☆☆☆☆
2021	44.1	59 of 93	36.6%	★★☆☆☆
2019	39.0	59 of 86	31.4%	★★☆☆☆
2018	46.2	44 of 80	45.0%	★★☆☆☆

Low Socio Economic Status

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	South Carolina percentile	Rating
2026	41.8	144 of 241	40.2%	★★☆☆☆
2025	30.9	167 of 230	27.4%	★☆☆☆☆
2024	38.0	142 of 235	39.6%	★★☆☆☆
2023	37.6	137 of 226	39.4%	★★☆☆☆
2022	32.9	152 of 220	30.9%	★★☆☆☆
2021	37.9	132 of 213	38.0%	★★☆☆☆
2019	53.8	65 of 217	70.0%	★★★★☆
2018	51.1	79 of 214	63.1%	★★★☆☆

Male

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	South Carolina percentile	Rating
2026	41.7	138 of 233	40.8%	★★☆☆☆
2025	36.3	144 of 228	36.8%	★★☆☆☆
2024	36.2	141 of 234	39.7%	★★☆☆☆
2023	38.7	126 of 229	45.0%	★★☆☆☆
2022	29.0	160 of 224	28.6%	★☆☆☆☆
2021	38.8	128 of 215	40.5%	★★☆☆☆
2019	52.2	81 of 218	62.8%	★★★☆☆
2018	55.3	68 of 213	68.1%	★★★☆☆

Multi-racial

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	South Carolina percentile	Rating
2026	55.3	33 of 61	45.9%	★★☆☆☆
2025	12.9	55 of 59	6.8%	☆☆☆☆☆
2024	21.3	46 of 53	13.2%	★☆☆☆☆
2023	15.0	53 of 57	7.0%	☆☆☆☆☆
2022	20.1	43 of 48	10.4%	★☆☆☆☆
2021	27.6	27 of 31	12.9%	★☆☆☆☆
2018	59.2	10 of 22	54.5%	★★★☆☆

White

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	South Carolina percentile	Rating
2026	36.7	142 of 203	30.0%	★★☆☆☆
2025	26.6	159 of 200	20.5%	★☆☆☆☆
2024	26.3	157 of 202	22.3%	★☆☆☆☆
2023	27.0	150 of 197	23.9%	★☆☆☆☆
2022	18.0	168 of 192	12.5%	★☆☆☆☆
2021	26.8	146 of 189	22.8%	★☆☆☆☆
2019	48.4	80 of 191	58.1%	★★★☆☆
2018	38.3	98 of 185	47.0%	★★☆☆☆

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)

Multi-racial (2026)46th percentile+3 vs school

Disabled (2026)43rd percentile~ school

Female (2026)42nd percentile~ school

Male (2026)41st percentile~ school

Hispanic (2026)40th percentile-3 vs school

Low Socio Economic Status (2026)40th percentile-3 vs school

African American (2026)38th percentile-5 vs school

White (2026)30th percentile-13 vs school

Gifted and Talented (2026)23rd percentile-21 vs school

English Language Learner (2025)6th percentile-30 vs school

By subject vs South Carolina (2025-2026) ?

English 279%-5 vs state

U.S. History and the Constitution61%~ state avg

Biology 1/Applied Biology 256%-5 vs state

Algebra 1/Mathematics for the Technologies 229%-35 vs state

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by a student
Tuesday, September 21, 2021

terrible school and terrible people. Close Quote

by a student
Tuesday, February 27, 2018

I will be going there next school year. So three more months!!! My mother has called for information and they were very kind and helped her get the information she needed! Close Quote

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School													Students/Teachers											Ranking (2026)				Ranking (2025)				SC READY English Language Arts (2026)			SC READY Mathematics (2026)			SC READY Science (2026)	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	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 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
White Knoll High	Public	9-12	5643 Platt Springs Road	Lexington	29073	Lexington County	Lexington 01	No	No	No	No	(803) 821-5200	2,025	132	15.3	51.2%	991 (48.9%)	555 (27.4%)	311 (15.4%)	24 (1.2%)	9 (0.4%)	2 (0.1%)	133 (6.6%)	44.4	141^st of 248 public high schools	43.1%		34.3	154^th of 240 public high schools	35.8%	13								29.2	56.2	60.6	78.9	$14,070	$618	$358	$976	$11,394	$1,700	$13,094
Lexington Technology Center	Public	9-12	2421 Augusta Highway	Lexington	29072	Lexington County	Lexington 01	No	No	No	No	(803) 821-3000	0	37	.0		0 ()	0 ()	0 ()	0 ()	0 ()	0 ()	0 ()								(n/a)
Lexington High	Public	9-12	2463 Augusta Highway	Lexington	29072	Lexington County	Lexington 01	No	No	No	No	(803) 821-1300	2,536	164	15.5	25.7%	1,834 (72.3%)	303 (11.9%)	208 (8.2%)	84 (3.3%)	5 (0.2%)	7 (0.3%)	95 (3.7%)	86	28^th of 248 public high schools	88.7%		77.3	30^th of 240 public high schools	87.5%	2								38.7	86.1	81.0	91.5	$12,807	$711	$303	$1,013	$10,146	$1,647	$11,794
Midlands Middle College	Public, Charter	10-12	1260 Lexington Drive	West Columbia	29170	Lexington County	School Public Charter School District	Yes	No	No	No	(803) 822-3333	115	7	17.4	42.5%	68 (59.1%)	25 (21.7%)	15 (13.0%)	1 (0.9%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	6 (5.2%)	30.8	176^th of 248 public high schools	29.0%					(n/a)										54.8	72.7	$9,542	$123	$144	$267	$8,185	$1,090	$9,275
Airport High	Public	9-12	1315 Boston Avenue	West Columbia	29170	Lexington County	Lexington 02	No	No	No	No	(803) 822-5600	1,272	73	17.4	85.1%	453 (35.6%)	440 (34.6%)	308 (24.2%)	16 (1.3%)	1 (0.1%)	2 (0.2%)	52 (4.1%)	35.8	159^th of 248 public high schools	35.9%		34.2	155^th of 240 public high schools	35.4%	4								40.0	72.1	42.1	78.3	$14,078	$558	$957	$1,515	$10,180	$2,383	$12,563
Gray Collegiate Academy	Public, Charter	6-12	3833 Leaphart Road	West Columbia	29169	Lexington County	Charter Institute at Erskine	Yes	No	No	No	(803) 951-3321	935	38	24.9	15.0%	667 (71.3%)	153 (16.4%)	62 (6.6%)	5 (0.5%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	48 (5.1%)	94.3	11^th of 248 public high schools	95.6%		93.1	7^th of 240 public high schools	97.1%	4	75.2	88.8	91.3	59.6	71.7	88.0	65.1		86.2	86.2	99.5	$9,602	$1,106	$181	$1,286	$5,154	$3,162	$8,316
Gilbert High	Public	9-12	840 Main Street	Gilbert	29054	Lexington County	Lexington 01	No	No	No	No	(803) 821-1900	1,138	78	14.6	42.7%	830 (72.9%)	106 (9.3%)	155 (13.6%)	3 (0.3%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	44 (3.9%)	75.9	48^th of 248 public high schools	80.6%		56.9	84^th of 240 public high schools	65.0%	36									90.2	70.6	86.8	$16,009	$664	$379	$1,043	$13,076	$1,890	$14,966
River Bluff High	Public	9-12	320 Corley Mill Road	Lexington	29072	Lexington County	Lexington 01	No	No	No	No	(803) 821-0700	2,117	131	16.1	26.3%	1,422 (67.2%)	230 (10.9%)	188 (8.9%)	180 (8.5%)	2 (0.1%)	6 (0.3%)	89 (4.2%)	83.8	34^th of 248 public high schools	86.3%		76.9	33^rd of 240 public high schools	86.3%	1									73.7	75.2	94.4	$14,256	$557	$367	$924	$11,421	$1,911	$13,332
Pelion High	Public	9-12	600 Lydia Drive	Pelion	29123	Lexington County	Lexington 01	No	No	No	No	(803) 821-2200	718	63	11.4	67.6%	487 (67.8%)	45 (6.3%)	136 (18.9%)	2 (0.3%)	3 (0.4%)	0 (0.0%)	45 (6.3%)	38.4	155^th of 248 public high schools	37.5%		32	161^st of 240 public high schools	32.9%	6									51.1	55.9	79.2	$17,799	$1,054	$673	$1,727	$13,987	$2,085	$16,072
Lexington Two Innovation Center	Public	9-12	509 Bulldog Boulevard	Cayce	29033	Lexington County	Lexington 02	No	No	No	No	(803) 936-5550	0	22	.0		0 ()	0 ()	0 ()	0 ()	0 ()	0 ()	0 ()								(n/a)

Frequently Asked Questions about White Knoll High

How many students attend White Knoll High?

In the 2024-25 school year, 2,025 students attended White Knoll High.

What is the racial makeup of White Knoll High?

Students at White Knoll High are 49% White, 27% African American, 15% Hispanic, 7% Two or more races, 1% Asian.

What schools feed into White Knoll High?

White Knoll High is fed by the following schools:

Elementary : Carolina Springs Elementary
Elementary : Red Bank Elementary
Elementary : Saxe Gotha Elementary
Elementary : White Knoll Elementary
Middle : Carolina Springs Middle
Middle : White Knoll Middle

Is White Knoll High a good school?

White Knoll High ranks 141^st of 248 South Carolina high schools. SchoolDigger rates this school 2 stars out of 5.

What district is White Knoll High in?

Lexington 01

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