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Lower Richland High

Q: Is Lower Richland High a good school?

Lower Richland High ranks in the bottom 8.5% of South Carolina high schools.

Q: How many students attend Lower Richland High?

In the 2024-25 school year, 1,218 students attended Lower Richland High.

Q: What is the racial makeup of Lower Richland High?

Students at Lower Richland High are 81% African American, 7% Hispanic, 6% White, 5% Two or more races.

Q: What schools feed into Lower Richland High?

Lower Richland High is fed by the following schools: Elementary : Caughman Road Elementary Elementary : Gadsden Elementary Elementary : Hopkins Elementary Elementary : Horrell Hill Elementary Elementary : Mill Creek Elementary Elementary : Webber School Middle : Hopkins Middle Middle : Southeast Middle

Public Grades 9-12

227^th

SchoolDigger Rank ?

of 248 South Carolina High Schools

Better than 8% of South Carolina high schools

Summary

Lower Richland High is a large public high school in Hopkins, SC, serving 1,218 students in grades 9-12 as part of the Richland 01 school district.

Lower Richland High faces significant challenges that parents should be aware of. The school's overall state ranking has dropped to the 8th percentile (225th out of 245 schools), placing it well below nearby schools like Dreher High (58th) and A. C. Flora High (91st). Academic proficiency is notably low in key subjects—only 29.3% of students are proficient in English 1 and 29.8% in U.S. History, compared to roughly 67% proficiency at both Dreher and A.C. Flora. The school also struggles with chronic absenteeism (32.9% of students) and a dropout rate of 4.0%, which is nearly double the state average. While the school spends a substantial $17,494 per student—more than higher-performing schools like Spring Valley High ($12,832)—these resources have not translated into stronger outcomes.

There are some bright spots worth noting. Proficiency in English 2 is remarkably strong at 77.8%, nearly matching the state average and surpassing several nearby schools. The school also shows relative strength in serving its Disabled Students, ranking in the 24th percentile, up from the 7th percentile just two years ago. However, a major concern is that Gifted and Talented students rank last in the state (0th percentile), suggesting the school is not adequately challenging its highest-achieving learners. When compared to its peers, Lower Richland consistently ranks below other Richland 01 schools and is more comparable to C. A. Johnson High and Richland Northeast High, though it often ranks lower than both. Parents considering this school should weigh its significant challenges against its pockets of success, particularly in English 2 and for certain student subgroups.

1,218

Students ?

13.5

Student/teacher ratio ?

$17,494

Per pupil spending ?

100%

Free/discounted lunch ?

2615 Lower Richland Boulevard
Hopkins, SC 29061

(803) 695-3000

District: Richland 01

Feeder schools for Lower Richland High:

Elementary:	Caughman Road Elementary
	Gadsden Elementary
	Hopkins Elementary
	Horrell Hill Elementary
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	Mill Creek Elementary
	Webber School
Middle:	Hopkins Middle
	Southeast Middle

Racial breakdown:

African American:

81.2%

Hispanic:

7.1%

White:

6.3%

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At a glance

▬ Ranking trend: Holding steady — 9th percentile in 2016 → 8th in 2026

Worth a look

!Test scores below the South Carolina average (46% vs 69% meeting standards)

!In the lower quartile statewide (8th percentile)

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

Students meeting standards (2025-2026) ?

This school46%

District avg60%

South Carolina avg69%

227^th of 248

South Carolina public high schools ?

Bottom 8%▬ steady since 2016

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SchoolDigger rating ?

7^th of 7High Schools in the Richland 01

55^th of 75Richland 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	14.4	227 of 248	8.5%	☆☆☆☆☆
2025	22.2	191 of 240	20.4%	★☆☆☆☆
2024	16.4	208 of 243	14.4%	★☆☆☆☆
2023	5.3	231 of 237	2.5%	☆☆☆☆☆
2022	4.2	223 of 226	1.3%	☆☆☆☆☆
2021	12.3	203 of 227	10.6%	★☆☆☆☆
2019	4.5	220 of 225	2.2%	☆☆☆☆☆
2018	9.6	191 of 216	11.6%	★☆☆☆☆
2017	5.9	214 of 223	4.0%	☆☆☆☆☆
2016	10.9	211 of 231	8.7%	☆☆☆☆☆
2015	15.9	208 of 232	10.3%	★☆☆☆☆
2014	14.5	188 of 210	10.5%	★☆☆☆☆
2013	11.8	182 of 203	10.3%	★☆☆☆☆
2012	36.6	142 of 202	29.7%	★★☆☆☆
2011	13.5	178 of 199	10.6%	★☆☆☆☆
2010	15.6	178 of 199	10.6%	★☆☆☆☆
2009	28.6	158 of 188	16.0%	★☆☆☆☆
2008	14.2	169 of 185	8.6%	☆☆☆☆☆
2007	42.9	154 of 191	19.4%	★☆☆☆☆
2006	34.0	166 of 191	13.1%	★☆☆☆☆
2005	23.5	172 of 187	8.0%	☆☆☆☆☆

African American

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	South Carolina percentile	Rating
2026	31.3	151 of 200	24.5%	★☆☆☆☆
2025	37.2	134 of 196	31.6%	★★☆☆☆
2024	33.4	142 of 197	27.9%	★☆☆☆☆
2023	14.5	187 of 199	6.0%	☆☆☆☆☆
2022	12.8	181 of 190	4.7%	☆☆☆☆☆
2021	35.7	115 of 178	35.4%	★★☆☆☆
2019	15.3	167 of 184	9.2%	☆☆☆☆☆
2018	22.7	151 of 183	17.5%	★☆☆☆☆

Disabled

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	South Carolina percentile	Rating
2026	27.8	103 of 136	24.3%	★☆☆☆☆
2025	36.9	92 of 140	34.3%	★★☆☆☆
2024	14.3	137 of 147	6.8%	☆☆☆☆☆
2023	10.3	132 of 141	6.4%	☆☆☆☆☆
2022	13.1	125 of 139	10.1%	★☆☆☆☆
2019	12.2	134 of 143	6.3%	☆☆☆☆☆
2018	6.2	134 of 137	2.2%	☆☆☆☆☆

Female

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	South Carolina percentile	Rating
2026	11.0	213 of 229	7.0%	☆☆☆☆☆
2025	21.7	185 of 229	19.2%	★☆☆☆☆
2024	15.0	205 of 231	11.3%	★☆☆☆☆
2023	6.9	217 of 223	2.7%	☆☆☆☆☆
2022	4.3	215 of 220	2.3%	☆☆☆☆☆
2021	7.9	201 of 213	5.6%	☆☆☆☆☆
2019	4.8	209 of 213	1.9%	☆☆☆☆☆
2018	15.3	177 of 210	15.7%	★☆☆☆☆

Gifted and Talented

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	South Carolina percentile	Rating
2026	0.0	155 of 155	0.0%	☆☆☆☆☆
2025	1.5	150 of 154	2.6%	☆☆☆☆☆
2024	0.2	157 of 158	0.6%	☆☆☆☆☆
2023	0.6	155 of 156	0.6%	☆☆☆☆☆

Hispanic

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	South Carolina percentile	Rating
2026	17.3	110 of 124	11.3%	★☆☆☆☆
2025	53.4	55 of 122	54.9%	★★★☆☆
2024	18.2	109 of 122	10.7%	★☆☆☆☆
2023	5.0	116 of 119	2.5%	☆☆☆☆☆
2022	0.2	108 of 108	0.0%	☆☆☆☆☆

Low Socio Economic Status

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	South Carolina percentile	Rating
2026	15.4	221 of 241	8.3%	☆☆☆☆☆
2025	26.3	180 of 230	21.7%	★☆☆☆☆
2024	22.1	192 of 235	18.3%	★☆☆☆☆
2023	6.2	223 of 226	1.3%	☆☆☆☆☆
2022	7.8	217 of 220	1.4%	☆☆☆☆☆
2021	14.8	188 of 213	11.7%	★☆☆☆☆
2019	6.6	215 of 217	0.9%	☆☆☆☆☆
2018	11.1	200 of 214	6.5%	☆☆☆☆☆

Male

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	South Carolina percentile	Rating
2026	15.8	211 of 233	9.4%	☆☆☆☆☆
2025	22.6	188 of 228	17.5%	★☆☆☆☆
2024	19.0	196 of 234	16.2%	★☆☆☆☆
2023	5.4	223 of 229	2.6%	☆☆☆☆☆
2022	5.0	217 of 224	3.1%	☆☆☆☆☆
2021	14.2	188 of 215	12.6%	★☆☆☆☆
2019	4.4	215 of 218	1.4%	☆☆☆☆☆
2018	6.4	204 of 213	4.2%	☆☆☆☆☆

Multi-racial

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	South Carolina percentile	Rating
2026	1.5	60 of 61	1.6%	☆☆☆☆☆

White

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	South Carolina percentile	Rating
2025	6.7	190 of 200	5.0%	☆☆☆☆☆
2024	25.1	158 of 202	21.8%	★☆☆☆☆
2019	0.6	190 of 191	0.5%	☆☆☆☆☆

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)

African American (2026)24th percentile+16 vs school

Disabled (2026)24th percentile+16 vs school

Hispanic (2026)11th percentile+3 vs school

Male (2026)9th percentile~ school

Low Socio Economic Status (2026)8th percentile~ school

Female (2026)7th percentile~ school

White (2025)5th percentile-15 vs school

Multi-racial (2026)2nd percentile-7 vs school

Gifted and Talented (2026)<1st percentile-8 vs school

By subject vs South Carolina (2025-2026) ?

English 278%-6 vs state

U.S. History and the Constitution30%-33 vs state

Biology 1/Applied Biology 229%-32 vs state

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by a student
Monday, June 8, 2020

I’m a student at the school and I have to say, this is the worst high school I’ve gone to even though I haven’t been to any others. But the thing is, you don’t have to go to other high schools to know that this truly is the worst one. The teachers don’t really seem to care for their students unless you’re a class clown or that one “bad 6!tch” and have little to no control over them. The students are the fakest, rudest, hypocrites you will meet for miles. The lunch is okay I guess. The bathrooms are DISGUSTING. It seems like the janitors rarely do their jobs. All you hear about when you go to that school is who fought who, or, who got who pregnant, or some other irrelevant stuff, and the new grading system is kind of bad. The work they give you is alright. I know that teachers will have their opinions about students but they can at least wait until they get in the teacher’s lounge 😂. See I’m one of those good students who quietly sits in the back of the classroom and just can’t wait for the day to be over with so I can get home because the school is just that trashy. Close Quote

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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
Lower Richland High	Public	9-12	2615 Lower Richland Boulevard	Hopkins	29061	Richland County	Richland 01	No	No	No	No	(803) 695-3000	1,218	90	13.5	100.0%	77 (6.3%)	989 (81.2%)	87 (7.1%)	5 (0.4%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.1%)	59 (4.8%)	14.4	227^th of 248 public high schools	8.5%		22.2	191^st of 240 public high schools	20.4%	36		29.3	29.8	77.8	$17,494	$1,173	$1,118	$2,291	$12,771	$2,432	$15,204
Richland One Charter Middle College	Public, Charter	11-12	316 South Beltline Boulevard R	Columbia	29205	Richland County	Richland 01	Yes	No	No	No	(803) 738-7114	106	5	23.5	100.0%	14 (13.2%)	78 (73.6%)	5 (4.7%)	3 (2.8%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	6 (5.7%)								(n/a)			61.7		$19,050	$1,095	$1,068	$2,163	$13,550	$3,338	$16,887
Dreher High	Public	9-12	3319 Millwood Avenue	Columbia	29205	Richland County	Richland 01	No	No	No	No	(803) 253-7000	1,144	78	14.7	100.0%	387 (33.8%)	560 (49.0%)	103 (9.0%)	20 (1.7%)	1 (0.1%)	2 (0.2%)	71 (6.2%)	72.2	58^th of 248 public high schools	76.6%		59.5	81^st of 240 public high schools	66.3%	23		67.6	67.2	89.8	$18,263	$1,246	$1,102	$2,347	$13,403	$2,512	$15,916
A. C. Flora High	Public	9-12	1 Falcon Drive	Columbia	29204	Richland County	Richland 01	No	No	No	No	(803) 738-7300	1,328	85	15.6	100.0%	602 (45.3%)	523 (39.4%)	113 (8.5%)	24 (1.8%)	1 (0.1%)	2 (0.2%)	63 (4.7%)	62.6	92^nd of 248 public high schools	62.9%		43.5	129^th of 240 public high schools	46.3%	37		60.1	67.3	86.4	$16,591	$996	$1,045	$2,041	$12,067	$2,483	$14,550
Richland Northeast High	Public, Magnet	9-12	7500 Brookfield Road	Columbia	29223	Richland County	Richland 02	No	Yes	No	No	(803) 699-2800	1,340	101	13.3	67.9%	112 (8.4%)	857 (64.0%)	296 (22.1%)	19 (1.4%)	2 (0.1%)	4 (0.3%)	50 (3.7%)	24	199^th of 248 public high schools	19.8%		15.8	208^th of 240 public high schools	13.3%	9	65.3	39.9	39.1	73.2	$16,712	$1,045	$593	$1,638	$11,424	$3,651	$15,075
Samuel A. Heyward Career and Technology Center	Public	9-12	3560 Lynhaven Drive	Columbia	29204	Richland County	Richland 01	No	No	No	No	(803) 735-3343	0	23	.0		0 ()	0 ()	0 ()	0 ()	0 ()	0 ()	0 ()								(n/a)
C. A. Johnson High	Public	9-12	2219 Barhamville Road	Columbia	29204	Richland County	Richland 01	No	No	No	Yes	(803) 253-7092	344	38	9.0	100.0%	2 (0.6%)	319 (92.7%)	12 (3.5%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	11 (3.2%)	18.1	219^th of 248 public high schools	11.7%		26.5	180^th of 240 public high schools	25.0%	39		38.0	40.0	75.8	$29,536	$1,508	$1,904	$3,412	$21,293	$4,831	$26,124
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)
School Whitmore School	Public, Virtual, Charter	9-12	501 Commerce Drive NE	Columbia	29223	Richland County	School Public Charter School District	Yes	No	Yes	No	(803) 476-6416	431	15	28.7	54.2%	309 (71.7%)	81 (18.8%)	26 (6.0%)	8 (1.9%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	7 (1.6%)	23.6	200^th of 248 public high schools	19.4%		23.4	186^th of 240 public high schools	22.5%	14		38.6	44.9	78.5	$8,616	$246	$450	$695	$6,020	$1,900	$7,920
Brookland-Cayce High	Public	9-12	1300 State Street	Cayce	29033	Lexington County	Lexington 02	No	No	No	No	(803) 791-5000	1,212	99	12.2	100.0%	310 (25.6%)	392 (32.3%)	405 (33.4%)	48 (4.0%)	5 (0.4%)	1 (0.1%)	51 (4.2%)	31.8	172^nd of 248 public high schools	30.6%		22.8	188^th of 240 public high schools	21.7%	16	31.4	78.5	42.3	76.1	$13,658	$381	$982	$1,363	$9,694	$2,601	$12,295

Frequently Asked Questions about Lower Richland High

What is the racial makeup of Lower Richland High?

Students at Lower Richland High are 81% African American, 7% Hispanic, 6% White, 5% Two or more races.

What schools feed into Lower Richland High?

Lower Richland High is fed by the following schools:

Elementary : Caughman Road Elementary
Elementary : Gadsden Elementary
Elementary : Hopkins Elementary
Elementary : Horrell Hill Elementary
Elementary : Mill Creek Elementary
Elementary : Webber School
Middle : Hopkins Middle
Middle : Southeast Middle

How many students attend Lower Richland High?

In the 2024-25 school year, 1,218 students attended Lower Richland High.

What district is Lower Richland High in?

Richland 01

Is Lower Richland High a good school?

Lower Richland High ranks in the bottom 8.5% of South Carolina high schools.

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