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Lakewood High

Public Grades 9-12

186^th

SchoolDigger Rank ?

of 235 South Carolina High Schools

Better than 21% of South Carolina high schools

Summary

Lakewood High is a public high school in Sumter, South Carolina, serving 1,016 students in grades 9-12. The school is part of the Sumter 01 school district, which is ranked 67 out of 75 districts in the state and has a 1-star rating from SchoolDigger. Lakewood High has consistently ranked in the bottom quarter of South Carolina high schools over the past several years.

Lakewood High consistently underperforms compared to state and district averages on standardized tests. For example, in the 2024-2025 school year, only 52.16% of Lakewood High students were proficient or better in Algebra 1/Mathematics, compared to 57.92% for the Sumter 01 district and 73.95% for the state. Lakewood High also struggles with low graduation rates, ranging from 77.1% to 85.4% over the past few years, and high chronic absenteeism rates, ranging from 22.5% to 45.9%. These challenges are likely exacerbated by the school's 100% free and reduced-price lunch rate, indicating that all students come from low-income households.

Interestingly, Lakewood High ranks 1st out of 153 South Carolina high schools for its Gifted and Talented student population in the 2024-2025 school year, suggesting the school may be doing a good job of identifying and serving its high-achieving students. However, the school's academic performance still lags behind nearby Crestwood High and Sumter High School, which have higher proficiency rates in core subjects. Addressing the root causes of Lakewood High's challenges, such as student engagement and teacher support, will be crucial for improving the school's performance.

1,013

Students ?

17.4

Student/teacher ratio ?

$13,280

Per pupil spending ?

100%

Free/discounted lunch ?

350 Old Manning Road
Sumter, SC 29150

(803) 506-2700

District: Sumter 01

Feeder schools for Lakewood High:

Elementary:	Manchester Elementary
	Pocalla Springs Elementary
Middle:	Furman Middle

Racial breakdown:

African American:

58.8%

White:

29.8%

Hispanic:

6.1%

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At a glance

▲ Ranking trend: Improving — 8th percentile in 2015 → 21st in 2025

Strengths

✓Ranking is trending up — up 13 percentile points since 2015

Worth a look

!Test scores below the South Carolina average (58% vs 71% meeting standards)

!In the lower quartile statewide (21st percentile)

!Graduation rate below the South Carolina average (74% vs 87%)

Students meeting standards (2024-2025) ?

This school58%

District avg58%

South Carolina avg71%

186^th of 235

South Carolina public high schools ?

Bottom 21%▲ up 13 pts since 2015

From bottom 8% (2015) to bottom 21% (2025)

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★★★★★

SchoolDigger rating ?

2^nd of 3High Schools in the Sumter 01

67^th of 75Sumter 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	22.8	186 of 235	20.9%	★☆☆☆☆
2024	7.6	225 of 235	4.3%	☆☆☆☆☆
2023	9.6	215 of 237	9.3%	☆☆☆☆☆
2022	7.7	210 of 226	7.1%	☆☆☆☆☆
2021	17.3	187 of 227	17.6%	★☆☆☆☆
2019	7.9	210 of 225	6.7%	☆☆☆☆☆
2018	7.5	203 of 216	6.0%	☆☆☆☆☆
2017	6.3	212 of 223	4.9%	☆☆☆☆☆
2016	15.7	204 of 231	11.7%	★☆☆☆☆
2015	13.4	214 of 232	7.8%	☆☆☆☆☆
2014	14.5	187 of 210	11.0%	★☆☆☆☆

African American

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	South Carolina percentile	Rating
2025	35.8	137 of 194	29.4%	★★☆☆☆
2024	11.6	185 of 194	4.6%	☆☆☆☆☆
2023	14.3	188 of 199	5.5%	☆☆☆☆☆
2022	12.4	183 of 190	3.7%	☆☆☆☆☆
2021	24.6	145 of 178	18.5%	★☆☆☆☆
2019	11.0	178 of 184	3.3%	☆☆☆☆☆
2018	13.2	175 of 183	4.4%	☆☆☆☆☆

Disabled

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	South Carolina percentile	Rating
2025	15.3	129 of 139	7.2%	☆☆☆☆☆
2024	11.4	136 of 145	6.2%	☆☆☆☆☆
2023	9.6	135 of 141	4.3%	☆☆☆☆☆
2022	5.9	139 of 139	0.0%	☆☆☆☆☆
2021	21.7	99 of 115	13.9%	★☆☆☆☆
2019	8.4	140 of 143	2.1%	☆☆☆☆☆
2018	8.0	133 of 137	2.9%	☆☆☆☆☆

Female

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	South Carolina percentile	Rating
2025	24.2	174 of 225	22.7%	★☆☆☆☆
2024	10.7	211 of 225	6.2%	☆☆☆☆☆
2023	8.8	211 of 223	5.4%	☆☆☆☆☆
2022	5.4	212 of 220	3.6%	☆☆☆☆☆
2021	10.8	195 of 213	8.5%	☆☆☆☆☆
2019	6.9	205 of 213	3.8%	☆☆☆☆☆
2018	6.2	199 of 210	5.2%	☆☆☆☆☆

Gifted and Talented

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	South Carolina percentile	Rating
2025	74.2	1 of 153	99.3%	★★★★★
2024	0.0	157 of 157	0.0%	☆☆☆☆☆
2023	0.0	156 of 156	0.0%	☆☆☆☆☆

Low Socio Economic Status

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	South Carolina percentile	Rating
2025	24.3	183 of 226	19.0%	★☆☆☆☆
2024	12.1	215 of 229	6.1%	☆☆☆☆☆
2023	10.8	210 of 226	7.1%	☆☆☆☆☆
2022	10.8	206 of 220	6.4%	☆☆☆☆☆
2021	21.3	172 of 213	19.2%	★☆☆☆☆
2019	7.8	213 of 217	1.8%	☆☆☆☆☆
2018	8.5	205 of 214	4.2%	☆☆☆☆☆

Male

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	South Carolina percentile	Rating
2025	17.8	194 of 224	13.4%	★☆☆☆☆
2024	7.2	220 of 228	3.5%	☆☆☆☆☆
2023	11.5	208 of 229	9.2%	☆☆☆☆☆
2022	10.0	207 of 224	7.6%	☆☆☆☆☆
2021	24.5	159 of 215	26.0%	★☆☆☆☆
2019	8.6	203 of 218	6.9%	☆☆☆☆☆
2018	7.9	200 of 213	6.1%	☆☆☆☆☆

White

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	South Carolina percentile	Rating
2025	19.0	169 of 196	13.8%	★☆☆☆☆
2024	4.0	194 of 196	1.0%	☆☆☆☆☆
2023	5.1	192 of 197	2.5%	☆☆☆☆☆
2022	2.9	190 of 192	1.0%	☆☆☆☆☆
2021	10.6	177 of 189	6.3%	☆☆☆☆☆
2019	4.8	185 of 191	3.1%	☆☆☆☆☆
2018	3.3	183 of 185	1.1%	☆☆☆☆☆

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)

Gifted and Talented (2025)99th percentile+78 vs school

African American (2025)29th percentile+9 vs school

Female (2025)23rd percentile~ school

Low Socio Economic Status (2025)19th percentile~ school

White (2025)14th percentile-7 vs school

Male (2025)13th percentile-7 vs school

Disabled (2025)7th percentile-14 vs school

By subject vs South Carolina (2024-2025) ?

English 277%-10 vs state

U.S. History and the Constitution52%-9 vs state

Algebra 1/Mathematics for the Technologies 252%-22 vs state

English 149%-12 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
Lakewood High	Public	9-12	350 Old Manning Road	Sumter	29150	Sumter County	Sumter 01	No	No	No	No	(803) 506-2700	1,013	58	17.4		302 (29.8%)	596 (58.8%)	62 (6.1%)	6 (0.6%)	1 (0.1%)	5 (0.5%)	41 (4.0%)	22.8	186^th of 235 public high schools	20.9%		7.6	225^th of 235 public high schools	4.3%	39								52.2	49.4	52.3	76.7	$13,280	$942	$1,175	$2,117	$9,334	$1,828	$11,162
Sumter High School	Public	9-12	2580 McCrays Mill Road	Sumter	29154	Sumter County	Sumter 01	No	No	No	No	(803) 481-4480	2,122	125	17.0		544 (25.6%)	1,326 (62.5%)	156 (7.4%)	40 (1.9%)	4 (0.2%)	6 (0.3%)	46 (2.2%)	24.2	182^nd of 235 public high schools	22.6%		21.5	184^th of 235 public high schools	21.7%	2								52.1	51.7	51.1	77.4	$13,332	$930	$1,022	$1,952	$9,716	$1,664	$11,380
Sumter Career and Technology Center	Public	9-12	2612 McCray's Mill Road	Sumter	29154	Sumter County	Sumter 01	No	No	No	No	(803) 481-8575	0	17	.0		0 ()	0 ()	0 ()	0 ()	0 ()	0 ()	0 ()								(n/a)
Crestwood High	Public	9-12	2000 Oswego Road	Sumter	29153	Sumter County	Sumter 01	No	No	No	No	(803) 469-6200	1,105	57	19.3		190 (17.2%)	789 (71.4%)	67 (6.1%)	6 (0.5%)	1 (0.1%)	0 (0.0%)	52 (4.7%)	13.5	214^th of 235 public high schools	8.9%		29.8	164^th of 235 public high schools	30.2%	50								52.9	36.7	48.0	71.3	$12,307	$942	$1,169	$2,112	$8,423	$1,772	$10,195
F. E. Dubose Career Center	Public	9-12	3351 Sumter Highway	Manning	29102	Clarendon County	Clarendon 06	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(803) 473-2531	0	11	.0		0 ()	0 ()	0 ()	0 ()	0 ()	0 ()	0 ()								(n/a)
Manning High	Public	9-12	2155 Paxville Highway	Manning	29102	Clarendon County	Clarendon 06	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(803) 435-4417	741	38	19.6		175 (23.6%)	497 (67.1%)	44 (5.9%)	9 (1.2%)	2 (0.3%)	2 (0.3%)	12 (1.6%)	25.5	181^st of 235 public high schools	23.0%		20.6	189^th of 235 public high schools	19.6%	8								59.2	46.2	51.3	80.1	$12,859	$1,730	$765	$2,495	$8,774	$1,591	$10,365
Turbeville High	Public	9-12	1578 Clarence Coker Hwy	Turbeville	29162	Clarendon County	Dept Of Correction N04	No	No	No	Yes	(803) 896-3178	55	9	6.1		12 (21.8%)	39 (70.9%)	4 (7.3%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)								(n/a)
Scott's Branch High	Public	9-12	9253 Alex Harvin Highway	Summerton	29148	Clarendon County	Clarendon 06	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(803) 574-2100	197	16	12.1		12 (6.1%)	174 (88.3%)	9 (4.6%)	1 (0.5%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.5%)	5.1	229^th of 235 public high schools	2.6%		9.2	218^th of 235 public high schools	7.2%	11								41.9		33.9	60.6	$23,899	$2,364	$1,330	$3,694	$17,102	$3,103	$20,206
East Clarendon Middle-High	Public	6-12	1171 Pope Street	Turbeville	29162	Clarendon County	Clarendon 06	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(843) 659-2185	722	38	19.0		518 (71.7%)	159 (22.0%)	40 (5.5%)	1 (0.1%)	1 (0.1%)	0 (0.0%)	3 (0.4%)	48.4	113^th of 235 public high schools	51.9%		41.4	130^th of 235 public high schools	44.7%	17	60.3	62.0	55.0	57.0	36.2	40.2	48.9	77.8	69.7	55.0	82.9	$13,130	$1,836	$763	$2,599	$9,153	$1,378	$10,531

Frequently Asked Questions about Lakewood High

What schools feed into Lakewood High?

Lakewood High is fed by the following schools:

Elementary : Manchester Elementary
Elementary : Pocalla Springs Elementary
Middle : Furman Middle

What is the racial makeup of Lakewood High?

Students at Lakewood High are 59% African American, 30% White, 6% Hispanic, 4% Two or more races.

How many students attend Lakewood High?

In the 2024-25 school year, 1,013 students attended Lakewood High.

What district is Lakewood High in?

Sumter 01

Is Lakewood High a good school?

Lakewood High ranks in the bottom 20.9% of South Carolina high schools.

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