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The fastest-declining public high schools by enrollment in South Carolina

Across South Carolina, 78 public high schools are ranked here, ranked by the steepest enrollment decline between the 2017-18 and 2024-25 school years. Lake City High leads the list at -45.3%, against a median of -8.7% across the ranked schools.

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Schools ranked

South Carolina

Best Enrollment change

-45.3%

Median Enrollment change

-8.7%

FASTEST DECLINING · SOUTH CAROLINA

#	School	City	District	2017-18	2024-25	% Change
1	Lake City High	Lake City, SC	Florence 03	900	492	-45.3%
2	Wando High	Mount Pleasant, SC	Charleston 01	3,997	2,588	-35.3%
3	Lee Central High	Bishopville, SC	Lee 01	610	402	-34.1%
4	Hemingway High	Hemingway, SC	Williamsburg 01	285	189	-33.7%
5	Allendale-Fairfax High	Fairfax, SC	Allendale 01	347	252	-27.4%
6	Aiken High	Aiken, SC	Aiken 01	1,438	1,097	-23.7%
7	Chester Senior High	Chester, SC	Chester 01	893	699	-21.7%
8	Andrews High	Andrews, SC	Georgetown 01	593	471	-20.6%
9	Fairfield Central High	Winnsboro, SC	Fairfield 01	777	619	-20.3%
10	Beaufort High	Beaufort, SC	Beaufort 01	1,356	1,104	-18.6%
11	Marion High	Marion, SC	Marion 10	703	572	-18.6%
12	Landrum High	Campobello, SC	Spartanburg 01	644	526	-18.3%
13	Whale Branch Early College High	Seabrook, SC	Beaufort 01	476	390	-18.1%
14	South Pointe High	Rock Hill, SC	York 03	1,362	1,128	-17.2%
15	West-Oak High	Westminster, SC	Oconee 01	879	735	-16.4%
16	Military Magnet Academy	North Charleston, SC	Charleston 01	468	393	-16.0%
17	Colleton County High	Walterboro, SC	Colleton 01	1,607	1,352	-15.9%
18	Darlington High	Darlington, SC	Darlington 01	1,140	965	-15.4%
19	Barnwell High	Barnwell, SC	Barnwell	656	557	-15.1%
20	Latta High	Latta, SC	Dillon 03	497	422	-15.1%
21	Whitmire Community School (High)	Whitmire, SC	Newberry 01	311	264	-15.1%
22	Strom Thurmond High	Johnston, SC	Edgefield 01	836	720	-13.9%
23	C. A. Johnson High	Columbia, SC	Richland 01	396	344	-13.1%
24	Blacksburg High	Blacksburg, SC	Cherokee 01	552	482	-12.7%
25	Andrew Jackson High	Kershaw, SC	Lancaster 01	638	557	-12.7%
26	Hillcrest High	Simpsonville, SC	Greenville 01	2,162	1,894	-12.4%
27	Buford High	Lancaster, SC	Lancaster 01	604	532	-11.9%
28	Mid-Carolina High	Prosperity, SC	Newberry 01	773	681	-11.9%
29	Cheraw High	Cheraw, SC	Chesterfield 01	682	603	-11.6%
30	Ninety Six High School	Ninety Six, SC	Greenwood 52	477	423	-11.3%
31	Calhoun County High	St. Matthews, SC	Calhoun 01	446	397	-11.0%
32	Hannah Pamplico High School	Pamplico, SC	Florence 02	368	332	-9.8%
33	Mauldin High	Mauldin, SC	Greenville 01	2,364	2,133	-9.8%
34	Georgetown High	Georgetown, SC	Georgetown 01	1,017	918	-9.7%
35	Gaffney High	Gaffney, SC	Cherokee 01	2,022	1,827	-9.6%
36	Sumter High School	Sumter, SC	Sumter 01	2,348	2,122	-9.6%
37	Wagener-Salley High	Wagener, SC	Aiken 01	270	245	-9.3%
38	Dillon High	Dillon, SC	Dillon 04	884	804	-9.0%
39	Nation Ford High	Fort Mill, SC	York 04	2,108	1,921	-8.9%
40	HCS Early College High	Conway, SC	Horry 01	393	360	-8.4%
41	Lake View High	Lake View, SC	Dillon 04	527	483	-8.3%
42	Burke High	Charleston, SC	Charleston 01	372	342	-8.1%
43	Hartsville High	Hartsville, SC	Darlington 01	1,226	1,129	-7.9%
44	Lakewood High	Sumter, SC	Sumter 01	1,096	1,013	-7.6%
45	South Florence High	Florence, SC	Florence 01	1,708	1,580	-7.5%
46	Airport High	West Columbia, SC	Lexington 02	1,373	1,272	-7.4%
47	Pickens High	Pickens, SC	Pickens 01	1,322	1,226	-7.3%
48	McCormick High	McCormick, SC	McCormick 01	207	192	-7.2%
49	Crestwood High	Sumter, SC	Sumter 01	1,190	1,105	-7.1%
50	Johnsonville High	Johnsonville, SC	Florence 05	348	325	-6.6%

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