Buford High

Buford High, located in Lancaster, South Carolina, is a small high school. It enrolls 532 students in 2024-25. The grades offered are 9 through 12. It has 44% fewer students than the average for high schools in South Carolina (about 953).

Lancaster 01 includes 22 schools. Together they enroll 15,417 students.

The share of White students at Buford High is 85%. Other groups make up 7% Black, 4% Hispanic, and 3% multiracial. Lancaster County as a whole is about 69% White, so the school's share is higher. On the diversity index, which measures the chance that two random students are from different groups, Buford High scores 26%.

Teacher count: 45 full-time equivalents. Student-to-teacher ratio: 11.8:1. The average for high schools in South Carolina, 15.5:1, is higher.

American Community Survey estimates for Lancaster County show that the median household earns about $78,869 a year, about 34% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and roughly 9% of residents are in poverty. Lancaster County has 23 public schools with about 15,417 students, including Buford High.

Buford Middle is the nearest public school to Buford High, about 0.3 miles away. Within five miles of Buford High, there are 2 other public schools.

The school's setting, by NCES definition, is Rural: Distant: in rural territory some distance from an urban area.

The school shrank from 546 students in 2020-21 to 532 in 2024-25. Federal data show the ratio falling from 13.7:1 to 11.8:1.

On allk12, people connected to Buford High can post about pickup and drop-off, after-school programs, and teacher feedback. Current and former families are welcome to add their experience.