Camden High

Camden High is one of the moderately sized secondary schools in Camden, South Carolina, one of the schools within Kershaw 01, with 1,136 students on its rolls from grades 9 through 12.

Across the 16 schools in Kershaw 01 (11,135 students total), Camden High accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

Demographically, Camden High reports that the most-represented group is White (44%), with the rest of the student body spread across multiple groups. Beyond that, the school lists 38% Black, 13% Hispanic, 5% multiracial. That is noticeably less White than the county at large, where the share is closer to 67%.

On the income-and-resources front, Camden High lists 71 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 16.0:1. The state averages about 15.5:1, putting this campus right in line with peers.

Across the wider county, the surrounding county (Kershaw County) logs that the typical household earns roughly $68,231 per year, roughly 24% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 10%. In all, Kershaw County runs 18 public schools (combined enrollment of about 11,247 students), of which Camden High is one.

Camden Elementary is the nearest neighboring public school, about 1.0 miles from this campus. Counting just inside five miles, 6 other public schools cluster around Camden High.

The school occupies a countryside site.

Over the past 7-year window. Over the past 7-year window, the student count ticked up 12%: 1,012 students in 2018 compared to 1,136 in 2025. The White share of enrollment declined from 51% to 44% over that span.

On the community side, posts here usually surface around sports schedules, lunch menu changes, and school spirit week. Anyone with firsthand experience at this school can post or comment.