Crestwood High

Among the schools in Sumter, South Carolina, is Crestwood High, a medium-sized high school. Grades offered run from 9 through 12, with 1,105 students enrolled.

Enrollment across the 24 schools in Sumter 01 totals 13,871 students.

A majority of students at Crestwood High, 71%, are Black. Beyond that, enrollment is 17% White, 6% Hispanic, and 5% multiracial. The Black share of the county population is lower, at 46%. The chance that two students picked at random at Crestwood High belong to different racial or ethnic groups, known as the diversity index, is 45%.

Staffing totals 57 full-time-equivalent teachers, and the student-to-teacher ratio is 19.4:1. That ratio is over the 15.5:1 average for high schools in South Carolina.

Recent Census Bureau figures for Sumter County show that median household income is about $56,693, 24% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 13% of people live in poverty. Federal data list 27 public schools in Sumter County, with a combined enrollment of about 14,608.

The next-closest public school is Chestnut Oaks Middle, about 1.4 miles away. In all, 6 other public schools sit within five miles of Crestwood High.

Federal records code the school's setting as Rural: Fringe.

Crestwood High had 1,078 students in 2020-21 and 1,105 in 2024-25, a 3% increase.

Families, students, and staff can use this page to discuss science fairs, picture day, and bus routes at Crestwood High. Alumni can share how the school prepared them.