Crestwood High

Crestwood High is one of the middle-of-the-pack secondary schools in Sumter, South Carolina, part of Sumter 01, with 1,105 students on its rolls from grades 9 through 12.

Sumter 01 comprises 24 schools with combined enrollment of 13,871 students; Crestwood High is among them.

On the student-mix side, Crestwood High shows that 71% of the student body identifies as Black. The remainder consists of 17% White, 6% Hispanic, 5% multiracial. By comparison, Sumter County as a whole is about 46% Black, so the school skews meaningfully more Black than its surroundings.

In terms of school funding signals, The school reports having 57 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 19.4:1. The state averages around 15.5:1, so this campus is higher than the state norm typical.

Around the school, Sumter County reports that median household income runs about $56,693, roughly 24% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and roughly 13% of residents live below the federal poverty line. In all, Sumter County runs 27 public schools (combined enrollment of about 14,608 students), of which Crestwood High is one.

Chestnut Oaks Middle is the nearest neighboring public school, about 1.4 miles from this campus. 6 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius.

The school occupies a small-town site.

Over the past 7-year window. Over the past 7-year window, the student count fell 7%: 1,190 students in 2018 compared to 1,105 in 2025. White enrollment moved from 23% to 17% across the same window. The student-to-teacher ratio loosened from 17.3:1 in 2018 to 19.4:1 today.

On the community side, posts here usually surface around open house dates, ride-share offers, and field-trip permission slips. Posting is open to anyone connected to the school.