Lake City High

As a low-enrollment high school, Lake City High serves students in Lake City, South Carolina. There are 492 students enrolled, covering grades 9 through 12. Across high schools in South Carolina, the average enrollment is about 953.

Lake City High reports to Florence 03, which has 8 schools and 2,767 students.

More than half of the students at Lake City High are Black (80%). The rest of enrollment is 13% White and 5% Hispanic. Census estimates put the Black share of Florence County's population at about 43%. On the diversity index, which measures the chance that two random students are from different groups, Lake City High scores 34%.

There are 35.3 full-time-equivalent teachers at the school, a ratio of 13.9:1. Compared with the 15.5:1 average for high schools in South Carolina, this school's ratio is lower.

The school is in Florence County, where median household income comes to about $58,305, 24% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 13% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Florence County counts 39 public schools with about 21,641 students.

About 0.2 miles separate Lake City High from the closest public school, Lake City Early Childhood Center. Within five miles are 5 other public schools.

Lake City High falls in the Town: Distant locale category, used for schools in a town some distance from an urbanized area.

The 2020-21-to-2024-25 change in enrollment was a 33% decline, from 733 to 492.

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