Lakewood High

Lakewood High is a mid-sized high school in Sumter, South Carolina, under Sumter 01. It enrolls 1,013 students in 2024-25. The grades offered are 9 through 12.

Sumter 01 counts 13,871 students in its 24 schools, and Lakewood High is one of them.

At Lakewood High, 59% of students are Black. It is also 30% White, 6% Hispanic, and 4% multiracial. For comparison, the population of Sumter County is roughly 46% Black. On the diversity index, which measures the chance that two random students are from different groups, Lakewood High scores 56%.

There are 58 full-time-equivalent teachers at Lakewood High, giving a ratio of 17.5:1. High schools in South Carolina average 15.5:1, 2.0 fewer students per teacher than here.

In Sumter County, the median household earns about $56,693 a year, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 24%, and about 13% of people live in poverty. Sumter County has 27 public schools with about 14,608 students, including Lakewood High.

Pocalla Springs Elementary is about 1.8 miles from Lakewood High, the shortest distance to any other public school. A five-mile radius around the school includes at least 8 other public schools.

Lakewood High falls in the Suburb: Small locale category, used for schools in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population under 100,000.

Between 2020-21 and 2024-25, Lakewood High had a net loss of 52 students, or 5%. The number of students per teacher dropped from 20.5 to 17.5 over 4 years.

The allk12 page for Lakewood High lets the school community talk about pickup and drop-off, after-school programs, and teacher feedback. You can also rate the school on this page.