Lee High

Lee High is a high school of rural-scale scale in Bishopville, South Carolina, run under Dept Of Correction N04, teacheing 5 students in grades 9 through 12. That puts it 99% smaller than the typical public school in South Carolina, which averages around 953 students.

Within Dept Of Correction N04, which oversees 12 schools and 172 students, Lee High is one campus in the system.

In terms of who attends, Lee High shows that 100% of students identify as Black, making the school strongly Black-majority. That is meaningfully more Black than the county at large, where the share is closer to 62%.

Looking at school resources, Lee High reports 4 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 1.3:1. The state averages around 15.5:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical.

In the broader community, ACS estimates for Lee County put median household earnings sit near $44,760, about 12% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and the poverty rate sits near 19%. Lee High is one of 7 public schools in Lee County (combined enrollment of about 1,485 students).

Nearest neighbor: Lee Central Middle, around 1.3 miles off. Counting just inside five miles, 4 other public schools cluster around Lee High.

Lee High operates from a countryside location.

Trend over the last 7 years. Lee High's enrollment has decreased 91% since 2018, when it stood at 58 (now 5). The Black share of enrollment expanded from 91% to 100% over that span. Class-load math has tightened: from 9.7:1 in 2018 to 1.3:1 in 2025.

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