Lexington High School - Lexington, South Carolina/SC

Home > South Carolina > Lexington County > Lexington High School

Lexington High School

2463 Augusta Highway, Lexington, SC, 29072-2215 -

Map

tel: (803)359-5565

Input this schools website!

View current housing listings in this area

Review school:

Find your graduating class!

Definition of Terms

Lexington High School

School Level

High school

Grades Offered

Grades 9 - 12

County

Lexington County, SC

Awards

Blue Ribbon School – Selected in 2006

Students & Faculty

Total Students

2382 students

% Male / % Female

51% / 49%

Total Classroom Teachers

149 teachers

Students by Grade

Grade 9 - 707 students

Grade 10 - 564 students

Grade 11 - 576 students

Grade 12 - 535 students

This School

(SC) School Average

Teacher : Student Ratio

1:16

1:15

Students by Ethnicity

This School

(SC) School Average

% American Indian	n/a	n/a
% Asian	2%	1%
% Hispanic	2%	2%
% Black	7%	37%
% White	88%	41%
% Unknown	1 %	2%

Additional Student Information

This School

(SC) School Average

% Eligible for Free Lunch

36%

% Eligible for Reduced Lunch

% Migrant Students Enrolled

n/a

n/a

(SC) Statewide Testing Performance

School Statewide Performance

View Education Department Test Scores

School District Name

Lexington County 01 School District

This School's Agency

(SC) District Average

Number of Schools Managed	22	8
Number of Students Managed	19,734 students	4,796 students
District Total Revenue	$169,845,000	$34,226,000
District Expenditure	$171,079,000	$32,374,000
District Revenue / Student	$8,607	$7,136
District Expenditure / Student	$8,669	$6,750
District Graduation Rates	88%	66%

Lexington fans will never forget the state experience (The Pantagraph)
posted on November 27, 2009 at 11:18:22 pm
CHAMPAIGN - Lexington High School freshman Ben Leake didn'tsleep much Thanksgiving night and it had nothing to do with eatingtoo much holiday turkey.
Tuscola defense stymies Stinde, Lexington (The Pantagraph)
posted on November 27, 2009 at 04:19:35 pm
CHAMPAIGN -- Ignore the five turnovers Lexington High School'sfootball team committed and the five takeaways it failed to takeadvantage of.
Record-setting Stinde, Lexington pursue 1st state football title (The Pantagraph)
posted on November 26, 2009 at 11:56:04 pm
LEXINGTON — Lexington High School football coach Mike Castlemansays 3,197 is a crazy number.
Lexington Rallies for Minutemen (WMBD - FOX 43 Peoria)
posted on November 26, 2009 at 12:02:52 am
Lexington High School will play in its fifth state football championship game since 1980 Friday.
Lexington High School Coach Retiring (WLTX-TV Columbia)
posted on November 25, 2009 at 01:07:32 am
Lexington, SC (WLTX) - Lexington High School head football coach Allen Sitterle is retiring, the coach confirmed to WLTX.com.

View all past news stories

Lexington High School is a public high school in Lexington, South Carolina.
Academics
As of May 2006, Lexington is an International Baccalaureate World School under the Coordination of Dr. Sherry Walters. The first IB diplomas were awarded to seniors in the class of 2008. IB classes offered include: HL English, HL Math, HL History of the Americas, HL Biology, HL Physics, HL Chemistry, HL Theatre, SL Economics, SL Math, SL French, SL Spanish, and Theory of Knowledge.
Athletics
Lexington competes in Class 4A.
State championships
(In class 4A unless noted)
Softball 1992, 1998, 2000, 2001
Football (A) 1948, 1949, 1950
Boy's Basketball 1996, 2000
Baseball (A) 1954 (AA) 1964, 1968, 1969 (AAA) 1974, 1981 (AAAA) 1992, 1994, 1999
Girl's Basketball (AAA) 1977, 1979
Cross Country 2009
Track and Field (AA) 1971
Boy's Golf 1991
Boy's Tennis 2002, 2004, 2005, 2006
Girl's Golf 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2006
Activities
The marching band is the only band in South Carolina to be a 5A finalist every year since the class began in 1988. The band was the state champion 5 times and made a 'second place streak' from 1997-2001 during which time the program made its debut into the Bands of America circuit. In 1998, the band placed second behind national champion Lassiter High School from Marietta, GA at the BOA Southeastern regional in Johnson City, TN. The band was a finalist in Johnson City and Atlanta 6 times.
Notable alumni
DT Cromer, former baseball player for both the Oakland A's and Cincinnati Reds
Brett Jodie, former baseball player for the New York Yankees and the San Diego Padres
Lacie Lybrand, Miss South Carolina USA 2006
Floyd Spence, former US congressman
Caitlin Upton, Miss South Carolina Teen USA 2007
Rashunda Taylor Yuhas, All-American softball player Nicholls State University and Defensive MVP Women's Professsional Softball Orlando Wahoos
See also
List of high schools in South Carolina
External links
Lexington High School official website
Lexington Wildcats official website

Source: Wikipedia; it is used under the GNU Free Documentation License. You may redistribute it, verbatim or modified, providing that you comply with the terms of the GFDL.
Add/edit information about this school (e.g., awards, news stories, notable alumni, fun facts)