📍 216 North Darlington Avenue, Lamar, Darlington County, 29069
Lamar High is a State/Public serving high age pupils, located in Lamar, Darlington County. The school has 269 pupils enrolled. It is part of the Darlington 01 school district. It serves grades 9–12 in a rural setting. The school employs 20 full-time-equivalent teachers, a student-teacher ratio of 13.4:1. 87% of students are proficient in reading. 55% are proficient in maths. The four-year graduation rate is 97%. The school offers 32 AP courses. Technology infrastructure includes fiber internet, campus-wide Wi-Fi, devices for students.
Lamar High enrolls 269 students across grades 9–12. The student body is 53% male and 47% female. A teaching staff of 20 full-time-equivalent teachers supports the school, giving a student-teacher ratio of 13.4:1.
By race and ethnicity, the student body is 48% Black or African American, 36% White and 10% Two or more races.
| Race / ethnicity | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Black or African American | 130 | 48% |
| White | 96 | 36% |
| Two or more races | 27 | 10% |
| Hispanic or Latino | 16 | 5.9% |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data.
269 of the school's 269 students (100%) qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. Of these, 269 qualify for free lunch and 0 for a reduced price. Free and reduced-price lunch eligibility is a widely used indicator of the share of students from lower-income households.
Lamar High is located in a rural setting (NCES locale: Rural, Distant). Virtual instruction: Supplemental Virtual. The school runs a schoolwide Title I program, which provides federal funding to support students from low-income families. For civic and policy purposes, the school sits in congressional district SC-70, state senate district 29, state house district 60.
Lamar High is one of 19 schools in Darlington 01, based in Darlington, South Carolina. The district serves 8,793 students district-wide and employs 724 full-time-equivalent teachers. With 269 students, Lamar High is smaller than the district average of about 463 students per school.
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Proficiency based on state assessments.
Setting: Rural - Distant