Lakewood High School
Address
350 Old Manning Road

Sumter
,
South Carolina

United States
Information
TypePublic high school
OversightSumter School District
PrincipalMaggie Wright
Teaching staff53.00 (FTE)[1]
Grades9–12
Enrollment1,082 (2021-22)[1]
Student to teacher ratio20.42[1]
CampusRural
Color(s)     
Kelly green, white,
and purple[2]
MascotGators
RivalSumter High School
AccreditationSouth Carolina Department of Education and Southern Association of Colleges and Schools
NewspaperExpressions
Yearbook"Odyssey"
Phone(803) 506-2700
Websitelhs.sumterschools.net/home

Lakewood High School is a co-educational four-year public high school in Sumter, South Carolina, serving grades 9 through 12.[3] Lakewood is one of only three public high schools in the Sumter School District and enrolls between 1,100 to 1,300 students each year from the southern half of Sumter County.[4][2] The mascot of Lakewood High School is the Gator, chosen for Alligator Branch, a nearby stream.[2]

History

Lakewood High School, along with Crestwood High School, was built in 1996 as the result of a $28.5 million bond referendum passed by the voters of Sumter County to build two high schools in Sumter District 2.[2][4] Lakewood High is named after Lakewood Links, a nearby golf course community in Lakewood, South Carolina.[5] The school was dedicated on August 15, 1996.[5]

The first students of Lakewood High School were former students of Furman High School and Mayewood High School, both of which were subsequently converted into middle schools.[5] The school colors are kelly green, white, and purple.[2] Purple was chosen as an accent color to represent unity among Sumter District 2 schools.[2]

On July 1, 2011, Sumter School District 2 and Sumter School District 17 consolidated forming Sumter School District.[2]

Lakewood's feeder school is Furman Middle School.

Sports

Lakewood High School's mascot is the Gator and the school's sports teams are referred to as the "Lakewood Gators".[2][6] The school offers cross country, football, golf, volleyball, softball, basketball, baseball, and wrestling.[6]

The sports rivalry between the Sumter High Gamecocks and Lakewood Gators was memorialized in country singer Lee Brice's song,"Sumter County Friday Night".[7]

Notable alumni

References

  1. 1 2 3 "Lakewood High". National Center for Education Statistics. Retrieved January 17, 2023.
  2. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 "About Us - History of Lakewood". lhs.sumterschools.net. Retrieved 17 January 2023.
  3. ↑ Lakewood High School home page
  4. 1 2 Bolstad, Erica; Cude, Dan (26 August 1996). "Sumter District 2 raise the curtain on Lakewood and Crestwood high schools". The Item. No. 315. newspapers.com. Retrieved 22 January 2023.
  5. 1 2 3 Gedamke, Keith (16 August 1996). "Nice gator". The Item. No. 305. newspapers.com. Retrieved 22 January 2023.
  6. 1 2 "Lakewood Gators". lakewoodgatorathletics.com. Retrieved 22 January 2023.
  7. ↑ "Lee Brice - Sumter County Friday Night Lyrics". SongMeanings. Retrieved 22 January 2023.
  8. ↑ "Showtime Spotlight". The Item. No. 148. newspapers.com. 12 April 2013. Retrieved 22 January 2023.

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