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J. Paul Truluck Creative Arts and Science Magnet → East Clarendon Middle-High → Hannah Pamplico High School → Kingstree High → Johnsonville High → Marion High → Andrews High → Advantage Academy →At a glance
- Dual-enrollment program (college credit while in HS)
- Gifted & talented program
- AP rigor: Bottom 40% of US high schools
- SAT/ACT participation: 60th percentile by test-taker volume
- 4-yr grad rate: 72% in 2019 (Bottom 16% of US high schools by 4-yr grad rate)
Composed from federal CRDC offerings, EDFacts graduation data, and other public data. Full breakdowns below.
How Lake City High compares for families
Solid mid-tier academic profile.
- ▸ LocallySC sits right at the US average on NAEP 8th-grade math — local school quality will set your kid apart.
- ▸ vs Similar SchoolsThe closest comparables nearby: J. Paul Truluck Creative Arts and Science Magnet, East Clarendon Middle-High, Hannah Pamplico High School and 5 more. See the sidebar to compare side-by-side.
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SAT / ACT participation
CRDC federal data · 2020-2160th percentile by test-taker volume
Source: federal Civil Rights Data Collection (CRDC 2020-21). Volume — not score — is what's reported here. A higher count means more students at this school are entering the college admissions pipeline. Note: 2020-21 was COVID-disrupted; some districts (especially those that stayed remote longer) report unusually low or zero takers.
4-year graduation rate · federal EDFacts
What % of students graduate on time?
Bottom 16% of US high schools by 4-yr grad rate
Source: federal EDFacts ACGR (Adjusted Cohort Graduation Rate), 2019 vintage via Urban Institute. EDFacts publishes a range (low-high) to preserve privacy on small cohorts; we display the midpoint.
Teacher workforce · federal CRDC
Teacher experience & reliability
Source: federal Civil Rights Data Collection (CRDC 2017-18 — the most recent vintage that publishes per-school teacher quality fields; the 2020-21 sweep had them suppressed). "Inexperienced" = teachers in their first or second year. "Chronic absence" = teachers absent 10+ days/year.
Your state's public flagship
University of South Carolina-Columbia
The in-state tuition gap is the flagship's biggest draw — most in-state families pay far less than the out-of-state sticker. Average net price after aid runs about $22,811/yr. Admission odds depend on your student's GPA and test scores, not which high school they attend.
Source: IPEDS admissions, tuition & enrollment + College Scorecard net price. Flagship = the state's primary public research university.
Chronic absenteeism
Why this matters to enrollment: Chronic absence is the most reliable early indicator that a student will leave a school — either by transferring out, dropping out, or matriculating to a charter or private alternative. At this level, today's absentees become next year's enrollment loss and the year-after's revenue loss.
Source: U.S. Department of Education, Civil Rights Data Collection 2020–2021. Rate = students chronically absent ÷ 2021 total enrollment.
Counselor capacity
Source: U.S. Department of Education, Civil Rights Data Collection 2020-2021. Counselor ratio = the school's most recent total enrollment ÷ counselor FTE. The American School Counselor Association (ASCA) recommends a 250:1 maximum; the US national median across schools with on-staff counselors is roughly 430:1.
Enrollment trend & projection
Total enrollment + grade 12, NCES Common Core of Data (2021–2024).
If the recent trend holds…
At its recent rate of -7.7%/year, projecting from 2024's 492 students:
≈ 163 fewer students by 2029 — a real revenue/relevance risk worth getting ahead of.
An extrapolation of the recent trajectory, not a forecast of the school's plans; ignores one-off shocks.
Revenue at risk
At $14,614 per student in district revenue, the 163 students projected to be lost by 2029 represent ≈ $2,382,082/year in funding at risk.
District total revenue ÷ enrollment, NCES F-33. Public funding largely follows enrollment, so a shrinking class is a recurring budget hit.
Most similar nearby high schools
The schools most like this one — same type, blended on distance and size — and where their enrollment is heading. These are the schools families here weigh against each other.
| School | Type | Miles | HS enrollment | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| J. Paul Truluck Creative Arts and Science Magnet Lake City |
Public | 1.0 | 224 | -5.5% |
| East Clarendon Middle-High Turbeville |
Public | 14.3 | 413 | +0.5% |
| Hannah Pamplico High School Pamplico |
Public | 13.0 | 332 | -2.6% |
| Kingstree High Kingstree |
Public | 16.4 | 681 | -5.4% |
| Johnsonville High Johnsonville |
Public | 19.2 | 325 | -5.8% |
| Marion High Marion |
Public | 28.5 | 572 | -10.6% |
| Andrews High Andrews |
Public | 31.6 | 471 | -5.4% |
| Advantage Academy Florence |
Public | 16.9 | — | — |