Lower Richland High School

Lower Richland High School
Location
2615 Lower Richland Blvd Hopkins, South Carolina 29061 United States
Information
Type	Public high school
Motto	“Collaborate, Cultivate, and Elevate”
Teaching staff	84.00 (FTE) [1]
Grades	9–12
Enrollment	1,306 (2023–2024) [1]
Student to teacher ratio	15.55 [1]
Color(s)	Black, Vegas gold and white     [2]
Nickname	Diamond Hornets [2]
Website	www.richlandone.org/Domain/52

Lower Richland High School is a senior high school in unincorporated Richland County, South Carolina, north of, but not inside Hopkins, South Carolina. ^{[3] [4]} It is a part of Richland County School District One. It is an International Baccalaureate school. ^[5] The school serves the town of Eastover and Hopkins. ^[6]

Notable alumni

Arts and entertainment

• Teyonah Parris, actress; did not graduate, but attended from 2001 to 2003

Athletics

• Ike Anderson (Class of 1975), Olympic Greco-Roman wrestler
• Jo Jo English (Class of 1988), NBA basketball player, top scorer in the 1999-2000 Israel Basketball League
• Harold Goodwin (Class of 1992), Offensive coordinator of the Arizona Cardinals
• Jonathan Goodwin (Class of 1997), former NFL center
• Brandon Jamison (Class of 2000), former NFL linebacker
• Ernie Jackson (Class of 1968), former NFL defensive back
• Lance Laury (Class of 2000), former NFL linebacker
• David Patten (Class of 1992), former NFL wide receiver
• Pokey Reese (Class of 1991), former MLB baseball player
• M. J. Rhett (Class of 2011), professional basketball player ^[7]
• Stanley Roberts (Class of 1988), former NBA Center
• Richard Seymour (Class of 1997), former NFL defensive end

Media

• Nia-Malika Henderson (Class of 1992), political reporter for CNN

References

1. "Lower Richland High". National Center for Education Statistics. Retrieved April 27, 2025.
2. "Lower Richland High School". South Carolina High School League. Retrieved March 20, 2024.
3. "2010 CENSUS - CENSUS BLOCK MAP: Hopkins CDP, SC." U.S. Census Bureau. Retrieved on December 11, 2016.
4. Home page. Lower Richland High School. Retrieved on December 11, 2016. "Address 2615 Lower Richland Boulevard, Hopkins, SC 29061"
5. "Lower Richland High School". International Baccalaureate Organization. Retrieved October 26, 2017.
6. "RichlandOneSCPlotMaps150323.pdf." Richland County School District One. Retrieved on December 10, 2016.
7. "M.J. Rhett - 2013-14 - Men's Basketball". Tennessee State University.

External links

• Lower Richland High School

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