Lugoff-Elgin High School

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Lugoff-Elgin High School
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Address
1284 Highway 1 South

,
SC
29078

United States
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Type Public high school
MottoLegacy of Excellence
School district Kershaw County School District
PrincipalCorey Wright
Faculty83.5 FTEs [1]
Grades9-12
Enrollment1,649 (2015-16) [2]
Student to teacher ratio19.5:1 [1]
CampusSuburban
Color(s)   Red and Blue
Mascot Demon
Website lhs.kcsdschools.net

Lugoff-Elgin High School (LEHS) is a public high school located in Lugoff, South Carolina. It is one of the three high schools in the Kershaw County School District of South Carolina. It opened in 1971. It is home of the Lugoff-Elgin Demons.

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As of the 2014–15 school year, the school had an enrollment of 1,629 students and 83.5 classroom teachers (on an FTE basis), for a student–teacher ratio of 19.5:1. There were 514 students (31.6% of enrollment) eligible for free lunch and 80 (4.9% of students) eligible for reduced-cost lunch. [1]

Athletics

Football, baseball, wrestling, basketball, cheerleading, soccer, tennis, volleyball, archery, track and other sports are offered at LEHS.

South Carolina State Championship Titles:

Cheerleading: 1998, 1999

Baseball: 1992, 1993, 2010

Wrestling: 1997, 1998, 1999, 2001, 2003, 2010

Marching Band: 1981

Softball: 2021

National Champion Award

Wrestling: Ben Connell – 2000

Big Head Champion James Leroy Dent - 1996

Rivalry

Camden and Lugoff-Elgin are rivals in every sport. This is referred around the Camden and Lugoff-Elgin area as the "Wateree River Rivalry". The first football game against them was in 1978. Camden won the game with the score 19–6. They have been playing every year since 1982 (except 2020). The longest losing streak against Camden was from 1982 to 1995. Lugoff-Elgin's first win over Camden was in 1996 with the score 35–17. Camden won the last meeting in 2022 with the score 53–7. The 2020 game was canceled due to the COVID-19 Pandemic. Camden leads the rivalry 34–8.

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References

  1. 1 2 3 School data for Lugoff-Elgin High, National Center for Education Statistics. Accessed December 12, 2016.
  2. "Lugoff-Elgin High". National Center for Education Statistics. Retrieved November 3, 2018.

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