Lugoff-Elgin High School
Lugoff-Elgin High School (often 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.
| Lugoff-Elgin High School | |
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| Address | |
1284 Highway 1 South , 29078 United States | |
| Information | |
| Type | Public high school |
| Motto | Legacy of Excellence |
| School district | Kershaw County School District |
| Principal | Corey Wright |
| Faculty | 83.5 FTEs[1] |
| Grades | 9-12 |
| Enrollment | 1,649 (2015-16)[2] |
| Student to teacher ratio | 19.5:1[1] |
| Campus | Suburban |
| Color(s) | Red and Blue |
| Mascot | Demon |
| Website | lhs |
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.
Alumni
- Thomas Payne, Class of 2002, U.S. Army soldier and Medal of Honor recipient
References
- School data for Lugoff-Elgin High, National Center for Education Statistics. Accessed December 12, 2016.
- "Lugoff-Elgin High". National Center for Education Statistics. Retrieved November 3, 2018.