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
Address
1284 Highway 1 South

Lugoff
,
SC
29078

United States
Information
TypePublic high school
MottoLegacy of Excellence
School districtKershaw County School District
PrincipalCorey Wright
Faculty83.5 FTEs[1]
Grades9-12
Enrollment1,649 (2015-16)[2]
Student to teacher ratio19.5:1[1]
CampusRural
Color(s)   Red and Blue
MascotDemon
Websitelhs.kcsdschools.net

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 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

National Champion Award

Wrestling: Ben Connell – 2000

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 1982–1995. Lugoff-Elgin's first win over Camden was in 1996 with the score 35–17. Camden won the last meeting in 2019 with the score 33–20. The 2020 game was canceled due to the COVID-19 Pandemic. Camden leads the rivalry 32–8.

References
  1. 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.

External links/References

See also

Home Of the Demons


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