Lancaster High School is located in Lancaster, South Carolina, a small city approximately 35 miles from Charlotte, North Carolina. The school serves students in grades 9–12 with a program that provides AP and honors classes, college preparatory classes, a vocational/technical program, and range of classes and services for students with special needs. It is operated by the Lancaster County School District. The new school building was built and opened in 1993.
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History
In the late 18th and early 19th centuries, education in the Lancaster County area depended upon itinerant teachers and private tutors. In 1825, the Franklin Academy was formed as the first unit of what was to become the Lancaster County school system. In 1923, the educational system expanded significantly with the formation of Lancaster High School and Lancaster Training School, later known as Barr Street High School.
The year 1970 marked the integration of Barr Street High School and Lancaster High School and the current campus was established in the fall of 1993.
State championships
Football: 1959
Girls Basketball: 2015
Baseball: 1989–1991
Golf: 2018
Girls Softball: 1981
Notable alumni
Charles Duke – astronaut and test pilot who, on the 1972 Apollo 16 mission became the 10th person to walk on the Moon
Jim "Butch" Duncan – NFL player for the Baltimore Colts and New Orleans Saints, won Super Bowl V with the Colts
C. D. Pelham – MLB pitcher for the Texas Rangers