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Originally posted by T. Robinson:
Lincoln High School(194) is playing in the boys final after they beat Academic Magnet(5) in the Lower State Championship. Excellent work boys!
Getting back to the original post and the poverty Index, this thread permits us to absolve some of the guilt we all have about poor rural schools and how under-served they are.

I was curious about Lincoln High and looked at the school report card at myscschools.com.

Lincoln High School - Dollars spent per pupil $21,889

Comparable schools:

Lower Richland High School - Dollars spent per pupil $6,484

Lexington High School - Dollars spent per pupil $6,218

Brookland-Cayce High School - Dollars spent per pupil $6,139

James Island High School - Dollars spent per pupil $6,038

Dreher High School - Dollars spent per pupil $5,968

Wando High School - Dollars spent per pupil $5,575

Riverside High School - Dollars spent per pupil $4,552


That is close to $22,000 per student. That is more money than an “affluent” soccer parent with a family of 4 will spend in a lifetime on soccer. Hopefully, these statistics are wrong.

According to the statistics, Lincoln High School in Charleston County spends more than 3 times as much money per student as Academic Magnet (also in the Charleston County School District).

I no longer feel as bad as this post originally made me feel.

Good job Lincoln High.