Chapin High School is a public

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in Chapin,

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. Nearly 1,400 students attend Chapin High School, as of the 2017–2018 school year. Chapin High School is one of four high schools in Lexington & Richland County School District Five.

Athletics

Chapin High School competes in the South Carolina High School League in Class AAAAA – Region V. Chapin has competitive teams for cheerleading, football, baseball, basketball, softball, tennis, soccer, volleyball, golf, wrestling, swimming, lacrosse, track, and cross country.

State championships

* Baseball: 1954, 1956, 1957, 1969, 1982, 1983, 1984, 1996, 2001, 2002, 2018 * Basketball - Boys: 1969, 1970 * Basketball - Girls: 1973 * Competitive Cheer: 1999, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2021 * Cross Country - Boys: 1994 * Cross Country - Girls: 1992, 1995, 2002, 2003 * Football: 1973, 1974 * Golf - Boys: 2004 * Lacrosse - Girls: 2019 * Soccer - Boys: 2002, 2003, 2017, 2018 * Soccer - Girls: 2016 * Tennis - Boys: 2010, 2011, 2012 * Tennis - Girls: 1995, * Volleyball: 1976, 1999 * Wrestling: 1993, 1996, 1997, 1998

Marching band

The Chapin High School “Pride of the Midlands” Marching Band has won state championships in 1975 (1A), 1985 (2A), 2012 (3A), 2014 (3A), 2015 (3A), and 2017 (3A).

Chapin school board

In 2023, the school board of Chapin High School received complaints against a teacher who assigned

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's book '' Between the World and Me'' in an

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English class. The book was assigned to help present the perspective of being "Black in America". The complaints were based on a 2021 law passed to prevent lessons from making students "feel discomfort" based on their race. Ta-Nehisi Coates himself attended the school board meeting in which the teacher was reprimanded.

Feeder schools

The following schools feed into Chapin High School: *Chapin Elementary School *Lake Murray Elementary School *Ballentine Elementary School *Chapin Intermediate School *Chapin Middle School

Notable alumni

* DeWayne Wise – former outfielder for the

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(retired in 2013), Class of 1997 * Iron & Wine – singer who had a #2 album on the Billboard 200 in 2011, Class of 1992

References

{{authority control Public high schools in South Carolina Schools in Lexington County, South Carolina Educational institutions established in 1924 1924 establishments in South Carolina