Lower Richland High School

Lower Richland High School is a senior high school in unincorporated Richland County, South Carolina, north of, but not inside Hopkins, South Carolina.^[3][4] It is a part of Richland County School District One. It is an International Baccalaureate school.^[5] The school serves the town of Eastover and Hopkins.^[6]

Lower Richland High School
Address
2615 Lower Richland Blvd Hopkins, South Carolina 29061 United States
Information
Type	Public high school
Motto	“Collaborate, Cultivate, and Elevate”
Staff	80.00 (FTE)[1]
Grades	9–12
Enrollment	1,224 (2022-2023)[1]
Student to teacher ratio	15.55[1]
Color(s)	Black, Vegas gold and white       [2]
Nickname	Diamond Hornets[2]
Website	www.richlandone.org/Domain/52

Notable alumni

Arts and entertainment

• Teyonah Parris, actress; did not graduate, but attended from 2001 to 2003

Athletics

• Ike Anderson (Class of 1975), Olympic Greco-Roman wrestler
• Jo Jo English (Class of 1988), NBA basketball player, top scorer in the 1999-2000 Israel Basketball League
• Harold Goodwin (Class of 1992), Offensive coordinator of the Arizona Cardinals
• Jonathan Goodwin (Class of 1997), former NFL center
• Brandon Jamison (Class of 2000), former NFL linebacker
• Ernie Jackson (Class of 1968), former NFL defensive back
• Lance Laury (Class of 2000), former NFL linebacker
• David Patten (Class of 1992), former NFL wide receiver
• Pokey Reese (Class of 1991), former MLB baseball player
• M. J. Rhett (Class of 2011), professional basketball player^[7]
• Stanley Roberts (Class of 1988), former NBA Center
• Richard Seymour (Class of 1997), former NFL defensive end

Media

• Nia-Malika Henderson (Class of 1992), political reporter for CNN