Lakewood High School is a co-educational four-year public high school in Sumter, South Carolina, serving grades 9 through 12. Lakewood is one of only three public high schools in the Sumter School District and enrolls between 1,100 to 1,300 students each year from the southern half of Sumter County. The mascot of Lakewood High School is the Gator, chosen for Alligator Branch, a nearby stream.