Chapin High School


Chapin High School is a public high school in Chapin, South Carolina. 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, 2023, 2024, 2025
  • 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, 1985, 2012, 2014, 2015, and 2017.

Chapin school board

In 2023, the school board of Chapin High School received complaints against a teacher who assigned Ta-Nehisi Coates's book Between [the World and Me] in an Advanced Placement English class. The book was assigned to help present the perspective of being "Black in America". The complaints were based on a 2020s controversies around [critical race theory|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: