Hartsville High School


Hartsville High School is a public secondary school serving grades 9–12 located in Hartsville, South Carolina. 1,226 students attended Hartsville High for the 2017-2018 school year.
Hartsville High is governed by the Darlington County School District and is accredited by the Southern Association for Secondary Schools and Colleges, as well as the South Carolina Department of Education.
Hartsville High's curriculum offers advanced placement, International Baccalaureate, honors, college preparatory, academic, and applied technology courses. Fine arts programs in band, chorus, drama, orchestra and visual arts are available, and the athletic department produces 22 varsity and junior varsity teams in 14 sports.

Demographics

In the 2012-2013 school year, 1,254 students attended Hartsville High School. About 51% were male and about 49% were female. 52% of students at HHS were White/Caucasian, 44% were African-American, 0.4% were Asian, 0.1% were Hawaiian/Pacific Islander, 0.1% were American Indian/Alaskan Native, 2% were Hispanic, and 1% were mixed. 48% of students were considered to be a part of a minority. 55% of students were considered economically disadvantaged, with 51% receiving free lunches and 4% receiving reduced-price lunches.
In the 2012-2013 school year, there were 426 ninth-grade students, 311 tenth-grade students, 279 eleventh-grade students, and 238 twelfth-grade students.

Subjects

Hartsville High School offers a wide array of classes that include:
Hartsville High also offers a vast selection of clubs and organizations. They include:
In October 2012, Ronald Rouse, a lineman for the school's football team, collapsed twice and ultimately died at the school's homecoming football game against a rival team from Crestwood High School in Hartsville, South Carolina. An autopsy by Darlington County Coroner J. Todd Hardee revealed the ultimate cause of death as a fatal, sudden cardiac arrhythmia resulting from a congenitally enlarged heart. Rouse's jersey is framed in the entrance of the Red Fox arena. Other sudden, catastrophically fatal incidents of cardiac arrest similar to this at high schools and colleges have been recorded in the U.S. in recent years, and the issue is beginning to receive more attention.

Notable alumni