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, 2026SCHSL Palmetto's Finest - Baseball Basketball - Boys: 1969, 1970SCHSL Palmetto's Finest - Basketball - Boys Basketball - Girls: 1973SCHSL Palmetto's Finest - Basketball - Girls Competitive Cheer: 1999, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2021, 2023, 2024, 2025SCHSL Palmetto's Finest - Competitive Cheer Cross Country - Boys: 1994SCHSL Palmetto's Finest - Cross Country - Boys Cross Country - Girls: 1992, 1995, 2002, 2003SCHSL Palmetto's Finest - Cross Country - Girls Football: 1973, 1974SCHSL Palmetto's Finest - Football Golf - Boys: 2004SCHSL Palmetto's Finest - Golf - Boys Lacrosse - Girls: 2019SCHSL Palmetto's Finest - Lacrosse - Girls Soccer - Boys: 2002, 2003, 2017, 2018SCHSL Palmetto's Finest - Soccer - Boys Soccer - Girls: 2016, 2026SCHSL Palmetto's Finest - Soccer - Girls Tennis - Boys: 2010, 2011, 2012SCHSL Palmetto's Finest - Tennis - Boys Tennis - Girls: 1995,SCHSL Palmetto's Finest - Tennis - Girls Volleyball: 1976, 1999SCHSL Palmetto's Finest - Volleyball Wrestling: 1993, 1996, 1997, 1998SCHSL Palmetto's Finest - Wrestling
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 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 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 Piney Woods Elementary School Chapin Intermediate School Chapin Middle School
Notable alumni Cody Brundage – UFC fighter, Class of 2012South Carolina High School Wrestling Records. scmat.com. Retrieved December 6, 2025. Iron & Wine – singer who had a #2 album on the Billboard 200 in 2011, Class of 1992 DeWayne Wise – former MLB outfielder for the Chicago White Sox, Class of 1997
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