Lancaster High School is located in Lancaster, South Carolina, a small city approximately 35 miles from Charlotte, North Carolina.

It is operated by the Lancaster County School District.

[2][3] In the late 18th and early 19th centuries, education in the Lancaster County area depended upon itinerant teachers and private tutors.

In 1825, the Franklin Academy was formed as the first unit of what was to become the Lancaster County school system.

The year 1970 marked the integration of Barr Street High School and Lancaster High School and the current campus was established in the fall of 1993.