It was a part of the Sumter County School District.

[3] Many white students had been placed in Sumter Academy.

[4] The football team had a rivalry with that of Livingston High School.

The impetus to merge came because of a declining population - the county had a total of 838 students divided between the two high schools in 2009 - as well as the condition of Sumter County High and budget issues.

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