Coronavirus cases in schools continue rising, topping 4,200 since school year began

South Carolina’s K-12 schools have recorded more than 4,200 coronavirus cases since school began, data show.

Of the 4,219 COVID-19 cases associated with public, private or charter schools, 2,952 of them are students and 1,269 are employees, according to data from the S.C. Department of Health and Environmental Control.

That’s an increase in 322 cases since last Tuesday, when the total case numbers since school began was at 3,897, according to a previous article from The State.

There are some limitations to the data. For example, the data do not disclose the number of active cases — a figure the University of South Carolina provides on its website — nor do the data say how many people in a school are quarantined. Some school districts, such as Lexington 1, publish their own databases that have quarantine data.

Some districts track data differently than DHEC, so their individual dashboards may vary from state data. Here are the number of coronavirus cases recorded in the last 30 days at each school in Lexington and Richland County. If a school is not listed, it is because a student or employee has not tested positive in the last 30 days.

Lexington 1

• Alternative Learning Center: Fewer than 5 student cases
• Beechwood Middle: Fewer than 5 student cases and fewer than 5 employee cases
• Carolina Springs Elementary: Fewer than 5 employee cases
• Carolina Springs Middle: Fewer than 5 student cases
• Centerville Elementary: Fewer than 5 student cases and fewer than 5 employee cases
• Forts Pond Elementary: Fewer than 5 student cases
• Gilbert Elementary: Fewer than 5 employee cases
• Gilbert High: Fewer than 5 student cases
• Gilbert Middle: Fewer than 5 employee cases
• Lake Murray Elementary: Fewer than 5 student cases
• Lexington High: Fewer than 5 student cases and fewer than 5 employee cases
• Lexington Middle: Fewer than 5 student cases and fewer than 5 employee cases
• Meadow Glen Elementary: Fewer than 5 employee cases
• Meadow Glen Middle: Fewer than 5 student cases and fewer than 5 employee cases
• New Providence Elementary: Fewer than 5 student cases
• Oak Grove Elementary: Fewer than 5 employee cases
• Pelion Elementary: Fewer than 5 employee cases
• Pelion High: Fewer than 5 student cases and fewer than 5 employee cases
• Pelion Middle: Fewer than 5 student cases
• Pleasant Hill Elementary: Fewer than 5 student cases
• Pleasant Hill Middle: Fewer than 5 employee cases
• Red Bank Elementary: Fewer than 5 student cases
• River Bluff High: 6 student cases and fewer than 5 employee cases.
• Rocky Creek Elementary: Fewer than 5 student cases
• Saxe Gotha Elementary: Fewer than 5 student cases
• White Knoll Elementary: Fewer than 5 employee cases
• White Knoll High: 12 student cases and fewer than 5 employee cases
• White Knoll Middle: fewer than 5 student cases

Lexington 2

• Brookland-Cayce Senior High: Fewer than 5 student cases and fewer than 5 employee cases
• Busbee Creative Arts Academy: Fewer than 5 student cases
• Congaree Elementary: Fewer than 5 employee cases
• Lexington 2 Innovation Center: Fewer than 5 employee cases
• Northside Middle: Fewer than 5 student cases
• R.H. Fulmer Middle: Fewer than 5 employee cases
• Springdale Elementary: Fewer than 5 employee cases

Lexington 3

• Batesburg-Leesville High: Fewer than 5 student cases
• Batesburg-Leesville Middle: Fewer than 5 student cases
• Batesburg-Leesville Primary: Fewer than 5 student cases and fewer than 5 employee cases

Lexington 4

• Frances F. Mack Intermediate: Fewer than 5 student cases
• Sandhills Elementary: Fewer than 5 student cases and fewer than 5 employee cases
• Sandhills Middle: Fewer than 5 student cases
• Sandhills Primary: Fewer than 5 employee cases

Lexington-Richland 5

• Ballentine Elementary: Fewer than 5 student cases
• Chapin Elementary: Fewer than 5 employee cases
• Chapin High: 6 student cases
• Chapin Intermediate: Fewer than 5 student cases
• Chapin Middle: Fewer than 5 employee cases
• Dutch Fork Elementary: Fewer than 5 student cases and fewer than 5 employee cases
• Dutch Fork High: Fewer than 5 student cases
• Dutch Fork Middle: Fewer than 5 student cases and fewer than 5 employee cases
• H.E. Corley Elementary: Fewer than 5 employee cases
• Irmo Elementary: Fewer than 5 employee cases
• Irmo High: Fewer than 5 student cases and fewer than 5 employee cases
• Irmo Middle: Fewer than 5 student cases
• Lake Murray Elementary: Fewer than 5 student cases and fewer than 5 employee cases
• Oak Pointe Elementary: Fewer than 5 student cases
• Spring Hill High: 6 student cases and fewer than 5 employee cases

Richland 1

• Alcorn Middle: Fewer than 5 employee cases
• Burton Pack Elementary: Fewer than 5 employee cases
• Dreher High: Fewer than 5 student cases and fewer than 5 employee cases
• Gadsden Elementary: Fewer than 5 student cases
• H.B. Rhame Elementary: Fewer than 5 employee cases
• Heyward Career and Tech Center: Fewer than 5 employee cases
• Horrell Hill Elementary: Fewer than 5 student cases
• Hyatt Park Elementary: Fewer than 5 employee cases
• J.P. Thomas Elementary: Fewer than 5 employee cases
• Logan Elementary: Fewer than 5 student cases
• Lower Richland High: Fewer than 5 student cases
• Meadowfield Elementary: Fewer than 5 student cases and fewer than 5 employee cases
• Satchel Ford Elementary: Fewer than 5 employee cases
• W.A. Perry Middle: Fewer than 5 student cases
• W.J. Keenan High: Fewer than 5 student cases

Richland 2

• Blythewood High: Fewer than 5 student cases
• Bookman Road Elementary: Fewer than 5 employee cases
• Bridge Creek Elementary: Fewer than 5 employee cases
• Dent Middle: Fewer than 5 student cases
• Forest Lake Elementary: Fewer than 5 student cases
• Jackson Creek Elementary: Fewer than 5 student cases
• Joseph Keels Elementary: Fewer than 5 student cases
• Killian Elementary: Fewer than 5 employee cases
• L.B. Nelson Elementary: Fewer than 5 student cases
• Lake Carolina Elementary Upper: Fewer than 5 employee cases
• Longleaf Middle: Fewer than 5 student cases
• Muller Road Middle: Fewer than 5 employee cases
• Polo Road Elementary: Fewer than 5 student cases and fewer than 5 employee cases
• Rice Creek Elementary: Fewer than 5 employee cases
• Richland Northeast: Fewer than 5 student cases and fewer than 5 employee cases
• Ridge View High: Fewer than 5 student cases and fewer than 5 employee cases
• Round Top Elementary: Fewer than 5 student cases
• Sandlapper Elementary: Fewer than 5 student cases
• Spring Valley High: Fewer than 5 student cases
• Windsor Elementary: Fewer than 5 employee cases

Private schools in Lexington County

• Grace Christian School: Fewer than 5 student cases
• Northside Christian Academy: 5 student cases

Private schools in Richland County

• Asbury Preschool and Kindergarten: Fewer than 5 student cases and fewer than 5 employee cases
• Ben Lippen: 6 student cases and fewer than 5 employee cases
• Covenant Classical Christian School: Fewer than 5 student cases
• Heathwood Hall Episcopal: Fewer than 5 student cases and fewer than 5 employee cases
• Saint John Preschool: Fewer than 5 student cases
• Saint Joseph Catholic School: Fewer than 5 student cases
• Sandhills School: Fewer than 5 student cases

This story was originally published December 1, 2020 at 2:28 PM.