Myrtle Beach High

Summary:

Myrtle Beach High is a public high school serving 1,633 students in grades 9-12 in Myrtle Beach, South Carolina. The school is part of the Horry 01 school district, which is ranked 9th out of 75 districts in the state and has a 4-star rating from SchoolDigger.

Myrtle Beach High stands out for its diverse student population, with 38.52% White, 22.54% African American, and 29.58% Hispanic students, which is higher than nearby schools like St. James High (75.83% White) and Palmetto Academy of Learning Motorsports (83.33% White). Academically, the school has shown strong performance, with proficiency rates in End-of-Course exams exceeding state and district averages. However, the school's statewide ranking has fluctuated over the years, and it struggles with the performance of Hispanic and multi-racial student subgroups compared to the state and district.

Myrtle Beach High's per-student spending has increased in recent years, reaching $12,669 in 2022-2023, which is higher than the state average and comparable to nearby schools. While the school's performance is generally on par with or slightly lower than schools like St. James High and HCS Scholars Academy High, it outperforms the charter school Palmetto Academy of Learning Motorsports in most academic metrics. The school has also seen a shift in its racial composition, with a decrease in the percentage of White students and an increase in Hispanic students, which may have implications for its future performance and resource allocation.


Detail:

Public 9-12

 3302 Robert Grissom Parkway
       Myrtle Beach, SC  29577


(843) 839-7148

District: Horry 01

SchoolDigger Rank:
88th of 235 South Carolina High Schools

Per Pupil Expenditures:  $12,669 Help


Feeder schools for Myrtle Beach High:

Elementary:    Myrtle Beach Early Childhood
    Myrtle Beach Elementary
    Myrtle Beach Primary
Middle:    Myrtle Beach Middle

Student/teacher ratio:  19.5 Help
Number of students:  1,633

Racial breakdown:

White:
38.5%
Hispanic:
29.6%
African American:
22.5%
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Free/discounted lunch recipients:  73.8% Help


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Compare Details Myrtle Beach High ranks better than 62.6% of high schools in South Carolina. It also ranks 9th among 12 ranked high schools in the Horry 01 School District. (See more...)
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Compare Details In 2024 the calculated Average Standard Score was 54.61. (See more...)
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The four-year cohort graduation rate measures the percentage of students at Myrtle Beach High who earn a standard high school diploma within four years of starting ninth grade.
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Chronic absenteeism in a school refers to a situation where students repeatedly miss school, with the threshold often defined as missing 10% or more of school days for any reason, excused or unexcused.
Student Body
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Compare Details Myrtle Beach High has the largest high school student body size in the Horry 01 School District.  (See more...)
Finance
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Compare Details The average total spent per student at Myrtle Beach High is $12,669. 7 high schools in the Horry 01 School District spend more per student.
Schooldigger 2024 Rankings:

Myrtle Beach High:

SchoolDigger ranks Myrtle Beach High 88th of 235 South Carolina public high schools. (See Myrtle Beach High in the ranking list.)

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Horry 01:

SchoolDigger ranks Horry 01 9th of 75 South Carolina school districts. (See district ranking list.)


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Rank History for Myrtle Beach High

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Rank History for all students at Myrtle Beach High

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked High Schools SC State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2005 67.20 68th 187 63.6%
2006 74.88 21st 191 89.0%
2007 70.16 39th 191 79.6%
2008 68.63 59th 185 68.1%
2009 71.56 51st 188 72.9%
2010 64.72 68th 199 65.8%
2011 72.78 52nd 199 73.9%
2012 62.68 82nd 202 59.4%
2013 63.68 75th 203 63.1%
2014 72.15 55th 210 73.8%
2015 61.83 55th 232 76.3%
2016 65.62 45th 231 80.5%
2017 47.93 87th 223 61.0%
2018 55.27 61st 216 71.8%
2019 58.91 59th 225 73.8%
2021 65.28 58th 227 74.4%
2022 56.04 80th 226 64.6%
2023 53.27 92nd 237 61.2%
2024 54.61 88th 235 62.6%
See the entire list of South Carolina High School Rankings!

Rank History for Multi-racial students at Myrtle Beach High

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked High Schools SC State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 48.63 12th 22 45.5%
2019 51.71 9th 23 60.9%
2021 36.17 24th 31 22.6%
2022 79.34 5th 48 89.6%
2023 49.86 31st 57 45.6%
2024 43.46 32nd 53 39.6%
See the entire list of Best South Carolina High Schools for Multi-racial Students!

Rank History for English Language Learner students at Myrtle Beach High

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked High Schools SC State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 61.44 21st 58 63.8%
2019 73.73 15th 64 76.6%
2021 75.08 7th 46 84.8%
2022 56.25 25th 61 59.0%
2023 48.06 35th 68 48.5%
2024 44.86 40th 71 43.7%
See the entire list of Best South Carolina High Schools for English Language Learner Students!

Rank History for Low Socio Economic Status students at Myrtle Beach High

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked High Schools SC State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 64.40 38th 214 82.2%
2019 71.65 24th 217 88.9%
2021 77.99 19th 213 91.1%
2022 65.53 50th 220 77.3%
2023 66.90 49th 226 78.3%
2024 67.94 51st 229 77.7%
See the entire list of Best South Carolina High Schools for Low Socio Economic Status Students!

Rank History for Female students at Myrtle Beach High

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked High Schools SC State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 53.21 78th 210 62.9%
2019 63.60 52nd 213 75.6%
2021 64.51 62nd 213 70.9%
2022 57.79 79th 220 64.1%
2023 50.74 102nd 223 54.3%
2024 51.64 98th 225 56.4%
See the entire list of Best South Carolina High Schools for Female Students!

Rank History for Disabled students at Myrtle Beach High

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked High Schools SC State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 84.65 14th 137 89.8%
2019 73.57 31st 143 78.3%
2021 63.80 28th 115 75.7%
2022 61.94 38th 139 72.7%
2023 66.18 35th 141 75.2%
2024 51.90 65th 145 55.2%
See the entire list of Best South Carolina High Schools for Disabled Students!

Rank History for Gifted and Talented students at Myrtle Beach High

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked High Schools SC State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2023 71.79 27th 156 82.7%
2024 66.86 56th 157 64.3%
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Rank History for Male students at Myrtle Beach High

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked High Schools SC State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 58.88 61st 213 71.4%
2019 57.38 60th 218 72.5%
2021 65.43 52nd 215 75.8%
2022 54.88 84th 224 62.5%
2023 54.18 88th 229 61.6%
2024 57.21 83rd 228 63.6%
See the entire list of Best South Carolina High Schools for Male Students!

Rank History for African American students at Myrtle Beach High

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked High Schools SC State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 58.08 55th 183 69.9%
2019 68.13 33rd 184 82.1%
2021 65.87 42nd 178 76.4%
2022 60.42 60th 190 68.4%
2023 63.47 50th 199 74.9%
2024 76.10 30th 194 84.5%
See the entire list of Best South Carolina High Schools for African American Students!

Rank History for Hispanic students at Myrtle Beach High

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked High Schools SC State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 58.70 33rd 80 58.8%
2019 64.71 24th 86 72.1%
2021 70.73 17th 93 81.7%
2022 49.30 54th 108 50.0%
2023 41.73 69th 119 42.0%
2024 42.55 76th 121 37.2%
See the entire list of Best South Carolina High Schools for Hispanic Students!

Rank History for White students at Myrtle Beach High

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked High Schools SC State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 61.66 51st 185 72.4%
2019 57.62 58th 191 69.6%
2021 72.43 36th 189 81.0%
2022 67.89 48th 192 75.0%
2023 70.29 50th 197 74.6%
2024 70.41 48th 196 75.5%
See the entire list of Best South Carolina High Schools for White Students!

Data source: test scores: South Carolina Department of Education, rankings: SchoolDigger.com

As you review the school rankings data, please be aware that some of the information from certain demographics is missing. The reason for this omission is that the data has been redacted from the source data itself due to low population samples in these specific demographic groups.

Redacting data from low population samples is a necessary step to ensure the reliability and accuracy of the results, as small sample sizes may not be representative of the broader population. Additionally, this measure helps protect the privacy of individuals belonging to these demographic groups.

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Data source: South Carolina State Department of Education

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Enrollment information for Myrtle Beach High

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Year White African American Asian Hispanic American Indian Pacific Islander Two or More Races Not Specified Total
1988 785 208 12 4 0 n/a n/a 0 1009
1989 771 198 24 4 3 n/a n/a 0 1000
1990 758 213 23 2 4 n/a n/a 0 1000
1991 750 177 23 5 4 n/a n/a 0 959
1992 795 192 28 5 2 n/a n/a 0 1022
1993 759 216 27 3 3 n/a n/a 0 1008
1994 755 227 34 7 3 n/a n/a 0 1026
1995 733 270 26 7 1 n/a n/a 0 1037
1996 733 270 26 7 1 n/a n/a 0 1037
1997 743 279 20 14 3 n/a n/a 0 1059
1998 739 276 26 14 1 n/a n/a 0 1056
1999 708 249 22 19 1 n/a n/a 0 999
2000 750 242 29 21 3 n/a n/a 0 1045
2001 804 247 25 40 0 n/a n/a 1 1117
2002 800 244 20 57 0 n/a n/a 0 1121
2003 800 244 20 57 0 n/a n/a 0 1121
2004 810 252 26 61 2 n/a n/a 6 1157
2005 792 289 31 78 2 n/a n/a 13 1205
2006 791 287 35 87 2 n/a n/a 18 1220
2007 813 305 41 108 4 n/a n/a 0 1271
2008 774 297 41 116 5 n/a n/a 22 1255
2009 755 329 41 109 6 n/a n/a 18 1258
2010 743 321 36 119 8 n/a n/a 19 1246
2011 744 295 19 137 2 3 39 0 1239
2012 679 281 18 134 3 1 48 0 1164
2013 722 268 14 134 4 4 53 0 1199
2014 717 260 15 146 3 3 59 0 1203
2015 792 304 18 141 5 2 73 0 1335
2016 825 320 24 176 2 4 83 0 1434
2017 793 335 20 214 2 2 105 0 1471
2018 780 348 22 251 3 4 108 0 1516
2019 740 326 21 283 7 4 103 0 1484
2020 675 330 20 315 4 3 109 0 1456
2021 690 337 30 349 2 1 100 0 1509
2022 642 354 39 419 4 3 109 0 1570
2023 629 368 39 483 4 3 107 0 1633

Data source: National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Dept of Education.

About Enrollment/Ethnicity

For more information about how the Department of Education defines ethnicity, see Defining Race and Ethnicity Data, National Center for Education Statistics

Students eligible for free or discounted lunch at Myrtle Beach High

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Year # Students Full-time Teachers Student/Teacher ratio % Free/Discounted Lunch
1988 1009 49.9 20.2 n/a
1989 1000 49.2 20.3 n/a
1990 1000 53.2 18.7 n/a
1991 959 55.6 17.2 10.7
1992 1022 51.4 19.8 16.8
1993 1008 56.1 18.0 20
1994 1026 63.0 16.3 22.4
1995 1037 67.2 15.4 26.4
1996 1037 67.2 15.4 26.4
1997 1059 67.1 15.8 20.7
1998 1056 65.4 16.1 27.8
1999 999 68.5 14.6 24.8
2000 1045 66.0 15.8 19
2001 1117 70.5 15.8 27.4
2002 1121 68.5 16.4 34.9
2003 1121 68.5 16.4 34.9
2004 1157 66.0 17.5 35.3
2005 1205 70.5 17.1 41.6
2006 1220 75.0 16.3 45.3
2007 1271 98.5 12.9 45.9
2008 1255 73.0 17.2 48.7
2009 1258 74.5 16.9 54
2010 1246 72.0 17.3 55.8
2011 1239 63.8 19.4 56.7
2012 1164 66.5 17.5 60.3
2013 1199 69.0 17.3 57.6
2014 1203 64.8 18.5 57.4
2015 1335 68.0 19.6 57.5
2016 1434 78.0 18.3 54.7
2017 1471 81.5 18.0 55.9
2018 1516 83.5 18.1 54.3
2019 1484 81.5 18.2 50.9
2020 1456 82.5 17.6 53.4
2021 1509 80.5 18.7 37.2
2022 1570 84.0 18.6 29
2023 1633 83.5 19.5 73.8

Data source: National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Dept of Education.

About Students eligible for discounted/free lunch:

The National School Lunch Program (NSLP) provides low-cost or free meals to students in U.S. public and nonprofit private schools based on household income. Those with incomes below 130% of the poverty line receive free lunch, while those between 130% and 185% qualify for reduced-price lunch. The percentage of students receiving free or reduced-price lunch serves as a marker for poverty, as it reflects the socioeconomic status of families in a given school or district. A higher FRPL rate typically indicates a higher concentration of low-income families, suggesting that the school or district may face additional challenges in providing adequate resources and support for student success.

Student/Teacher Ratio Myrtle Beach High

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Year # Students Full-time Teachers Student/Teacher ratio % Free/Discounted Lunch
1988 1009 49.9 20.2 n/a
1989 1000 49.2 20.3 n/a
1990 1000 53.2 18.7 n/a
1991 959 55.6 17.2 10.7
1992 1022 51.4 19.8 16.8
1993 1008 56.1 18.0 20
1994 1026 63.0 16.3 22.4
1995 1037 67.2 15.4 26.4
1996 1037 67.2 15.4 26.4
1997 1059 67.1 15.8 20.7
1998 1056 65.4 16.1 27.8
1999 999 68.5 14.6 24.8
2000 1045 66.0 15.8 19
2001 1117 70.5 15.8 27.4
2002 1121 68.5 16.4 34.9
2003 1121 68.5 16.4 34.9
2004 1157 66.0 17.5 35.3
2005 1205 70.5 17.1 41.6
2006 1220 75.0 16.3 45.3
2007 1271 98.5 12.9 45.9
2008 1255 73.0 17.2 48.7
2009 1258 74.5 16.9 54
2010 1246 72.0 17.3 55.8
2011 1239 63.8 19.4 56.7
2012 1164 66.5 17.5 60.3
2013 1199 69.0 17.3 57.6
2014 1203 64.8 18.5 57.4
2015 1335 68.0 19.6 57.5
2016 1434 78.0 18.3 54.7
2017 1471 81.5 18.0 55.9
2018 1516 83.5 18.1 54.3
2019 1484 81.5 18.2 50.9
2020 1456 82.5 17.6 53.4
2021 1509 80.5 18.7 37.2
2022 1570 84.0 18.6 29
2023 1633 83.5 19.5 73.8

Data source: National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Dept of Education.

About Student-Teacher Ratio

Student/teacher ratio is calculated by dividing the total number of students by the total number of full-time equivalent teachers. Please note that a smaller student/teacher ratio does not necessarily translate to smaller class size. In some instances, schools hire teachers part time, and some teachers are hired for specialized instruction with very small class sizes. These and other factors contribute to the student/teacher ratio. Note: For private schools, Student/teacher ratio may not include Pre-Kindergarten.
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Per Pupil Expenditures for Myrtle Beach High

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YearPersonnel Expenditures from Federal FundsNon-Personnel Expenditures from Federal FundsTotal Expenditures from Federal FundsPersonnel Expenditures from State and Local FundsNon-Personnel Expenditures from State and Local FundsTotal Expenditures from State and Local FundsTotal Expenditures Per Pupil (All Funds)
2019 $763 (7.1%) $295 (2.7%) $1,058 (9.8%) $8,240 (76.6%) $1,463 (13.6%) $9,703 (90.2%) $10,761
2020 $505 (4.6%) $281 (2.6%) $785 (7.2%) $8,648 (79.4%) $1,457 (13.4%) $10,105 (92.8%) $10,890
2021 $557 (4.9%) $308 (2.7%) $865 (7.7%) $9,090 (80.5%) $1,331 (11.8%) $10,420 (92.3%) $11,285
2022 $574 (4.9%) $549 (4.7%) $1,123 (9.6%) $9,164 (78.6%) $1,378 (11.8%) $10,542 (90.4%) $11,665
2023 $838 (6.6%) $1,251 (9.9%) $2,089 (16.5%) $9,106 (71.9%) $1,474 (11.6%) $10,579 (83.5%) $12,669

Data source: South Carolina Department of Education
Pre and Post Pandemic Data

Impact of COVID-19 on Myrtle Beach High

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Rankings

Rank
Pre-pandemic (2018-2019)
Rank
Post pandemic (2022-2023)
Change (%)
Ranks 59th of 225 High schoolsRanks 92nd of 237 High schools
 12.6%

Test Scores

% proficient
Pre-pandemic (2018-2019)
% proficient
Post pandemic (2022-2023)
Change (%)
End of Course Algebra 1/Mathematics for the Technologies 2 (Myrtle Beach High)64.868.3
 3.5%
   End of Course Algebra 1/Mathematics for the Technologies 2 (Horry 01)81.881.4
 0.4%
   End of Course Algebra 1/Mathematics for the Technologies 2 (South Carolina)68.668.3
 0.3%
End of Course Biology 1/Applied Biology 2 (Myrtle Beach High)73.753.4
 20.3%
   End of Course Biology 1/Applied Biology 2 (Horry 01)79.669.3
 10.3%
   End of Course Biology 1/Applied Biology 2 (South Carolina)67.259.1
 8.1%
End of Course English 1 (Myrtle Beach High)7681.5
 5.5%
   End of Course English 1 (Horry 01)83.387.1
 3.8%
   End of Course English 1 (South Carolina)78.984
 5.1%

Student Body

Number of students
Pre-pandemic (2018-2019)
Number of students
Post pandemic (2022-2023)
Change (%)
Total Students14841633
 10%
African American326368
 12.9%
American Indian74
 42.9%
Asian2139
 85.7%
Hispanic283483
 70.7%
Pacific Islander43
 25%
White740629
 15%
Two or More Races103107
 3.9%
% Free/Discounted Lunch Recipients50.9%73.8%
 22.8%


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Myrtle Beach High ranks 88th of 235 South Carolina high schools. SchoolDigger rates this school 3 stars out of 5.

Students at Myrtle Beach High are 39% White, 30% Hispanic, 23% African American, 7% Two or more races, 2% Asian.

Myrtle Beach High is fed by the following schools:

Elementary : Myrtle Beach Early Childhood
Elementary : Myrtle Beach Elementary
Elementary : Myrtle Beach Primary
Middle : Myrtle Beach Middle

In the 2022-23 school year, 1,633 students attended Myrtle Beach High.


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SchoolDigger data sources: National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Department of Education, the U.S. Census Bureau and the South Carolina Department of Education.

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