K- 12 - Horry County Schools is a countywide school district serving over 37,000 students in nine attendance areas. Since the mid-1990's, the district has invested nearly $500 million in new and renovated facilities. Nineteen new schools have been built, and two new attendance areas have been added.
Accomplishments include:
- 93 percent of Horry County Schools received a rating of Excellent, Good or Average
- SAT scores are 33 points above the state average
- The District's performance on the Palmetto Achievement Challenge Test (PACT) is higher than the state at all grade levels
- 94 percent of high school students who sought International Baccalaureate diplomas received them
- Horry County has the highest performing IB program in the state
- Seven schools have been named National Blue Ribbon Schools of Excellence by the U.S. Department of Education
- 7 private schools in Horry County
- 2 science and technology schools in Horry County (Myrtle Beach and Conway) to address the needs of high school students with defined career paths
Horry County Public School District
| Total School Enrollment |
36,068 |
| Elementary School Enrollment (Pre-K - 8th grade) |
25,801 |
| Secondary School Entrollment (9th - 12th grade) |
10,267 |
| Spending per student (instructional) |
$5,958 |
| Spending per student |
$13,900 |
| Spending per teacher ratio |
22 |
| % of students taking the ACT |
30% |
| Average ACT score |
20.1 |
| % of students taking the SAT |
46% |
| Average SAT Score |
1005 |
Academy for the Arts, Science and Technology
The mission of the Academy for the Arts, Science, and Technology, a new kind of secondary school organized around specific career majors, is to ensure that our students are successfully prepared to enter their career choice or next level of education in pursuit of life goals through personalized, integrated, technologically-supported, mastery-based programs of study.
- Advanced Visual Art
- Dance and Creative Movement
- Digital Communications
- Entertainment Technology
- Environmental Science
- Education
- Introduction to Pre-Medicine
- Pre-Engineering
- Theatre
- Website
Academy for Technology and Academics
The mission of the Academy for Technology and Academics is to provide an integrated, rigorous academic and career major instructional focus which will enable students to be self-directed learners, to gain and refine employability skills, and to enter education and career pathways that allow them to participate as successful and contributing members of a global society.
- Automotive Technology
- Business Administration and Information Support
- Business Paralegal and Systems Administration
- Building Construction
- Computer Service Technology
- Cosmetology
- Culinary Arts
- Digital Arts
- Education
- Health Science/Nursing
- Health Science/Pre-Med
- Industrial Systems Technology
- Marketing, Management, & Promotions
- Pre-Engineering (GIS/AutoCAD)
- Website
Higher Education
Coastal Carolina University
8,300 fulltime students
- Bachelor degrees in 39 fields of study
- Graduate degrees in 4 fields of study
- MBA
- Education
- Marine Sciences
Horry-Georgetown Technical College
One of the leading technical colleges in the U.S.
- Offering over 60 associate degree, certificate or diploma programs
- Continuing education and professional programs
- HGTC has graduated more than 17,000 students, 90% of whom have remained in Horry and Georgetown County as part of the local workforce
Higher Learning
Fueled by excellence in our education system, we are also privileged to have three institutes of higher learning in our county alone. Horry County is within a half day's drive to some of the most prestigious universities in the country, such as Duke University, Georgia Tech, Medical University of South Carolina, Clemson University and University of South Carolina.
Continuing Education
Coastal Carolina University (CCU) and Horry-Georgetown Technical College (HGTC) offer a multitude of opportunities for retraining and/or educational advancement with degrees and certification programs in over 60 fields of study. Coastal Carolina University offers credit and non-credit classes in its Lifelong Learning Program in addition to its graduate degree programs. Coastal Carolina University's top-tier MBA program provides students with internship opportunities with leading national companies and also offers a progressive pre-engineering program in partnership with Clemson University.
Horry-Georgetown Technical College offers more than 70 programs of study in today's hottest career fields at three locations and online. Whether you are looking for a specific certification program or a bridge to your bachelor's degree, HGTC has a program to get you there.
Webster University provides your employees with an alternative educational opportunity to complete their graduate degree.
Coastal Carolina University
- 2007 Fall Enrollment: 7,872
- F/T Faculty Members: 284
- Student to Faculty FTE Ration: 18:1
- Average SAT Score for First Time Freshman: 1,039
- 40 Major Fields of study
- 37 Undergraduate fields of study
- 4 Master Fields
- Website
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Horry-Georgetown Technical College
- Approximate Enrollment: 7,314
- F/T Faculty Members: 134
- P/T Faculty Members: over 134
- Student to Faculty Ration: 18:1
- Website
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