Carolina Forest Elementary

As a sprawling K-5 school in Myrtle Beach, South Carolina, Carolina Forest Elementary educates 1,336 students from grades pre-K through 5, part of Horry 01. Enrollment runs roughly 154% bigger than the state mean of about 526.

Horry 01 runs 55 schools in total, collectively educating 48,662 students. Carolina Forest Elementary is one of those campuses.

Demographically, Carolina Forest Elementary reports that 55% of the student body identifies as White; the rest comes out to 16% Hispanic, 14% Black, 11% multiracial, 3% Asian. By comparison, Horry County as a whole is about 77% White, so the school skews noticeably less White than its surroundings.

On the income-and-resources front, On paper, Carolina Forest Elementary has 87 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 15.4:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 13.3:1, putting Carolina Forest Elementary higher than the state norm the norm.

Around the school, community-level numbers for Horry County indicate median household income runs about $66,880, roughly 27% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and the poverty rate sits near 9%. Across Horry County's 60 public schools (combined enrollment of about 49,639 students), Carolina Forest Elementary is one campus in the mix.

The closest other public school is Carolina Forest High, roughly 1.4 miles away. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius.

The campus sits in a residential setting.

Looking at the recent track record. Over the past 7-year window, the student count expanded 23%: 1,083 students in 2018 compared to 1,336 in 2025. White enrollment moved from 67% to 55% across the same window.

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