Carvers Bay Early College and Career High

Carvers Bay Early College and Career High is a small high school in Georgetown 01, located in Hemingway, South Carolina. The grade span is 9 through 12, and enrollment is 399 students. The school's enrollment is 58% smaller than the 953 average for high schools in South Carolina.

The district, Georgetown 01, has 8,208 students enrolled across 19 schools.

Black students make up a majority at Carvers Bay Early College and Career High, at 71%. Smaller groups are 25% White. For comparison, the population of Georgetown County is roughly 28% Black. Carvers Bay Early College and Career High's diversity index is 43%, against a US figure of 70%.

Teacher staffing is 33.5 full-time equivalents, or about 11.9 students per teacher. On average, high schools in South Carolina have 15.5:1, compared with 11.9:1 here.

County data help place the school in context: in Georgetown County, the median household income is $68,713, about 33% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and roughly 11% of residents are in poverty. In all, Georgetown County has 19 public schools and roughly 8,208 students.

Carvers Bay Middle STEAM Academy is the closest public school, about 0.3 miles away in a straight line. In all, 2 other public schools sit within five miles of Carvers Bay Early College and Career High.

The NCES locale for Carvers Bay Early College and Career High is Rural: Distant, which covers schools in rural territory some distance from an urban area.

Enrollment is up 19% from 2020-21, when Carvers Bay Early College and Career High had 335 students, to 2024-25, when it had 399.

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