Coastal High School

Coastal High School is a very small high school in Myrtle Beach, South Carolina, one of the schools within Limestone Charters Association. The school enrolls 198 students in grades 9 through 12. By comparison, South Carolina's public schools average about 953 students each, so Coastal High School sits 79% below that benchmark.

Within Limestone Charters Association, which oversees 13 schools and 7,387 students, Coastal High School is one campus in the system.

In terms of who attends, Coastal High School shows that the largest single group is White, at 70% of enrollment; the rest comes out to 12% Black, 10% Hispanic, 8% multiracial.

Looking at school resources, Coastal High School shows 21 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 9.7:1. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 15.5:1 average.

Around the school, ACS estimates for Horry County put the typical household earns roughly $66,880 per year, about 27% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and the poverty rate sits near 9%. Coastal High School is one of 60 public schools in Horry County (combined enrollment of about 49,639 students).

Nearest neighbor: Socastee Elementary, around 0.5 miles off. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Coastal High School.

Coastal High School operates from a suburban location. Coastal High School is a charter school, which puts it inside the public-school system but outside the standard district-managed model.

In the discussion threads here, posts here usually surface around fundraisers, lost-and-found posts, and report-card season. Anyone with firsthand experience at this school can post or comment.