HCS Scholars Academy High

HCS Scholars Academy High is a very small high school in Conway, South Carolina. The school has 209 students in 2024-25 across grades 9 through 12. High schools in South Carolina have about 953 students on average; enrollment here is 78% lower.

Horry 01 has a total of 55 schools and 48,662 students, HCS Scholars Academy High among them.

About 76% of the student body at HCS Scholars Academy High is White. The remaining students are 10% Asian, 6% multiracial, 4% Black, and 4% Hispanic. Horry County residents are about 77% White, a similar share. Its diversity index, the chance that two randomly chosen students belong to different racial or ethnic groups, is 41%.

Classroom staffing at HCS Scholars Academy High totals 12.5 full-time-equivalent teachers, and the student-to-teacher ratio is 16.7:1. Statewide, high schools in South Carolina average 15.5:1.

American Community Survey estimates for Horry County show that median household income comes to about $66,880, roughly 27% of adults have a four-year degree or more, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 9%. The county's public schools total 60, with about 49,639 students.

About 0.2 miles separate HCS Scholars Academy High from the closest public school, HCS Early College High. Within five miles are at least 8 other public schools.

The school's locale code, City: Small, means it is inside a principal city with a population under 100,000.

Enrollment was 47 in 2020-21 and 209 in 2024-25. Large swings like this can come from changes to the grades a school serves. Staffing shifted too: the ratio moved from 3.9:1 to 16.7:1.

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