May River High

May River High operates as a high-enrollment high school in Bluffton, South Carolina, overseen by Beaufort 01. Current enrollment sits at 1,731 students spanning grades 9 through 12. That puts it 82% bigger than the typical public school in South Carolina, which averages around 953 students.

Beaufort 01 comprises 32 schools with combined enrollment of 21,050 students; May River High is among them.

Looking at the student body, May River High reports that 53% of students identify as White, with the remaining enrollment distributed across several groups. Other groups include 32% Hispanic, 9% Black, 4% multiracial. By comparison, Beaufort County as a whole is about 69% White, so the school skews meaningfully less White than its surroundings.

On the income-and-resources front, May River High records 112 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 15.5:1. The state averages about 15.5:1, putting this campus right in line with peers.

Across the wider county, the surrounding county (Beaufort County) logs that the typical household earns roughly $86,573 per year, 46% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and roughly 7% of residents live below the federal poverty line. May River High is one of 35 public schools in Beaufort County (combined enrollment of about 22,968 students).

Pritchardville Elementary is the nearest neighboring public school, about 1.9 miles from this campus. 5 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius.

The school occupies a rural site.

Five-year trend. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at May River High has increased 42%, going from 1,223 students in 2018 to 1,731 in 2025. Over the same period, the Hispanic share ticked up from 24% to 32%. The student-to-teacher ratio fell from 17.0:1 in 2018 to 15.5:1 today.

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