Myrtle Beach Primary

Myrtle Beach Primary is one of the public schools in Myrtle Beach, South Carolina. It is a medium-sized elementary school. It enrolled 710 students in grades 1 through 2 for the 2024-25 school year. Statewide, elementary schools in South Carolina average about 526 students each.

Myrtle Beach Primary is one school in Horry 01, a system of 55 schools with 48,662 students.

Hispanic students are the largest group at Myrtle Beach Primary, with 37% of enrollment. The remaining shares are 28% White, 21% Black, and 13% multiracial. Horry County as a whole is about 7% Hispanic, so the school's share is higher. By the diversity index, Myrtle Beach Primary comes in at 72%.

Federal staffing data show 44 full-time-equivalent teachers at Myrtle Beach Primary and a ratio of 16.1:1. The average ratio among elementary schools in South Carolina is 13.3:1, lower than at this school.

Census estimates describe Horry County this way: median household income is about $66,880, 27% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 9% of people live in poverty. The public schools of Horry County number 60 and enroll about 49,639.

The nearest other public school, Myrtle Beach Early Childhood, is about 0.1 miles away. In all, at least 8 other public schools sit within five miles of Myrtle Beach Primary.

Myrtle Beach Primary falls in the City: Small locale category, used for schools inside a principal city with a population under 100,000.

From 2020-21 to 2024-25, Myrtle Beach Primary went from 653 students to 710. The ratio of students to teachers went from 14.5:1 to 16.1:1 over the same years.

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