North Myrtle Beach High

North Myrtle Beach High operates as a sprawling high school in Little River, South Carolina, operated by Horry 01. Current enrollment sits at 1,673 students spanning grades 9 through 12. Enrollment runs roughly 76% larger than the state mean of about 953.

Horry 01 comprises 55 schools with combined enrollment of 48,662 students; North Myrtle Beach High is among them.

Demographically, North Myrtle Beach High shows that 60% of the student body identifies as White; the rest breaks down as 16% Black, 15% Hispanic, 8% multiracial. By comparison, Horry County as a whole is about 77% White, so the school skews considerably less White than its surroundings.

Looking at the economic backdrop, On paper, North Myrtle Beach High has 91 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 18.4:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 15.5:1, putting North Myrtle Beach High higher than the state norm the norm.

In the area at large, community-level numbers for Horry County indicate median household earnings sit near $66,880, roughly 27% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 9%. North Myrtle Beach High is one of 60 public schools in Horry County (combined enrollment of about 49,639 students).

Nearest neighbor: North Myrtle Beach Middle, around 1.0 miles off. Counting just inside five miles, 4 other public schools cluster around North Myrtle Beach High.

Geographically, the school is in a bedroom-community area.

Trend over the last 7 years. Over the past 7-year window, the student count edged up 16%: 1,443 students in 2018 compared to 1,673 in 2025. Black enrollment moved from 23% to 16% across the same window. Class-load math has pulled in: from 20.5:1 in 2018 to 18.4:1 in 2025.

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