Socastee Elementary

Set in Myrtle Beach, South Carolina, Socastee Elementary is a sizable elementary school, run under Horry 01. It serves 850 students across grades pre-K through 5. By comparison, South Carolina's public schools average about 526 students each, so Socastee Elementary sits 62% above that benchmark.

Horry 01 comprises 55 schools with combined enrollment of 48,662 students; Socastee Elementary is among them.

On demographics, Socastee Elementary reports that the largest single group is Hispanic at 48%, but no single group is in the majority; the rest reads as 32% White, 12% Black, 6% multiracial. That is meaningfully more Hispanic than the county at large, where the share is closer to 7%.

On the income-and-resources front, The school lists 60 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 14.2:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 13.3:1, putting Socastee Elementary higher than the state norm the norm.

In the area at large, the surrounding county (Horry County) records that median household income runs about $66,880, about 27% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 9%. Socastee Elementary is one of 60 public schools in Horry County (combined enrollment of about 49,639 students).

Coastal High School is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.5 miles from this campus. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools.

Socastee Elementary operates from a suburban location.

Over the past 7-year window. Socastee Elementary's enrollment has showed little movement since 2018, when it stood at 841 (now 850). White enrollment moved from 49% to 32% across the same window. The student-to-teacher ratio pulled in from 15.6:1 in 2018 to 14.2:1 today.

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