St. James High

St. James High is a large high school based in Murrells Inlet, South Carolina. Classes run from 9 through 12, and the school has 1,826 students. The average for high schools in South Carolina is about 953 students, so this school is 92% larger than average.

St. James High falls under Horry 01, which has 55 schools enrolling 48,662 students.

Roughly 73% of students at St. James High are White. The rest of enrollment is 13% Hispanic, 6% Black, and 6% multiracial. That is close to the 77% White share among all Horry County residents. The school's diversity index is 44%, meaning two students picked at random have a 44% chance of belonging to different racial or ethnic groups.

The school employs the equivalent of 104 full-time teachers, for a ratio of 17.6:1. That is higher than the 15.5:1 average for high schools in South Carolina.

Horry County has these Census figures: the median household income is $66,880, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 27% of adults, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 9%. Horry County is home to 60 public schools and about 49,639 public school students.

The shortest distance from St. James High to another public school is about 1.1 miles, to St. James Middle. Counting only straight-line distance, 5 other public schools are within five miles.

St. James High has an NCES locale of Suburb: Large.

Enrollment at St. James High climbed 6% between 2020-21 and 2024-25, from 1,721 to 1,826 students.

Families, students, and staff can use this page to discuss school safety, transportation, and start times at St. James High. Alumni can share how the school prepared them.