Whittemore Park Middle

Set in Conway, South Carolina, Whittemore Park Middle is a substantial middle-grades school, operated by Horry 01. It serves 1,013 students across grades 6 through 8. Compared to the state average of about 622 students per school, that is 63% bigger than typical.

Horry 01 runs 55 schools in total, collectively educating 48,662 students. Whittemore Park Middle is one of those campuses.

Demographically, Whittemore Park Middle reports that the most-represented group is White (47%), with the rest of the student body spread across multiple groups; the rest looks like 27% Black, 18% Hispanic, 7% multiracial. By comparison, Horry County as a whole is about 77% White, so the school skews considerably less White than its surroundings.

Looking at school resources, Staff filings list 70 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 14.5:1 students per teacher. The state averages about 13.8:1, putting this campus right in line with peers.

In the area at large, Horry County reports that the typical household earns roughly $66,880 per year, roughly 27% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and roughly 9% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Across Horry County's 60 public schools (combined enrollment of about 49,639 students), Whittemore Park Middle is one campus in the mix.

The closest other public school is Conway Middle, roughly 1.0 miles away. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius.

The campus sits in a high-density setting.

Looking at the recent track record. Over the past 7-year window, the student count increased 30%: 778 students in 2018 compared to 1,013 in 2025. Black enrollment moved from 38% to 27% across the same window.

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