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Carolina Forest High

Q: Is Carolina Forest High a good school?

Carolina Forest High ranks 43 rd of 235 South Carolina high schools. SchoolDigger rates this school 4 stars out of 5.

Public Grades 9-12

43^rd

SchoolDigger Rank ?

of 235 South Carolina High Schools

Better than 82% of South Carolina high schools

Summary

Carolina Forest High is a public high school in Myrtle Beach, South Carolina, serving 3,181 students in grades 9-12. The school is part of the Horry 01 school district, which is ranked 9th out of 75 districts in the state and has a 4-star rating from SchoolDigger. Over the past 10 years, Carolina Forest High has consistently ranked among the top 50 high schools in South Carolina, with a current ranking of 43 out of 235 schools.

Carolina Forest High consistently outperforms the state and district averages in end-of-course (EOC) assessments, particularly in Algebra 1/Mathematics for the Technologies 2, English 2, and U.S. History and the Constitution. The school also maintains a high four-year graduation rate, ranging from 82.0% to 86.3% over the past five years, consistently outperforming the state average. Additionally, Carolina Forest High demonstrates strong performance across various student subgroups, including female students, African American students, Hispanic students, and students with low socioeconomic status, ranking among the top 50 in the state for these subgroups.

While Carolina Forest High outperforms the state and district averages, it faces competition from nearby high-performing schools, such as HCS Early College High and HCS Scholars Academy High, which rank among the top 10 high schools in the state. Additionally, Carolina Forest High has experienced relatively high chronic absenteeism rates, ranging from 18.2% to 24.7% over the past five years, which may be an area the school needs to address.

3,176

Students ?

19.3

Student/teacher ratio ?

$12,194

Per pupil spending ?

44.7%

Free/discounted lunch ?

700 Gardner Lacy Road
Myrtle Beach, SC 29579

(843) 236-7997

District: Horry 01

Feeder schools for Carolina Forest High:

Elementary:	Carolina Forest Elementary
	Ocean Bay Elementary
	Palmetto Bays Elementary
	River Oaks Elementary
	More...
	Waccamaw Elementary
Middle:	Black Water Middle
	Ocean Bay Middle
	Ten Oaks Middle

Racial breakdown:

White:

56.3%

Hispanic:

20.1%

African American:

13.8%

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At a glance

▬ Ranking trend: Holding steady — 85th percentile in 2015 → 82nd in 2025

Strengths

✓Test scores above the South Carolina average (80% vs 71% meeting standards)

✓Ranks in the top 18% of South Carolina high schools

Worth a look

!Some student groups rank well below the school's overall statewide standing

Students meeting standards (2024-2025) ?

This school80%

District avg81%

South Carolina avg71%

43^rd of 235

South Carolina public high schools ?

Top 18%▼ down 4 pts since 2015

From top 15% (2015) to top 18% (2025)

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★★★★★

SchoolDigger rating ?

6^th of 12High Schools in the Horry 01

9^th of 75Horry 01 among South Carolina districts

Statewide rank percentile over time (100 = the top-ranked school in the state; click a legend item to add a student group)

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All Students

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	South Carolina percentile	Rating
2025	72.9	43 of 235	81.7%	★★★★☆
2024	75.4	36 of 235	84.7%	★★★★☆
2023	78.6	29 of 237	87.8%	★★★★☆
2022	75.9	27 of 226	88.1%	★★★★☆
2021	75.9	28 of 227	87.7%	★★★★☆
2019	69.5	26 of 225	88.4%	★★★★☆
2018	61.8	48 of 216	77.8%	★★★★☆
2017	64.5	36 of 223	83.9%	★★★★☆
2016	70.0	36 of 231	84.4%	★★★★☆
2015	70.9	34 of 232	85.3%	★★★★☆
2014	74.5	45 of 210	78.6%	★★★★☆
2013	65.9	69 of 203	66.0%	★★★☆☆
2012	66.2	68 of 202	66.3%	★★★☆☆
2011	75.9	42 of 199	78.9%	★★★★☆
2010	84.2	27 of 199	86.4%	★★★★☆
2009	79.3	26 of 188	86.2%	★★★★☆
2008	80.0	28 of 185	84.9%	★★★★☆
2007	71.1	29 of 191	84.8%	★★★★☆
2006	72.0	33 of 191	82.7%	★★★★☆
2005	72.0	38 of 187	79.7%	★★★★☆

African American

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	South Carolina percentile	Rating
2025	73.0	36 of 194	81.4%	★★★★☆
2024	74.5	33 of 194	83.0%	★★★★☆
2023	64.7	47 of 199	76.4%	★★★★☆
2022	74.8	29 of 190	84.7%	★★★★☆
2021	82.2	14 of 178	92.1%	★★★★★
2019	65.0	39 of 184	78.8%	★★★★☆
2018	55.6	63 of 183	65.6%	★★★☆☆

Disabled

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	South Carolina percentile	Rating
2025	69.5	33 of 139	76.3%	★★★★☆
2024	88.9	6 of 145	95.9%	★★★★★
2023	87.3	12 of 141	91.5%	★★★★★
2022	88.2	11 of 139	92.1%	★★★★★
2021	89.7	7 of 115	93.9%	★★★★★
2019	83.6	13 of 143	90.9%	★★★★★
2018	78.5	22 of 137	83.9%	★★★★☆

English Language Learner

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	South Carolina percentile	Rating
2025	58.4	23 of 69	66.7%	★★★☆☆
2024	56.7	32 of 71	54.9%	★★★☆☆
2023	72.5	15 of 68	77.9%	★★★★☆
2022	47.9	30 of 61	50.8%	★★★☆☆
2021	51.6	24 of 46	47.8%	★★★☆☆
2019	83.9	5 of 64	92.2%	★★★★★
2018	78.5	9 of 58	84.5%	★★★★☆

Female

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	South Carolina percentile	Rating
2025	75.0	38 of 225	83.1%	★★★★☆
2024	74.0	38 of 225	83.1%	★★★★☆
2023	82.4	22 of 223	90.1%	★★★★★
2022	74.4	37 of 220	83.2%	★★★★☆
2021	69.6	47 of 213	77.9%	★★★★☆
2019	69.2	33 of 213	84.5%	★★★★☆
2018	64.2	50 of 210	76.2%	★★★★☆

Gifted and Talented

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	South Carolina percentile	Rating
2025	69.6	31 of 153	79.7%	★★★★☆
2024	67.9	47 of 157	70.1%	★★★★☆
2023	68.7	41 of 156	73.7%	★★★★☆

Hispanic

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	South Carolina percentile	Rating
2025	65.3	36 of 121	70.2%	★★★★☆
2024	64.4	36 of 121	70.2%	★★★★☆
2023	80.0	14 of 119	88.2%	★★★★☆
2022	68.6	26 of 108	75.9%	★★★★☆
2021	68.9	22 of 93	76.3%	★★★★☆
2019	78.4	10 of 86	88.4%	★★★★☆
2018	74.0	16 of 80	80.0%	★★★★☆

Low Socio Economic Status

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	South Carolina percentile	Rating
2025	80.1	23 of 226	89.8%	★★★★★
2024	84.2	17 of 229	92.6%	★★★★★
2023	86.6	15 of 226	93.4%	★★★★★
2022	82.8	17 of 220	92.3%	★★★★★
2021	87.1	8 of 213	96.2%	★★★★★
2019	75.3	17 of 217	92.2%	★★★★★
2018	67.8	30 of 214	86.0%	★★★★☆

Male

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	South Carolina percentile	Rating
2025	72.5	43 of 224	80.8%	★★★★☆
2024	76.1	33 of 228	85.5%	★★★★☆
2023	73.7	40 of 229	82.5%	★★★★☆
2022	75.5	31 of 224	86.2%	★★★★☆
2021	79.3	26 of 215	87.9%	★★★★☆
2019	72.8	24 of 218	89.0%	★★★★☆
2018	62.2	49 of 213	77.0%	★★★★☆

Military Connected

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	South Carolina percentile	Rating
2025	54.4	12 of 21	42.9%	★★☆☆☆
2024	65.0	4 of 15	73.3%	★★★★☆
2023	79.8	1 of 15	93.3%	★★★★★

Multi-racial

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	South Carolina percentile	Rating
2025	60.0	23 of 59	61.0%	★★★☆☆
2024	59.3	21 of 53	60.4%	★★★☆☆
2023	68.7	19 of 57	66.7%	★★★☆☆
2022	60.0	18 of 48	62.5%	★★★☆☆
2021	45.4	22 of 31	29.0%	★★☆☆☆
2019	76.6	5 of 23	78.3%	★★★★☆
2018	55.1	11 of 22	50.0%	★★★☆☆

White

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	South Carolina percentile	Rating
2025	73.9	38 of 196	80.6%	★★★★☆
2024	75.2	36 of 196	81.6%	★★★★☆
2023	73.9	44 of 197	77.7%	★★★★☆
2022	69.4	44 of 192	77.1%	★★★★☆
2021	66.9	53 of 189	72.0%	★★★★☆
2019	65.0	40 of 191	79.1%	★★★★☆
2018	51.6	69 of 185	62.7%	★★★☆☆

How student groups rank statewide ? (each group's percentile vs the same group at other schools — higher is better; the +/- beside each compares the group with this school's overall percentile)

Low Socio Economic Status (2025)90th percentile+8 vs school

Female (2025)83rd percentile~ school

African American (2025)81st percentile~ school

Male (2025)81st percentile~ school

White (2025)81st percentile~ school

Gifted and Talented (2025)80th percentile~ school

Disabled (2025)76th percentile-5 vs school

Hispanic (2025)70th percentile-11 vs school

English Language Learner (2025)67th percentile-15 vs school

Multi-racial (2025)61st percentile-21 vs school

Military Connected (2025)43rd percentile-39 vs school

By subject vs South Carolina (2024-2025) ?

English 290%+3 vs state

Algebra 1/Mathematics for the Technologies 286%+12 vs state

U.S. History and the Constitution78%+16 vs state

English 169%+8 vs state

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by a parent
Wednesday, August 28, 2019

Worst School Ive ever seen. They know there is a 40min traffic jam for the school yet they still are giving out detention to the kids for being late. This morning I had my disable wife with me and needed to park in a parking space to let my daughter out of the back seat and the creepy looking guy at the stop sign started yelling at me. I told him to kiss it cause I don't deal with creepy looking people. He then sends the principle after me and I told her I had to park cause my wife is disable so I could let my daughter out and she didnt care. Close Quote

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School													Students/Teachers											Ranking (2025)				Ranking (2024)				EOCEP Algebra 1/Mathematics for the Technologies 2 (2025)	EOCEP English 1 (2025)	EOCEP U.S. History and the Constitution (2025)	EOCEP English 2 (2025)	Per Pupil Expenditures (2025)
Name	Type	Grades	Address	City	Zip	County	District	Is Charter	Is Magnet	Is Virtual	Is Title I	Phone	Enrollment	Full-time Teachers	Student/ Teacher Ratio	Free/Discounted Lunch Recipients	White	Black	Hispanic	Asian	American Indian	Pacific Islander	Two or More Races	Average Standard Score (2025)	Statewide Rank (2025)	State Percentile (2025)	SchoolDigger Rating (2025)	Average Standard Score (2024)	Statewide Rank (2024)	State Percentile (2024)	Rank Change from Previous Year	EOCEP Algebra 1/Mathematics for the Technologies 2 End of Course	EOCEP English 1 End of Course	EOCEP U.S. History and the Constitution End of Course	EOCEP English 2 End of Course	Per Pupil Expenditures: Total	Personnel Spending from Federal Funds	Non-Personnel Spending from Federal Funds	Sub-total from Federal Funds	Personnel Spending from State and Local Funds	Non-Personnel from State and Local Funds	Sub-total Spending from State and Local Funds
Carolina Forest High	Public	9-12	700 Gardner Lacy Road	Myrtle Beach	29579	Horry County	Horry 01	No	No	No	No	(843) 236-7997	3,176	165	19.3		1,788 (56.3%)	437 (13.8%)	639 (20.1%)	72 (2.3%)	13 (0.4%)	3 (0.1%)	224 (7.1%)	72.9	43^rd of 235 public high schools	81.7%		75.4	36^th of 235 public high schools	84.7%	7	86.2	69.3	78.0	89.9	$12,194	$659	$390	$1,049	$9,682	$1,464	$11,146
HCS Scholars Academy High	Public	9-12	642 Century Circle	Conway	29526	Horry County	Horry 01	No	No	No	No	(843) 349-4117	209	13	16.7		158 (75.6%)	9 (4.3%)	8 (3.8%)	21 (10.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	13 (6.2%)	97.7	1^st of 235 public high schools	99.6%		97.7	2^nd of 235 public high schools	99.1%	1		100.0	100.0	100.0	$14,110	$154	$122	$276	$12,432	$1,402	$13,834
HCS Early College High	Public, Magnet	9-12	2050 Highway 501 East HGTC	Conway	29528	Horry County	Horry 01	No	Yes	No	Yes	(843) 349-3131	360	23	15.6		151 (41.9%)	101 (28.1%)	81 (22.5%)	5 (1.4%)	1 (0.3%)	0 (0.0%)	21 (5.8%)	93.2	6^th of 235 public high schools	97.4%		92.7	7^th of 235 public high schools	97.0%	1	98.8	97.3	91.0	100.0	$14,777	$1,137	$665	$1,802	$11,289	$1,686	$12,975
Palmetto Academy of Learning Motorsports (PALM)	Public, Charter	9-12	826 West Cox Ferry Road	Conway	29526	Horry County	Horry 01	Yes	No	No	Yes	(843) 903-6600	195	13	15.0		167 (85.6%)	5 (2.6%)	14 (7.2%)	1 (0.5%)	1 (0.5%)	0 (0.0%)	7 (3.6%)	62.2	71^st of 235 public high schools	69.8%		48	108^th of 235 public high schools	54.0%	37	91.7	45.7	70.2	93.0	$17,355	$1,001	$161	$1,162	$10,296	$5,897	$16,193
Academy For Arts/Science/Technology	Public, Magnet	9-12	895 International Drive	Myrtle Beach	29579	Horry County	Horry 01	No	Yes	No	No	(843) 903-8460	0	43	.0		0 ()	0 ()	0 ()	0 ()	0 ()	0 ()	0 ()								(n/a)
Socastee High	Public	9-12	4900 Socastee Boulevard	Myrtle Beach	29588	Horry County	Horry 01	No	No	No	No	(843) 293-2513	1,720	95	18.1		1,051 (61.1%)	135 (7.8%)	373 (21.7%)	34 (2.0%)	4 (0.2%)	7 (0.4%)	116 (6.7%)	69	51^st of 235 public high schools	78.3%		63.8	65^th of 235 public high schools	72.3%	14	75.7	75.0	74.6	89.4	$14,081	$686	$426	$1,111	$11,278	$1,691	$12,969
Atlantic Collegiate Academy	Public, Charter	9-12	5086 Bear Bluff Road	Conway	29526	Horry County	Limestone Charters Association	Yes	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(843) 286-5990	502	16	31.3		370 (73.7%)	42 (8.4%)	49 (9.8%)	3 (0.6%)	1 (0.2%)	1 (0.2%)	36 (7.2%)	83.2	21^st of 235 public high schools	91.1%					(n/a)	85.3	82.8	61.7	98.9	$9,591	$204	$559	$763	$3,695	$5,133	$8,828
Coastal High School	Public, Charter	9-12	3710 Palmetto Pointe Boulevard	Myrtle Beach	29588	Horry County	Limestone Charters Association	Yes	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(843) 788-9898	198	21	9.6		139 (70.2%)	24 (12.1%)	19 (9.6%)	1 (0.5%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	15 (7.6%)	53.4	97^th of 235 public high schools	58.7%		47.8	111^th of 235 public high schools	52.8%	14	82.4	61.5	58.0	86.5	$14,745	$831	$69	$899	$7,316	$6,530	$13,846
Myrtle Beach High	Public	9-12	3302 Robert Grissom Parkway	Myrtle Beach	29577	Horry County	Horry 01	No	No	No	No	(843) 839-7148	1,510	84	18.0		539 (35.7%)	331 (21.9%)	481 (31.9%)	32 (2.1%)	4 (0.3%)	5 (0.3%)	118 (7.8%)	40.9	138^th of 235 public high schools	41.3%		54.6	88^th of 235 public high schools	62.6%	50	84.8	52.4	55.7	80.3	$13,613	$778	$398	$1,176	$10,701	$1,736	$12,437
Conway High	Public	9-12	2301 Church Street	Conway	29526	Horry County	Horry 01	No	No	No	No	(843) 488-0662	1,724	97	17.7		847 (49.1%)	489 (28.4%)	270 (15.7%)	8 (0.5%)	4 (0.2%)	4 (0.2%)	102 (5.9%)	58.4	82^nd of 235 public high schools	65.1%		52.2	92^nd of 235 public high schools	60.9%	10	85.9	58.2	60.7	89.7	$13,969	$746	$440	$1,185	$10,926	$1,857	$12,784

Frequently Asked Questions about Carolina Forest High

What schools feed into Carolina Forest High?

Carolina Forest High is fed by the following schools:

Elementary : Carolina Forest Elementary
Elementary : Ocean Bay Elementary
Elementary : Palmetto Bays Elementary
Elementary : River Oaks Elementary
Elementary : Waccamaw Elementary
Middle : Black Water Middle
Middle : Ocean Bay Middle
Middle : Ten Oaks Middle

What district is Carolina Forest High in?

Horry 01

What is the racial makeup of Carolina Forest High?

Students at Carolina Forest High are 56% White, 20% Hispanic, 14% African American, 7% Two or more races, 2% Asian.

Is Carolina Forest High a good school?

Carolina Forest High ranks 43^rd of 235 South Carolina high schools. SchoolDigger rates this school 4 stars out of 5.

How many students attend Carolina Forest High?

In the 2024-25 school year, 3,176 students attended Carolina Forest High.

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