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St. James High

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St. James High ranks 24 th of 235 South Carolina high schools. SchoolDigger rates this school 5 stars out of 5.

Public Grades 9-12

24^th

SchoolDigger Rank ?

of 235 South Carolina High Schools

Better than 90% of South Carolina high schools

Summary

St. James High is a public high school located in Murrells Inlet, South Carolina, serving grades 9-12 with a total enrollment of 1,880 students. 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.

St. James High has consistently ranked among the top high schools in South Carolina, with a statewide ranking between 9th and 25th over the past 10 years. The school has maintained a 5-star rating from SchoolDigger for most of this period, indicating exceptional academic performance. St. James High excels in the performance of various student subgroups, ranking highly for female students, African American students, and low socioeconomic status students, outperforming the state and district averages in these categories. The school's students demonstrate exceptional proficiency on end-of-course exams (EOCEPs) in core subjects like Algebra, English, and U.S. History, with proficiency rates consistently exceeding the state and district averages.

While St. James High is a top-performing school, the nearby HCS Early College High and HCS Scholars Academy High outperform St. James High in several metrics, including statewide rankings, test scores, and graduation rates. This suggests that the Horry 01 district is home to a concentration of high-performing schools. St. James High maintains a high four-year graduation rate, ranging from 82% to 90% over the past five years, and a low dropout rate, typically below 2.5%. However, the school has experienced relatively high chronic absenteeism rates, ranging from 18% to 25% in recent years, which is an area the school may want to address to further improve student outcomes.

1,826

Students ?

17.5

Student/teacher ratio ?

$13,791

Per pupil spending ?

43%

Free/discounted lunch ?

10800 Highway 707
Murrells Inlet, SC 29576

(843) 650-5600

District: Horry 01

Feeder schools for St. James High:

Elementary:	Burgess Elementary
	Seaside Elementary
	St. James Elementary
Middle:	St. James Intermediate
	St. James Middle

Racial breakdown:

White:

73.2%

Hispanic:

12.7%

African American:

6.4%

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At a glance

▬ Ranking trend: Holding steady — 90th percentile in 2015 → 90th in 2025

Strengths

✓Test scores above the South Carolina average (84% vs 71% meeting standards)

✓Ranks in the top 10% of South Carolina high schools

✓92% graduate in 4 years — above the South Carolina average (87%)

Worth a look

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

Students meeting standards (2024-2025) ?

This school84%

District avg81%

South Carolina avg71%

24^th of 235

South Carolina public high schools ?

Top 10%▬ steady since 2015

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★★★★★

SchoolDigger rating ?

4^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)

Show full rank history (all student groups)

All Students

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	South Carolina percentile	Rating
2025	80.8	24 of 235	89.8%	★★★★★
2024	82.1	23 of 235	90.2%	★★★★★
2023	85.8	18 of 237	92.4%	★★★★★
2022	83.0	21 of 226	90.7%	★★★★★
2021	83.1	16 of 227	93.0%	★★★★★
2019	75.2	17 of 225	92.4%	★★★★★
2018	78.0	9 of 216	95.8%	★★★★★
2017	75.1	15 of 223	93.3%	★★★★★
2016	76.4	25 of 231	89.2%	★★★★☆
2015	76.8	23 of 232	90.1%	★★★★★
2014	83.2	29 of 210	86.2%	★★★★☆
2013	78.2	41 of 203	79.8%	★★★★☆
2012	75.2	45 of 202	77.7%	★★★★☆
2011	86.2	25 of 199	87.4%	★★★★☆
2010	71.8	49 of 199	75.4%	★★★★☆
2009	83.6	17 of 188	91.0%	★★★★★
2008	68.4	60 of 185	67.6%	★★★☆☆
2007	68.0	56 of 191	70.7%	★★★★☆
2006	72.9	28 of 191	85.3%	★★★★☆
2005	68.3	63 of 187	66.3%	★★★☆☆

African American

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	South Carolina percentile	Rating
2025	86.8	13 of 194	93.3%	★★★★★
2024	82.5	15 of 194	92.3%	★★★★★
2023	89.4	12 of 199	94.0%	★★★★★
2022	88.3	12 of 190	93.7%	★★★★★
2021	88.6	7 of 178	96.1%	★★★★★
2019	66.2	37 of 184	79.9%	★★★★☆
2018	79.3	15 of 183	91.8%	★★★★★

Disabled

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	South Carolina percentile	Rating
2025	81.0	15 of 139	89.2%	★★★★☆
2024	80.6	23 of 145	84.1%	★★★★☆
2023	96.0	2 of 141	98.6%	★★★★★
2022	88.9	10 of 139	92.8%	★★★★★
2021	94.6	1 of 115	99.1%	★★★★★
2019	94.1	3 of 143	97.9%	★★★★★
2018	91.6	5 of 137	96.4%	★★★★★

English Language Learner

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	South Carolina percentile	Rating
2024	61.0	29 of 71	59.2%	★★★☆☆
2023	59.4	26 of 68	61.8%	★★★☆☆

Female

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	South Carolina percentile	Rating
2025	83.9	21 of 225	90.7%	★★★★★
2024	83.6	22 of 225	90.2%	★★★★★
2023	83.6	19 of 223	91.5%	★★★★★
2022	78.6	25 of 220	88.6%	★★★★☆
2021	82.4	18 of 213	91.5%	★★★★★
2019	73.2	23 of 213	89.2%	★★★★☆
2018	75.6	16 of 210	92.4%	★★★★★

Gifted and Talented

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	South Carolina percentile	Rating
2025	69.3	33 of 153	78.4%	★★★★☆
2024	67.2	54 of 157	65.6%	★★★☆☆
2023	67.3	48 of 156	69.2%	★★★★☆

Hispanic

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	South Carolina percentile	Rating
2025	76.4	20 of 121	83.5%	★★★★☆
2024	76.0	23 of 121	81.0%	★★★★☆
2023	66.5	32 of 119	73.1%	★★★★☆
2022	89.2	5 of 108	95.4%	★★★★★
2021	71.8	16 of 93	82.8%	★★★★☆
2019	70.3	17 of 86	80.2%	★★★★☆
2018	74.1	15 of 80	81.3%	★★★★☆

Low Socio Economic Status

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	South Carolina percentile	Rating
2025	87.4	11 of 226	95.1%	★★★★★
2024	87.5	14 of 229	93.9%	★★★★★
2023	90.2	12 of 226	94.7%	★★★★★
2022	85.6	12 of 220	94.5%	★★★★★
2021	86.4	9 of 213	95.8%	★★★★★
2019	83.0	7 of 217	96.8%	★★★★★
2018	83.3	6 of 214	97.2%	★★★★★

Male

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	South Carolina percentile	Rating
2025	79.7	25 of 224	88.8%	★★★★☆
2024	80.6	24 of 228	89.5%	★★★★☆
2023	86.7	17 of 229	92.6%	★★★★★
2022	85.1	19 of 224	91.5%	★★★★★
2021	83.0	19 of 215	91.2%	★★★★★
2019	79.6	16 of 218	92.7%	★★★★★
2018	81.7	10 of 213	95.3%	★★★★★

Military Connected

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	South Carolina percentile	Rating
2025	66.1	3 of 21	85.7%	★★★★★

Multi-racial

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	South Carolina percentile	Rating
2025	66.7	17 of 59	71.2%	★★★★☆
2024	76.9	10 of 53	81.1%	★★★★☆
2023	74.5	15 of 57	73.7%	★★★★☆
2022	71.0	11 of 48	77.1%	★★★★☆
2018	77.6	5 of 22	77.3%	★★★★☆

White

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	South Carolina percentile	Rating
2025	70.2	49 of 196	75.0%	★★★★☆
2024	71.8	46 of 196	76.5%	★★★★☆
2023	79.5	27 of 197	86.3%	★★★★☆
2022	71.6	39 of 192	79.7%	★★★★☆
2021	72.3	37 of 189	80.4%	★★★★☆
2019	70.3	28 of 191	85.3%	★★★★☆
2018	71.4	32 of 185	82.7%	★★★★☆

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)95th percentile+5 vs school

African American (2025)93rd percentile+4 vs school

Female (2025)91st percentile~ school

Disabled (2025)89th percentile~ school

Male (2025)89th percentile~ school

Military Connected (2025)86th percentile-4 vs school

Hispanic (2025)83rd percentile-6 vs school

Gifted and Talented (2025)78th percentile-11 vs school

White (2025)75th percentile-15 vs school

Multi-racial (2025)71st percentile-19 vs school

English Language Learner (2024)59th percentile-31 vs school

By subject vs South Carolina (2024-2025) ?

English 291%+5 vs state

Algebra 1/Mathematics for the Technologies 290%+16 vs state

English 181%+19 vs state

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

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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
St. James High	Public	9-12	10800 Highway 707	Murrells Inlet	29576	Horry County	Horry 01	No	No	No	No	(843) 650-5600	1,826	104	17.5		1,337 (73.2%)	116 (6.4%)	231 (12.7%)	31 (1.7%)	4 (0.2%)	0 (0.0%)	107 (5.9%)	80.8	24^th of 235 public high schools	89.8%		82.1	23^rd of 235 public high schools	90.2%	1	90.1	81.0	77.9	91.0	$13,791	$623	$434	$1,057	$11,003	$1,731	$12,733
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
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
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
Waccamaw High	Public	9-12	2412 Kings River Road	Pawleys Island	29585	Georgetown County	Georgetown 01	No	No	No	No	(843) 237-9899	808	54	14.9		609 (75.4%)	124 (15.3%)	43 (5.3%)	5 (0.6%)	1 (0.1%)	0 (0.0%)	26 (3.2%)	74.8	39^th of 235 public high schools	83.4%		63.9	64^th of 235 public high schools	72.8%	25	68.8	74.7	78.8	95.7	$13,730	$706	$401	$1,106	$10,592	$2,032	$12,624
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
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
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
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
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)

Frequently Asked Questions about St. James High

What district is St. James High in?

Horry 01

What schools feed into St. James High?

St. James High is fed by the following schools:

Elementary : Burgess Elementary
Elementary : Seaside Elementary
Elementary : St. James Elementary
Middle : St. James Intermediate
Middle : St. James Middle

How many students attend St. James High?

In the 2024-25 school year, 1,826 students attended St. James High.

Is St. James High a good school?

St. James High ranks 24^th of 235 South Carolina high schools. SchoolDigger rates this school 5 stars out of 5.

What is the racial makeup of St. James High?

Students at St. James High are 73% White, 13% Hispanic, 6% African American, 6% Two or more races, 2% Asian.

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