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Waccamaw High School

Serves grades 9 - 12

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Raw data sources:
  • Test Scores: Edfacts (U.S. Department of Education), State departments of education.
  • Expenditures: National Center for Education Statistics.
  • Educational Environment: American Community Survey (U.S. Census Bureau).
Date(s) & Update Frequency:
  • Test data: Reflects 2023 – 2024 school year.
  • Expenditures: 2022
  • Educational Environment: 2023 (latest available). Updated annually.
  • All data updated June 2025

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School Overview

Address
2412 Kings River Road
Pawleys Island, SC 29585
Phone
(843) 237-9899
District
Georgetown 01
County
GEORGETOWN COUNTY
Type of School
Regular elementary or secondary
Magnet School
No
Charter School
No
Students Enrolled
846
Classroom Teachers
59

School Quality Ratings

School Quality Compared to South Carolina

6

(10 is best)

Better than 57.2% of all SC schools.

School Quality Compared to U.S.

6

(10 is best)

Waccamaw High School Test Scores (No Child Left Behind Tests)

Grade 10

70 60 50 40 30 20 10 0
80 60 40 20 0
34%
33%
62%
47%
6%
20%
34%
33%
62%
47%
6%
20%
    Proficiency in Reading and Math
    Proficiency in Reading
    Proficiency in Math
School
State

Class Size (number of students per classroom teacher)

17.5 15 12.5 10 7.5 5 2.5 0
14
12
14
16
    AVG FOR THIS SCHOOL
    AVG FOR DISTRICT
    AVG FOR STATE
    AVG FOR NATION
SCHOOL ENROLLMENT BY GRADE NUMBER OF STUDENTS PERCENTAGE
Grade 9 218 25.8%
Grade 10 203 24.0%
Grade 11 227 26.8%
Grade 12 198 23.4%
Total 846 100%

School enrollment by group

Ethnic/Racial Groups This School This District This State
White (non-hispanic) 78.1% 49.0% 50.3%
Black 15.6% 42.5% 33.1%
Hispanic 5.3% 8.0% 14.2%
Asian Or Pacific Islander 0.7% 0.4% 2.0%
American Indian Or Native Of Alaska 0.2% 0.2% 0.4%
Economic Groups This School This District This State
Economically disadvantaged 41.4% 85.5% 69.6%
Free lunch eligible 36.9% 83.9% 67.0%
Reduced lunch eligible 4.5% 1.6% 2.6%
POPULATION DISTRICT FOR THIS SCHOOL STATE
POPULATION 64,200 5,373,555
POPULATION DENSITY (per sq. mile) 78.9 177
POPULATION DISTRIBUTION BY AGE DISTRICT FOR THIS SCHOOL STATE
4 YEARS OLD AND BELOW 4.1% 5.5%
5-19 YEARS OLD 15.0% 18.9%
20-44 YEARS OLD 23.8% 31.7%
45-64 YEARS OLD 27.3% 25.5%
65 OR OLDER 29.8% 18.5%
HOUSEHOLD CHARACTERISTICS DISTRICT FOR THIS SCHOOL STATE
Number Of Households 26,593 2,070,390
Single Parent Households With Children 5.4% 8.5%
Adults With At Least A High School Diploma 91.9% 89.6%
Adults With At Least A Bachelor's Degree 32.5% 31.5%
HOUSEHOLD INCOME DISTRIBUTION DISTRICT FOR THIS SCHOOL STATE
$150,000 or more 16.4% 15.7%
$100,000 - $149,999 15.1% 16.1%
$75,000 - $99,999 11.4% 12.9%
$50,000 - $74,999 20.7% 17.2%
$30,000 - $49,999 15.2% 16.4%
$15,000 - $29,999 12.1% 11.7%
$15,000 or less 9.3% 9.9%

Education Expenditures

For this District Per Student Total % of Total
Instructional Expenditures $7,640 $63,832,000 40.8%
Support Expenditures
Student $1,130 $9,439,925 6.0%
Staff $1,083 $9,045,000 5.8%
General Administration $161 $1,345,000 0.9%
School Administration $1,038 $8,670,000 5.5%
Operation $1,685 $14,082,000 9.0%
Transportation $440 $3,676,075 2.3%
Other $737 $6,155,000 3.9%
Total Support $6,273 $52,413,000 33.5%
Non-instructional Expenditures $4,835 $40,397,000 25.8%
Total Expenditures $18,748 $156,642,000 100.0%
For the State Per Student Total % of Total
Instructional Expenditures $7,367 $5,848,387,000 46.7%
Support Expenditures
Student $995 $789,839,477 6.3%
Staff $764 $606,664,000 4.8%
General Administration $111 $87,785,000 0.7%
School Administration $820 $650,716,000 5.2%
Operation $1,215 $964,420,000 7.7%
Transportation $438 $347,940,523 2.8%
Other $587 $466,129,000 3.7%
Total Support $4,930 $3,913,494,000 31.2%
Non-instructional Expenditures $3,491 $2,771,207,000 22.1%
Total Expenditures $15,788 $12,533,088,000 100.0%
For the Nation Per Student Total % of Total
Instructional Expenditures $9,169 $453,314,948,000 49.6%
Support Expenditures
Student $1,031 $50,976,033,477 5.6%
Staff $799 $39,519,417,000 4.3%
General Administration $308 $15,224,255,000 1.7%
School Administration $850 $42,029,112,000 4.6%
Operation $1,430 $70,704,769,000 7.7%
Transportation $613 $30,295,759,523 3.3%
Other $623 $30,798,344,000 3.4%
Total Support $5,654 $279,547,690,000 30.6%
Non-instructional Expenditures $3,675 $181,697,172,000 19.9%
Total Expenditures $18,499 $914,559,810,000 100.0%

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