Carolina Forest High
Myrtle Beach, SC · High School · Grades 9-12
Carolina Forest High is a high school in Myrtle Beach, SC with 3,059 students enrolled and a 54% proficiency rate. Part of Horry 01. NCES data from the U.S. Department of Education.
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About This School
Carolina Forest High is a high school located in Myrtle Beach, South Carolina. The school serves 3,059 students in grades 9-12. The student-to-teacher ratio is 19.6:1.
According to EDFacts assessment data, 54% of students meet grade-level proficiency standards in combined math and reading. The school reports a 80% graduation rate.
58% of students qualify for free or reduced-price lunch.
Carolina Forest High is part of the Horry 01 in South Carolina. The school receives Title I federal funding.
How This School Compares
Carolina Forest High has 3,059 students enrolled, making it larger than the average school in Horry 01 (861 students). Its 54% proficiency rate is 13 percentage points above the district average of 41%. Compared to the South Carolina state average of 40%, the school performs 14 points higher.
Frequently Asked Questions
Carolina Forest High has 3,059 students enrolled in grades 9-12. The student-to-teacher ratio is 19.6:1.
According to EDFacts data, 54% of students at Carolina Forest High meet grade-level proficiency standards in combined math and reading assessments.
Carolina Forest High has a 80% graduation rate, measuring the percentage of students who graduate within four years.
Carolina Forest High is part of the Horry 01 in Myrtle Beach, South Carolina. You can view all schools in this district on the district page.
All data on this page comes from the National Center for Education Statistics (NCES) Common Core of Data and EDFacts assessment results. These are official federal datasets published by the U.S. Department of Education.
School profiles are built from NCES directory data and EDFacts assessment results. Proficiency rates reflect combined math and reading performance. Graduation rates are reported for high schools with available data.
For this entity, the underlying data on this page comes from NCES Common Core of Data and EDFacts. The breakdown above is the federal record; the paragraphs below add the per-entity context that makes the headline numbers usable for a real decision rather than just a data lookup.
Every number on this page links back to NCES Common Core of Data and EDFacts; the methodology page describes the inputs, refresh cadence, and known limitations of the underlying data product.
For readers using this page as a decision input, the related-entity pages elsewhere on the site provide the comparison set. The most useful comparison for this entity is typically a peer within U.S. public schools and districts with similar size, similar exposure, or similar geography — not the national-level summary alone.
Source: NCES Common Core of Data, 2026.