Socastee High School | |
Streetaddress: | 4900 Socastee Boulevard |
City: | Myrtle Beach, South Carolina |
Zipcode: | 29588 |
Country: | United States |
District: | Horry County Schools |
Superintendent: | Rick Maxey |
Principal: | Jeremy Rich |
Staff: | 97.00 (FTE) |
Ceeb: | 411470 |
Ratio: | 17.72 |
Gender: | Coeducation |
Schooltype: | Public secondary |
Grades: | 9 - 12 |
Campus Type: | Suburban |
Slogan: | "Once a Brave always a Brave" |
Team Name: | SHS Braves |
School Colors: | Black and gold |
Newspaper: | The Native Voice |
Yearbook: | The Chief |
Publication: | Spindles Literary Magazine |
Enrollment: | 1,719 (2022–2023)[1] |
Feeder Schools: | Forestbrook Middle, Socastee Middle, Forestbrook Elementary, Lakewood Elementary, Socastee Elementary |
Socastee High School (abbreviated SHS) is a large, three-story public high school with about 1,700 students located in Socastee, South Carolina in the Myrtle Beach metro area. It is run by Horry County Schools.
Socastee High School currently offers an IB program and several AP courses for advanced students. Socastee offers the IB Diploma Programme, and has been an IB World School since January 1997.[2]
Socastee High currently sponsors these interscholastic teams through its athletic department for both young men and women: wrestling, basketball, athletic training, varsity cheerleading, girls' lacrosse, boys' lacrosse, golf, football, girls' tennis, swimming, volleyball, baseball, cross country and men's tennis.
Socastee High School won the 1988 National High School Mock Trial Championship, held in Dallas, Texas.[3]
In 2010, Socastee High School made an appearance in Newsweek magazine's list of America's Best High Schools.[4]