📍 8900 Highway 544, Myrtle Beach, Horry County, 29588
Palmetto Bays Elementary is a State/Public serving elementary age pupils, located in Myrtle Beach, Horry County. The school has 594 pupils enrolled. It is part of the Horry 01 school district. It serves grades Pre-K–5 in a rural setting. The school employs 43 full-time-equivalent teachers, a student-teacher ratio of 13.8:1. 48% of students are proficient in reading. 41% are proficient in maths. Technology infrastructure includes fiber internet, campus-wide Wi-Fi.
Palmetto Bays Elementary enrolls 594 students across grades Pre-K–5. The student body is 53% male and 47% female. A teaching staff of 43 full-time-equivalent teachers supports the school, giving a student-teacher ratio of 13.8:1.
By race and ethnicity, the student body is 43% White, 34% Hispanic or Latino and 15% Black or African American.
| Race / ethnicity | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| White | 258 | 43% |
| Hispanic or Latino | 199 | 34% |
| Black or African American | 89 | 15% |
| Two or more races | 35 | 5.9% |
| Asian | 10 | 1.7% |
| American Indian or Alaska Native | 3 | <1% |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data.
594 of the school's 594 students (100%) qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. Of these, 594 qualify for free lunch and 0 for a reduced price. Free and reduced-price lunch eligibility is a widely used indicator of the share of students from lower-income households.
Palmetto Bays Elementary is located in a rural setting (NCES locale: Rural, Fringe). Virtual instruction: Supplemental Virtual. The school runs a schoolwide Title I program, which provides federal funding to support students from low-income families. For civic and policy purposes, the school sits in congressional district SC-70, state senate district 33, state house district 68.
Palmetto Bays Elementary is one of 57 schools in Horry 01, based in Conway, South Carolina. The district serves 48,662 students district-wide and employs 3,242 full-time-equivalent teachers. With 594 students, Palmetto Bays Elementary is smaller than the district average of about 854 students per school.
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Proficiency based on state assessments.
Setting: Rural - Fringe
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