Best Elementary Schools in the Myrtle Beach, SC Area

Are you looking for information on the top public elementary schools in the Myrtle Beach area? Below you'll find rankings on some of the best Myrtle Beach-area elementary schools including Ocean Bay Elementary School, St. James Elementary School, Ocean Drive Elementary School, and Lakewood Elementary School. We also have data to help you compare such top traditional public elementary schools to the area's best charter schools including Palmetto Academy of Learning and Success Charter,

The list below is not meant be used as a definitive guide to which Myrtle Beach-area elementary school would be best for any individual child. For schools that are close to one another in rankings, differences in available data are in most cases very small.

Top Elementary Schools in the Myrtle Beach Area

Rank	School Name	City	School Type	Grades Served
1	Ocean Bay Elementary School	Myrtle Beach, SC	Regular	PK-5
2	St. James Elementary School	Myrtle Beach, SC	Regular	PK-5
3	Ocean Drive Elementary School	North Myrtle Beach, SC	Regular	PK-5
4	Lakewood Elementary School	Myrtle Beach, SC	Regular	PK-5
5	Conway Elementary School	Conway, SC	Regular	PK-5
6	Midland Elementary School	Galivants Ferry, SC	Regular	PK-5
7	Carolina Forest Elementary School	Myrtle Beach, SC	Regular	PK-5
8	Forestbrook Elementary School	Myrtle Beach, SC	Regular	PK-5
9	Burgess Elementary School	Myrtle Beach, SC	Regular	PK-5
10	River Oaks Elementary School	Myrtle Beach, SC	Regular	PK-5
11	Green Sea Floyds Elementary School	Green Sea, SC	Regular	PK-5
12	St. James Intermediate School	Myrtle Beach, SC	Other	4-5
13	Kingston Elementary School	Conway, SC	Regular	PK-5
14	Seaside Elementary School	Garden City, SC	Regular	PK-5
15	Waterway Elementary School	Little River, SC	Regular	PK-5
16	Palmetto Academy of Learning and Success Charter	Myrtle Beach, SC	Charter	K-8
17	Aynor Elementary School	Aynor, SC	Regular	PK-5
18	Palmetto Bays Elementary School	Myrtle Beach, SC	Regular	PK-5
19	Myrtle Beach Intermediate	Myrtle Beach, SC	Regular	4-5
20	Myrtle Beach Elementary School	Myrtle Beach, SC	Regular	2-3
21	Socastee Elementary School	Myrtle Beach, SC	Regular	PK-5
22	South Conway Elementary School	Conway, SC	Regular	PK-5
23	Riverside Elementary School	Little River, SC	Regular	PK-5
24	Waccamaw Elementary School	Conway, SC	Regular	PK-5
25	Pee Dee Elementary School	Conway, SC	Regular	PK-5
26	Daisy Elementary School	Loris, SC	Regular	PK-5
27	Loris Elementary School	Loris, SC	Regular	PK-5
28	Homewood Elementary School	Conway, SC	Regular	PK-5

Rankings for the best elementary schools in the Myrtle Beach area were created independently by Carolina School Hub. The test data for this site was derived from the North Carolina Department of Public Instruction and South Carolina Department of Education.

You can click on a specific school name above for more information on elementary school test scores, student data and more.

Choosing an Elementary School in the Myrtle Beach Area

When comparing regular Myrtle Beach-area elementary schools to charter and magnet schools, one should keep in mind the differences between charter schools, magnet schools and traditional public schools.

Magnet schools are in most cases alternative public schools that offer a specialized curriculum. At the highest level, North and South Carolina magnet schools and traditional elementary schools tend to be managed by the same entity - the county school superintendent's office. Magnet schools normally can accept students from anywhere in the county in which they are located, and often limit the acceptance pool through a lottery system.

Charter schools, on the other hand, are each independently managed. They tend to accept students not only from the county in which they're located, but surrounding counties as well. Like magnets, charters tend to use a lottery-based acceptance method.

Regular elementary schools are sometimes called "zoned schools," "neighborhood schools" or "zip code schools." This is because they accept students from a limited geographical area - such as a town or a specific set of subdivisions. Regular schools do not tend to use a lottery system. Regular elementary schools are the most common kinds of schools in North and South Carolina.

Which Elementary Schools are Covered in the Myrtle Beach Area

We hope you find the ratings and other information on elementary schools in the Myrtle Beach area to be useful. Elementary Schools on this page were drawn from the following counties:

• Horry County, SC