{{short description|High school}} {{pp-pc}} {{Use mdy dates|date=January 2025}} {{Use American English|date=May 2025}} {{Infobox school | name = Socastee High School | logo = Socastee High School Logo.jpg | image = Socastee_High_School.jpg | image_size = 200px | address = 4900 Socastee Boulevard | city = Myrtle Beach, South Carolina | zipcode = 29588 | country = United States | coordinates = | district = Horry County Schools | superintendent = Clifford Jones | principal = Jeremy Rich | staff = 97.00 (FTE)<ref name=NCES/> | faculty = | ceeb = 411470 | avg_class_size = | ratio = 17.65<ref name=NCES/> | gender = Coeducation | schooltype = Public secondary | grades = 9–12 | campus_type = Suburban | athletic_conference = | slogan = "Once a Brave always a Brave" | accreditation = | mascot = | team_name = SHS Braves | colors = Black and gold <br> {{color box|black|border=silver}}{{color box|#CFB53B|border=silver}} | newspaper = ''The Native Voice'' | yearbook = ''The Chief'' | publication = Spindles Literary Magazine | opened = | enrollment = 1,712 (2023–2024)<ref name=NCES>{{cite web|url=https://nces.ed.gov/ccd/schoolsearch/school_detail.asp?Search=1&DistrictID=4502490&SchoolPageNum=4&ID=450249000639|title=Socastee High|publisher=National Center for Education Statistics|accessdate=January 5, 2025}}</ref> | feeder_schools = Forestbrook Middle, Socastee Middle, Forestbrook Elementary, Lakewood Elementary, Socastee Elementary | website = {{URL|https://sh.horrycountyschools.net/}} }}
'''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.
== Academics == 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.<ref>[http://www.ibo.org/school/000958/ Socastee High School], International Baccalaureate Organization. Accessed November 12, 2007.</ref>
== Sports == 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, softball, cross country and men's tennis.{{citation needed|date=December 2021}}
== Awards and recognition == Socastee High School won the 1988 National High School Mock Trial Championship, held in Dallas, Texas.<ref>[http://www.nationalmocktrial.org/history.cfm Participant History & Past National Winners], National High School Mock Trial Championship. Accessed July 1, 2007.</ref>
In 2010, Socastee High School made an appearance in Newsweek magazine's list of America's Best High Schools.<ref name="SHS makes 2010 Newsweek top schools list">{{cite web |url=http://www.scnow.com/news/local/article_cc916cf0-ce05-5596-aba7-d0c9aecf1653.html |title=Socastee High School makes Newsweek magazine tops in U.S. list |date=June 14, 2010 |work=ncnow.com |accessdate=April 26, 2016}}</ref>
==Notable alumni == {{more citations needed|date=December 2021}} * Kiera Cass, writer of young adult fiction, best known for ''The Selection Series'' * Chris Lemonis, college baseball coach<ref>[http://www.thebaseballcube.com/players/profile.asp?ID=20740 Chris Lemonis Player Card]. ''The Baseball Cube''. Retrieved June 2, 2020.</ref> * Wendi Nix, anchor and sports reporter for ESPN * Hunter Renfrow, NFL wide receiver and two-time CFP National Champion with the Clemson Tigers<ref>{{Cite web |date=2014-08-04 |title=Hunter Renfrow |url=https://clemsontigers.com/sports/football/roster/hunter-renfrow/ |access-date=2026-02-17 |website=Clemson Tigers Official Athletics Site |language=en-US}}</ref> * Thad Viers, former Republican South Carolina Representative for District 68 * Heather Ammons Crawford, South Carolina State Representative for District 68
==See also== *List of high schools in South Carolina
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== External links == *{{official website|https://sh.horrycountyschools.net/}} *[https://www.thesunnews.com/2010/09/22/1708846/principal-socastee-student-tweeted.html Socastee High School Shooting] *{{Cite web |first=Eva |last=Botkin-Kowacki |url=https://www.csmonitor.com/USA/Society/2016/0426/Transgender-teen-fights-policy-after-bathroom-related-suspension |title=Transgender teen fights policy after bathroom-related suspension |publisher=Christian Science Monitor |date=April 26, 2016}}
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Category:Public high schools in South Carolina Category:Schools in Horry County, South Carolina Category:International Baccalaureate schools in South Carolina