High school
Socastee High School 4900 Socastee Boulevard
29588
United States
School type Public secondary School district Horry County Schools Superintendent Rick Maxey CEEB code 411470 Principal Jeremy Rich Staff 90.50 (FTE)[1] Grades 9–12 Gender Coeducation Enrollment 1,657 (2020–21)[1] Student to teacher ratio 18.31[1] Campus type Suburban Color(s) Black and gold Slogan "Once a Brave always a Brave" Team name SHS Braves Publication Spindles Literary Magazine Newspaper The Native Voice Yearbook The Chief Feeder schools Forestbrook Middle, Socastee Middle, Forestbrook Elementary, Lakewood Elementary, Socastee Elementary Website www.horrycountyschools.net/Socastee_High_School
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.[2]
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 , cross country and men's tennis.[citation needed
Awards and recognition
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]
Notable alumni
Kiera Cass , writer of young adult fiction , best known for The Selection Series Chris Lemonis , college baseball coach[5] Adena Leibman, Senior Advisor to the Under Secretary of Commerce for Oceans and Atmosphere for NOAA [6]
Wendi Nix , anchor and sports reporter for ESPN Hunter Renfrow , NFL wide receiver and two-time CFP National Champion with the Clemson Tigers Thad Viers , former Republican South Carolina Representative for District 68Heather Ammons Crawford , South Carolina State Representative for District 68Jill Dudley, SHS 2017 Alumna, the 85th Miss South Carolina. 
