Photo: Phoebe · CC BY-SA 4.0Pawleys Island’s public schools
Georgetown County School District has no state test or graduation results we can use, so there is no Schools grade for Pawleys Island. Each school below is shown with its own results.
Tests spring 2022, when 100% of students in South Carolina’s tested grades sat them, and the class of 2023’s graduation rate (U.S. Department of Education). How TownRatings grades schools
Pawleys Island’s schools, in brief
School by school
7 of Pawleys Island’s 17 district schools with test results score above the middle of South Carolina’s 1,072 public schools. Waccamaw High places highest (better than 88%); Plantersville Elementary Digital Immersion School lowest (2%). See the path ↓
Which school depends on your street
Nine elementary schools serve Pawleys Island, graded from D− to A, so it’s worth checking the specific school. Then four middle schools and four high schools: Georgetown High, Waccamaw High, Andrews High and Carvers Bay Early College and Career High. See the path ↓
Written from the figures on this page. Tests are from 2021–22, graduation from the class of 2023; each school’s own letter uses 2020–21 results.
Where will my kid go?
Pick a grade. These are the public schools in Pawleys Island, with each school’s own grade.
Which school depends on your address. To confirm it, ask the Georgetown County School District.
The district
Spending and class size are shown but don’t count toward the grade. Each district’s own page has every school.
Well below the state in reading
Pawleys Island vs. its neighbors
Schools grades for the South Carolina towns that share Pawleys Island’s borders.
| Town | Schools | Main districts |
|---|---|---|
| Pawleys Island | — | Georgetown County |
Every school in Pawleys Island
17 schools. Each public school’s letter compares its own 2020–21 reading and math results with South Carolina’s other public schools (the newest school-level results we have).
Questions about Pawleys Island’s schools
Are Pawleys Island’s schools good?
There’s no Schools grade for Pawleys Island. Georgetown County School District has no state test or graduation results we can use, so there is no Schools grade for Pawleys Island. Each school below is shown with its own results. School by school, 7 of its 17 district schools with test results score above the middle of South Carolina’s public schools on their 2020–21 results.
What school district is Pawleys Island in?
Georgetown County School District.
Where do Pawleys Island kids go to high school?
One of four high schools, depending on your address: Georgetown High, Waccamaw High, Andrews High and Carvers Bay Early College and Career High.
Parents talk
What Pawleys Island families are saying about school.
Looking for colleges? Colleges near Pawleys Island → They have their own page.
School data: state test results (2021–22, with participation) and four-year graduation rates (class of 2023) reported to the U.S. Department of Education (EDFacts via ED Data Express); each school’s own letter uses its 2020–21 results (EDFacts via the Urban Institute); schools and enrollment from NCES (2024–25; private schools 2023–24); spending from the Census Bureau’s school finance survey (FY2024). Stars are from neighbors.