Socastee High School

There are teachers that get away with not teaching. The principal is a bully himself so its no wonder that he allows it to go on with the students. In-effective administration.

We moved here from NJ in June 2017. The school was helpful guiding my incoming freshman daughter select her classes and get registered for the upcoming school year. She decided upon honors classes and I have been extremely happy with the teachers. Anytime I had an question or concern, I emailed the teacher and received a very prompt response. My daughter was given information on classroom policies, ethics and expectations which we both signed. The guidance counselors contact parents regularly with updates via email and schedule meetings with parents and students to help determine classes for upcoming semesters. We are given the opportunity to review our child's grades online as well as being sent emails with progress updates. My daughter elected to be part of SHS Performing Arts production of Beauty and the Beast and is already making friends with cast and crew - all hard working dedicated individuals willing to work hard to make the show a success. There is a dress code. (One of the older reviews was concerned about appropriate clothing. I'm not sure if this is new, but the dress code is strictly enforced and students dressed appropriated.). Although it is a bit of an adjustment moving from the north to the south, my daughter is thriving at SHS. I'm not sure how they come up with the rankings, but I would go much higher than the current rating of 6. I cannot comment on each category (disabilities, bullying) but our experience at SHS has been wonderful. We had a good feeling about the school when we came down and took a tour. The only negative comment I would make is the over-crowding and sometime late arrival of the morning bus. As such, we've decided to drive our daughter to school in the mornings. As for the school itself, everything has been great so far.

I'm a senior there right now and I've enjoyed ever step of the journey

This school doesn't care about anyone who doesn't make the grade. The teachers never reached out to me in any way to offer more help or show concern for my child knowing that he was an honors student and now he is failing.In fact, that was the only contact i received from a teacher on the second to last day of school that he has failed the course for the year.