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HCS Average Report Card Announcement 2025-2026

Waccamaw Elementary Rated Average on State Report Card

Oct 12 2026

School report cards are out, and Waccamaw Elementary earned an Average rating. The SC Department of Education issues school report cards, and the results reflect our students' academic achievement and the school’s environment. While serving a high-need community with a poverty index of 73.6%, Waccamaw Elementary excels at guiding every student toward the standards of the Profile of the SC Graduate.

Schools CLosed graphic for Oct 12 and 13

Reminder - Schools are Closed for Students on Monday and Tuesday, Oct. 12 and 13.

Oct 8 2026

Schools are closed for students on Monday and Tuesday, Oct. 12 and 13. Tuesday, Oct. 13 is a Teacher Workday.

The Superintendent's Reading Challenge (opens in new window/tab)

Sep 3 2026

HCS Superintendent Clifford Jones is once again challenging students to read! If you haven’t already started logging pages on Beanstack, make sure you start soon because, for this year’s Superintendent’s Reading Challenge, HCS is partnering with the Bojangles Foundation to bring amazing prizes to our top readers!

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HCS Outperforms State on Three Major Assessments (opens in new window/tab)

Aug 10 2026

For another consecutive year, Horry County Schools students outperformed state averages on key academic benchmarks. According to results recently released by the South Carolina Department of Education, Horry County Schools students surpassed their peers statewide on three major measures during the past school year.