Carolina Forest High School
The anchor of District 3 — a COGNIA STEM-certified, U.S. News-recognized high school that every neighborhood here is building toward.
- COGNIA STEM-certified school
- U.S. News & World Report Best High Schools 2025–26
- Project Lead the Way (PLTW) Distinguished Program
- Advanced Placement and PACE dual enrollment
- NJROTC and Career & Technology programs
📍 700 Gardner Lacy Road, Myrtle Beach, SC 29579
Carolina Forest High School, home of the Panthers, is the high school at the center of District 3 — the school every elementary and middle school in the area is building toward.
Recognition and rigor
It is a COGNIA STEM-certified school, named to U.S. News & World Report's Best High Schools 2025–26, and a Project Lead the Way Distinguished Program. Students have real pathways: Advanced Placement courses, PACE dual enrollment for college credit, a Career & Technology program, and NJROTC — options for both college-bound rigor and hands-on, career-focused learning.
Because it's the school the whole district feeds into, the years that lead up to it matter just as much as the diploma at the end.