Mcbee High, Mcbee SC - Test Scores & Data

Original Research by School Decision on Mcbee High

McBee High serves grades six through twelve in a single building in the small, rural town of McBee, South Carolina, a place known for its agricultural roots and especially peach production. The school sits on the town's west side near the junction of two highways, roughly halfway between Charlotte and Myrtle Beach. The town itself has a close-knit, low-density character, with a traditional main street along US 1 and community life that centers on annual festivals, the recreational complex, and the historic depot that houses the library and railroad museum.

The student body reflects the surrounding community. While the school does not report data on students with disabilities or English learners, it does report that every enrolled student qualifies for free or reduced-price lunch, indicating a high level of economic need across the school. The racial and ethnic composition is predominantly white, with a meaningful share of Black students and a smaller but present Hispanic population.

Academically, the picture is mixed, and a parent should look closely at the differences between subjects. In English language arts, the school posts results that are solid across the middle grades, with a majority of students in sixth and seventh grade meeting the state's proficiency bar on SC Ready, while eighth grade comes in just below the halfway mark. Science results for sixth grade are also in that middle range, with just under half of students scoring proficient. In math, however, the numbers are significantly lower. Across all three tested middle grades, only a modest share of students reach the proficient level, with the highest rate coming in sixth grade and the lowest in seventh grade. This is a soft spot that a family with a student who struggles in math would want to explore further with the school to understand what support is available.

Because the data contains only a single year of test results for most subjects, there is no way to see whether performance is improving or declining. Social studies results are a single point from several years ago and on an older test, so they offer no reliable current picture. The school does not report high school state assessments or a graduation rate within this data, though the school does serve grades eleven and twelve. A family considering this school for high school should ask the school directly about its graduation rate and how students perform on high school end-of-course exams.

The school operates as a regular public school within the Chesterfield 01 district. The district brief turned up little in the way of recent, lasting changes, so a parent would need to ask the school or district about current initiatives, staffing, and program offerings. The comparison data for Chesterfield County is too limited to place this school's performance against its neighbors; the county contains only a single district in this dataset, so no meaningful peer comparison was possible.

For a family, the key takeaway is that McBee High offers a stable, small-school setting in a rural community with high economic need. Its English language arts and science results are in the mid-range, while math proficiency is an area of clear concern. The school's size means attention is personal, but a parent should seek out specific information on math intervention, high school programming, and post-graduation outcomes before making a decision.

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Academic performance

State test results and graduation outcomes.

Graduation rate (ACGR)

90-94%Cohort of 74 students · Class of 2021

The federal source publishes a banded range instead of an exact rate when the graduating cohort is small enough that an exact number could risk identifying individual students.

How this school compares to all schools in this state

Each dot is one school’s SY 2020-21 graduation rate, binned by integer rate. Taller columns mean more schools at that rate. This school is highlighted.

241 schools plotted. 4 additional schools' rates are federally suppressed and not shown. Data: EDFacts SY 2020-21.

Math

Grade 623%

School 23% · District 23%

▼ 10 pts below state median

Grade 716%

School 16% · District 16%

▼ 12 pts below state median

Grade 817%

School 17% · District 12% · ▲ 6 pts above district

▼ 9 pts below state median

English language arts

Grade 661%

School 61% · District 48% · ▲ 12 pts above district

▲ 8 pts above state median

Grade 757%

School 57% · District 49% · ▲ 8 pts above district

▲ 1 pts above state median

Grade 849%

School 49% · District 44% · ▲ 5 pts above district

▼ 4 pts below state median

Science

Grade 647%

School 47% · District 39% · ▲ 8 pts above district

▲ 4 pts above state median

Social studies

Grade 761%

School 61% · District 44% · ▲ 17 pts above district

▼ 4 pts below state median

This schoolChesterfield 01, same grade

Graduation rate (ACGR) reflects the federally published Adjusted Cohort Graduation Rate for the most recent year available. We refresh this data annually at the close of each academic year in June. The federal source publishes a banded rate (for example, "90-94%") instead of an exact number for cohorts small enough to risk identifying individual students. The state distribution chart, where shown, plots every school in the state with a published rate or band; schools whose rate is federally suppressed are excluded. Where the federal source publishes a band rather than an exact rate, the school is placed within its band using a stable, ID-derived offset, so its position is consistent across visits.

Proficiency by household income

English language arts

Grade 6Lower-income52%Higher-income78%26 pp gap

Grade 7Lower-income53%Higher-income70%17 pp gap

Mathematics

Grade 6Lower-income17%Higher-income39%22 pp gap

Grade 7Lower-income13%Higher-income25%12 pp gap