St. Michael Catholic School
542 Cypress Ave, Murrells Inlet, SC 29576Open, per Google (checked Sep 20, 2026)
Key facts
- Tuition
- On the school’s website
- Grades
- PreK-6
- Students (K-12)
- 83
- Students per teacher
- 8.7
- Affiliation
- Roman Catholic
- From Myrtle Beach center
- 10.8 miles
Can you use ESTF here?
✓ On the official South Carolina Education Scholarship Trust Fund list
- State list
- Includes this school
- Applying
- Closed for 2026-27. For 2027-28, renewals and siblings of current students apply first (that window opens November 1), new priority applicants follow from January 15, and other eligible students after that. Join the waitlist to hear the exact dates.
Source: the official list, dated September 28, 2026.
What you would pay here
- Net cost
- Not worked out: no verified 2026-27 tuition yet. See the school’s tuition page
School facts
- Teachers
- 11
- Student body
- Coeducational
- Diocese
- Diocese of Charleston, SC
- Boys and girls
- 55% boys, 45% girls
- Setting
- Suburb
- School facts, kindergarten to grade 12: U.S. Department of Education, NCES Private School Survey 2023-24, read September 20, 2026.
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Students and school year
Enrollment over time
- 2019-20 to 2023-24
- 71 to 83, up 12 (17%)
- Path
- Grew in each survey (82 in 2021-22)
Students by grade, 2023-24 (pre-K is not in the K-12 count)
- Largest grade
- Grade 3 and grade 5 (15 each)
- Smallest grade
- Grade 4 (8)
- Average a grade
- About 12
The school year
- Days in the school year
- 180
- Length of the school day
- 7 hours
- Hours of school a year
- about 1,260
- Kindergarten
- Full day, 5 days a week
- Classes, 2023-24
- In person
- Library or media center
- Yes
- Year, against South Carolina
- Same as the median of the 271 private schools we list
- School day, against South Carolina
- About the median of 7 hours (274 schools we list)
How it compares
- Students per teacher
- 8.7 here; median 8.3 at 69 SC elementary schools
- Size in Horry County
- Larger than 5 of 11 other schools we list
Student body, 2023-24
Shares of K-12 students by race and ethnicity, as NCES reports them.
- Grades, school year and student body: U.S. Department of Education, NCES Private School Survey 2023-24, read September 20, 2026.
- Earlier counts: NCES Private School Survey 2019-20 and 2021-22, read October 14, 2026.
- Comparisons: the private schools ChoiceFunded lists, as of this page’s last update.
St. Michael Catholic School tuition, and what ESTF pays
- Published tuition
- On the school’s own tuition page (found October 11, 2026)
- Nearby schools’ prices
- $6,000 to $11,579 a year, published by 2 private schools nearby. School by school
South Carolina Education Scholarship Trust Fund Education savings account
- Award
- $7,634 per student for 2026-27
- How it varies
- Paid quarterly.
Figures read from each program’s official pages, October 7, 2026. Sources and how to apply
What would you pay at St. Michael Catholic School?
Use $0 or more.
Tuition and fees ESTF pays You pay per year Spread over 10 months
- Ask the school
- Its full-year tuition and required fees; whether it still takes Education Scholarship Trust Fund for 2026-27; its application deadline. More questions to ask
Tuition at nearby private schools
| School | Published tuition | Year | Miles |
|---|---|---|---|
| Calvary Christian School | $6,000 to $6,500 | 2026-27 | 5.4 |
| Christian Academy of Myrtle Beach | $8,074 to $11,579 | 2026-27 | 10.9 |
Each figure was read on that school's own website. Ranges run from the lowest to the highest grade band.
Other private schools nearby
| School | Grades | Students | Miles |
|---|---|---|---|
| Coastal Christian Academy | Not in the federal survey | 3 | |
| Calvary Christian School ✓ | PreK-12 | 330 | 5 |
| Palmetto Pointe Academy ✓ | On the state list; not in the federal survey | 9 | |
| Anoor Academy ✓ | On the state list; not in the federal survey | 10 | |
| Christian Academy of Myrtle Beach ✓ | K-12 | 497 | 11 |
| All Saints Classical Christian School ✓ | PreK-2 | 37 | 11 |
| Chabad Jewish Academy | K-8 | 75 | 11 |
| Montessori School of Pawleys Island | PreK-K | 11 | 12 |
On the program’s official list Other private schools
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- South Carolina Education Scholarship Trust Fund: amount and eligibility
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