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Schools/Checked Nov. 1, 2026

Find your zoned school and enroll on the Grand Strand

Horry County Schools and Brunswick County Schools have official lookups where you type your address to find your zoned school; Georgetown County School District registers students online. Each district's registration page lists the documents it asks for. Source: each district.

Dates checked on Nov. 1, 2026 against each district's published calendar. Districts can change days off and make-up days; the district always wins.

Moving here? Find your zoned school and enroll

Step 1: find your zoned school. Your home address sets it. Horry and Brunswick have an official lookup where you type your address. Georgetown doesn't post an address lookup: ask the district office which school serves your address (843-436-7000, the number on the district's 2026-27 calendar), then use its online registration.

Step 2: gather the child's birth certificate and shot records, and proof that you live in the district, since residency decides where your child enrolls. Step 3: register online or at the school, as your district's registration page explains. To ask for a different school than your zoned one, use the district's transfer process.

South Carolina (Horry and Georgetown): a child can start kindergarten if they turn 5 on or before Sept 1 of that school year, and first grade if they turn 6 by Sept 1 (S.C. Code 59-63-20). A child attends free in the district where the parent or guardian they live with resides (59-63-30). Schools need a South Carolina Certificate of Immunization; a transfer student waiting for records can get a one-time special exemption valid for 30 calendar days from enrollment (44-29-180).

North Carolina (Brunswick): kindergarten if the child turns 5 on or before Aug 31. A first-time enrollee needs a certified copy of the birth certificate (or other accepted proof of age) and an immunization certificate (G.S. 115C-364). If shots are missing on the first day, you have 30 calendar days to get them (G.S. 130A-155), and 30 calendar days to turn in the health assessment form, from an exam done no more than 12 months before entry (G.S. 130A-440).

Source: S.C. Code Title 59, Chapter 63: school age and residency (59-63-20, 59-63-30); S.C. Code 44-29-180: immunization certificates for school; N.C. G.S. 115C-364: kindergarten age and documents for first-time enrollment; N.C. G.S. 130A-155: immunization certificate, 30 days; N.C. G.S. 130A-440: health assessment for school entry; each district's own pages.

Parents, help keep this guide right

  • Calendar changed? If your district moves a day off or a make-up day, tell us the date and where it was announced. We check it against the district. Send it.
  • School event open to the public? Plays, fairs and fundraisers can go on our events calendar. Send it.

What readers send is checked by our editors and published as "Reader reports", apart from the official calendars. We never publish your email, and we don't publish names or photos of students.

Sources

Data for AI and developers: llms.txt and school-calendar.csv.