Ocean Bay Elementary School

What Ocean Bay Elementary School does

Ocean Bay Elementary School (OBE) is a public K-5 elementary school operated by the Horry County Schools district, located at 950 International Drive in the Carolina Forest attendance area of Myrtle Beach, South Carolina. Founded in 2006, the school serves approximately 75 faculty and staff (teachers, aides, specialists, support personnel) and enrolls students across its core program and two adjacent programs: a free full-day Child Development offering for 4-year-olds and Early Childhood Special Education (ECSE) classes. The school feeds into Ocean Bay Middle School or Ten Oaks Middle School and operates under the "Learn, Grow, Achieve" motto with a Dolphin mascot identity.

Core services are delivered through a standards-aligned district curriculum augmented by an array of off-the-shelf digital learning platforms — ALEKS, Study Island, Sumdog, Beanstack, and READCamp — all accessed via the district's ClassLink single sign-on. Operational and back-office systems (PowerSchool for grades and attendance, MyPaymentsPlus for Spirit Rock reservations and fees, MySchoolBucks for cafeteria payments) are inherited from Horry County Schools. The school's public-facing web presence (obe.horrycountyschools.net) runs on Finalsite, with Weglot providing six-language translation (Portuguese, Chinese, Vietnamese, Korean, Arabic, Spanish) to support an increasingly diverse parent body. A Library Learning Commons run by a Library Specialist and Media Assistant rounds out the in-school resources.

OBE's economic model is that of a non-commercial public entity: core educational services are funded through the Horry County Schools district budget, state education funding, and federal programs. There is no tuition. Ancillary micro-revenue ($25-per-day Spirit Rock rentals, cafeteria fees, optional YMCA before/after-school care) is de minimis and primarily funds student programs or extends service hours for working families. Distribution is purely district-mediated: students enroll via Horry County Schools' centralized registration based on residence in the Carolina Forest attendance zone. The school targets K-5 students, their families, and, through its pre-K and ECSE arms, 4-year-old learners and students with developmental needs.

Name

Ocean Bay Elementary School

Legal name

Ocean Bay Elementary School

Website

https://obe.horrycountyschools.net

Company type

Private

Founded year

2006

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1–10 employees

Short description

Ocean Bay Elementary School is a public K-5 elementary school in the Carolina Forest area of Myrtle Beach, South Carolina, operated by Horry County Schools. It serves resident students with core academics, a free 4-year-old Child Development program, ECSE services, and YMCA-partnered after-school care.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

K-12 Public Elementary Education

NAICS

Elementary and Secondary Schools (6111)

SIC

Services-Educational Services (8200)

akta.pro primary industry

Public Elementary Schools (EDAJAAAB)

akta.pro secondary industry

Academic/School-Readiness Preschools (EDACABAB)

Keywords

• Elementary education services
• K-5 public schooling
• Child development program
• Special education services
• After school care

Headquarters

HQ city

Myrtle Beach

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Infrastructure, Technology or R&D, Others

Revenue model

1. Public School Funding: Funded through Horry County Schools district budget, state education funding, and federal education programs. The school offers a free full-day Child Development program for 4-year-olds as part of district offerings.
2. Spirit Rock Rentals: The Spirit Rock can be reserved for $25 per day through MyPaymentsPlus. All proceeds fund student programs at OBE.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels2 records

Marketing channels5 records

Core offering

Ocean Bay Elementary School is a public K-5 elementary school providing comprehensive standards-based education to students in the Carolina Forest attendance area of Myrtle Beach, South Carolina. The school also operates a free full-day Child Development program for 4-year-olds, Early Childhood Special Education (ECSE) services, and various extracurricular clubs. It is part of the Horry County Schools district.

Product overview

Ocean Bay Elementary School is a public elementary school serving students in kindergarten through fifth grade, offering a comprehensive educational program that includes core academic instruction, Child Development (pre-K) and Early Childhood Special Education programs. The school provides various extracurricular activities including Art Club, Percussion & Choir, Nature Club, Science Club, and Technology Fair participation. Additional student services include the Library Learning Commons, OBE Reads! summer reading program, Spirit Rock fundraising initiative, and a YMCA-operated after school program. The school integrates with multiple educational technology platforms including ALEKS, Study Island, Sumdog, ClassLink, PowerSchool, My Payments Plus, and MySchoolBucks for administrative and learning purposes.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Core Elementary Education (K-5)
• Child Development Program
• Early Childhood Special Education (ECSE)
• After School Program
• Library Learning Commons
• OBE Reads! Summer Reading Program
• Spirit Rock Program

Quantifiable outcome

• Student Emma named National winner of the READCamp summer reading challenge hosted by Read With Malcolm
• +1 more outcomes

Named customers1 record

Segments4 records

Ideal customer profiles1 record

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Integration12 records

Feature2 records

Partnerships

Four partnerships are on record, tiered core.

• Ocean Bay Middle SchoolcoreOthers · 1 January 2006Feeder school relationship where OBE 5th grade graduates transition to Ocean Bay Middle School as part of the standard attendance pathway in Horry County Schools.
• Ten Oaks Middle SchoolcoreOthers · 1 January 2006Alternative feeder school relationship where OBE 5th grade graduates may transition to Ten Oaks Middle School depending on attendance zone.
• YMCAcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerYMCA provides Afterschool All Stars program at OBE for families requiring before/after school care. PDF information available through school website. This partnership addresses childcare needs for working families.
• Horry County Schools DistrictcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerOBE is part of the Horry County Schools district. The district provides centralized registration, transportation, curriculum standards, Human Resources support, technology infrastructure including ClassLink, PowerSchool, and MyPaymentsPlus systems.

Scale indicators4 records

Recent moves5 records

Expansion highlights3 records

Regional players

• St. James Elementary: Public K-5 elementary in the same Horry County Schools system but in a different (St. James / Pawleys Island) geographic corridor, providing a regional comparable for district-wide K-5 quality benchmarking.
• Riverside Elementary: Another Horry County Schools K-5 campus in a different region of the district, useful as a like-for-like comparison for staffing, programs, and outcomes versus OBE.

Direct peers

• Ocean Drive Elementary: Fellow Horry County Schools elementary on the Myrtle Beach coast offering the same district platform, K-5 program, and feeder pathways as OBE.
• Myrtle Beach Primary School: Primary-level Horry County Schools campus focused on early grades in the same city, providing a directly comparable public school experience for parents in Myrtle Beach.
• Carolina Forest Elementary School: Closest sibling elementary within the same Horry County Schools district serving an adjacent Carolina Forest attendance zone; competes for the same families, staff pool, and district resources as OBE.
• Myrtle Beach Elementary School: Another public K-5 elementary in Horry County Schools operating in the same Myrtle Beach feeder system; offers the same district curriculum, technology stack, and extracurricular model as OBE.
• Forestbrook Elementary: Another Horry County Schools K-5 campus offering an identical district curriculum and technology stack to OBE, operating in a nearby attendance zone.
• Myrtle Beach Early Childhood School: Horry County Schools early-childhood campus that mirrors OBE's Child Development and ECSE pre-K offerings for the same 4-year-old demographic in Myrtle Beach.
• Seaside Elementary: Public K-5 elementary in the same Horry County district competing with OBE for the same coastal Myrtle Beach family demographic.

Broad incumbents

• Academy for the Arts, Science & Technology: Horry County Schools district-wide magnet/academy program that draws top elementary feeders (including OBE graduates) for advanced arts/science focus, representing the same district's broader specialized track.

Market position

Strengths3 records

Weaknesses3 records

Competitive moat3 records

Key risks4 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

• YouTubeyoutube.com/@oceanbay8785
• Facebookfacebook.com/OceanBayElementarySchool
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/ocean-bay-elementary-school

Compliance4 records

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles2 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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