Riverside graduated 97.3% on time, best in Greenville County. Greer High rose to 89.5%. See each Greer-area school's 2026 rate and report card rating.

All four high schools that serve Greer graduated a larger share of their students on time than South Carolina as a whole this year. Riverside High led every high school in Greenville County at 97.3%.

The state’s four-year graduation rate was 87.5% in 2026. Greer High, the lowest of the four, came in at 89.5%, its best figure in at least four years.

The rates come from the South Carolina Department of Education’s 2025-26 report card data file, released in October. Greenville County Schools published its own results in an Oct. 13 release.

The four schools

High school District 2026 graduation rate 2023 rate 2025-26 rating
Riverside Greenville County Schools 97.3% 93% Excellent, 82 points
Blue Ridge Greenville County Schools 92.3% 84.1% Excellent, 76 points
James F. Byrnes Spartanburg District Five 91.3% 85.5% Excellent, 69 points
Greer High Greenville County Schools 89.5% 82.8% Good, 65 points
Bar chart of 2026 four-year graduation rates: Riverside 97.3%, Blue Ridge 92.3%, Byrnes 91.3%, Greer High 89.5%, against 92.2% for Greenville County Schools and 87.5% for South Carolina.
2026 graduation rates at the four high schools serving Greer. Chart by Greer Times
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Riverside, on Hammett Bridge Road, topped all 15 Greenville County high schools. It also had the district’s highest average SAT score, 1115, the district said. The state rated it Excellent with 82 points, up from 79 last year.

Blue Ridge, on Fews Chapel Road north of the city, graduated 92.3%. That is up from 84.1% in 2024. It was rated Excellent with 76 points.

Byrnes, in Duncan about six miles east of downtown, is the high school for Greer’s Spartanburg County side. It graduated 91.3% and moved up to an Excellent rating, 69 points, from Good the year before.

Greer High, on East Gap Creek Road, is below the Greenville County average of 92.2%. But its rate has climbed every year, from 82.8% in 2023 to 87.9% last year and 89.5% now. It was rated Good with 65 points, one more than last year. The state gave it Excellent marks for college and career readiness and for school climate.

How the districts did

Greenville County Schools’ rate of 92.2% is the highest in its history, the district said. It has set a record three years in a row. The district also said 90.5% of its 2025-26 graduating class met the state’s markers for college or career readiness, the first time it has topped 90%.

Twelve of the district’s 15 high schools beat the state rate.

What it means for you

  • Look up your school. Each school’s page in our Greer public schools guide has its zone, start times, rating and a link to the full state report card.
  • Not sure which high school you’re zoned for? Greer’s Greenville County side splits between Greer, Riverside and Blue Ridge, and the Spartanburg County side goes to Byrnes. The same guide links each district’s address lookup.
  • What the rate measures. It is the share of students who finished within four years of starting ninth grade.