Abner Creek Middle, 221 Gin House Road: a District Five school for grades 6-8, 711 students in 2025-26, rated Excellent (57 points).
Last checked Oct. 16, 2026. Sources: the school’s website; Spartanburg District Five’s school start and dismissal times, 2026-27 calendar (PDF) and attendance lines lookup; and the S.C. Department of Education’s 2025-26 report card and report card data file.
Abner Creek Middle is a Spartanburg District Five middle school at 221 Gin House Road, on Greer’s Spartanburg County side south of I-85. It opened in August 2024, according to the principal’s welcome on the school’s website, and earned an Excellent overall rating, 57 points, on South Carolina’s 2025-26 report card. It is the only Spartanburg District Five school with a Greer mailing address.
Who to call
- Front office: 864-949-2392, 221 Gin House Road
- District office: Spartanburg District Five, 100 N. Danzler Road, Duncan, 864-949-2350
- Which school is my address zoned for? the district’s attendance lines lookup
- School website: spart5.net/o/acms
| Address | 221 Gin House Road, Greer, SC 29651 |
| Phone | 864-949-2392 |
| Grades | 6 to 8 |
| District | Spartanburg District Five |
| School hours | 8:15 a.m. to 3:20 p.m. |
| State school ID | 4205097 |
Principal
Principal Phillip Dean, according to the school’s welcome page.
Enrollment and teachers
- State count: 711 students in 2025-26, according to the state’s report card.
- The federal NCES directory’s latest year, 2023-24, predates the school’s opening, so it has no federal enrollment or teacher count yet.
State report card
South Carolina rates every public school each fall as Excellent, Good, Average, Below Average or Unsatisfactory. The state’s report card site says Excellent means school performance substantially exceeds the criteria to ensure all students meet the Profile of the SC Graduate. The overall rating is built from indicators such as academic achievement, preparing for success, student progress, English learners’ progress and school climate.
2025-26 rating: Excellent, 57 points. On the state’s middle school scale, Excellent 56 to 100, Good 48 to 55, Average 36 to 47, Below Average 29 to 35 and Unsatisfactory 28 and below. It was rated Good on its first report card, for 2024-25.
| Indicator | 2025-26 rating |
|---|---|
| Academic achievement | Good |
| Preparing for success | Average |
| Student progress | Excellent |
| English learners’ progress | Below Average |
| School climate | Good |
- SC READY, share meeting or exceeding expectations: English language arts 69% and math 53.9%
- SC PASS science, share meeting or exceeding expectations: 58.7%
The full 2025-26 report card, with results by student group, teacher data, safety and spending, is on the state’s SC School Report Cards site. The state released the 2025-26 report cards in October 2026.
Attendance zone
Check an address in Spartanburg District Five’s attendance lines lookup. Every residential address we checked for our Abner Creek neighborhood guide was zoned for Abner Creek Academy, 2050 Abner Creek Road, Duncan, for elementary school, Abner Creek Middle, and James F. Byrnes High in Duncan, the district’s only high school. Most of Greer is in Greenville County and zoned for Greenville County middle schools instead.
Calendar and school hours
Spartanburg District Five posts its 2026-27 school-year calendar (PDF). Coming dates:
- Monday, Nov. 2: staff development or make-up day
- Tuesday, Nov. 3: Election Day holiday
- Nov. 25-27: Thanksgiving holidays
- Friday, Dec. 18: student half-day, end of the first semester
- Dec. 21 to Jan. 1: winter holidays; Monday, Jan. 4, is a staff development or make-up day
- Feb. 15-19: midwinter break
- April 5-9: spring break
- Friday, May 28, 2027: last student day, a half-day
The district says days missed for bad weather are made up through e-learning days, teacher workdays or at the end of the year.
School hours: 8:15 a.m. to 3:20 p.m., with early-release half-days ending at noon, according to the district’s start and dismissal times. The school’s website lists an after-school program for 2026-27.
More
- The school’s website and the district’s website
- Every public school in Greer, with zones and report cards
- Our Greer schools guide for the district calendar, enrollment and the school board
Frequently asked questions
What grades does Abner Creek Middle serve?
Abner Creek Middle serves sixth through eighth grade.
What is Abner Creek Middle’s school rating?
Abner Creek Middle was rated Excellent, with 57 points, on South Carolina’s 2025-26 school report card, released in October 2026.
Which high school does Abner Creek Middle feed into?
James F. Byrnes High in Duncan, Spartanburg District Five’s only high school.
What time does Abner Creek Middle start?
8:15 a.m., with dismissal at 3:20 p.m., according to Spartanburg District Five.
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