Blue Ridge High, Greer: zone, report card and calendar

Last checked Oct. 16, 2026. Sources: the school’s website; Greenville County Schools’ 2026-27 profile for the school, Find Your School zoning data, 2026-27 calendar and school hours; the S.C. Department of Education’s 2025-26 report card and report card data file; and the federal NCES school directory; the South Carolina High School League’s 2026-28 classification.

Blue Ridge High is a Greenville County Schools high school at 2151 Fews Chapel Road, about 10 miles north of Greer between Highways 101 and 14, according to the district. It has a Greer mailing address and serves the northern end of the Greer area and the rural communities beyond it. It earned an Excellent overall rating, 76 points, on South Carolina’s 2025-26 report card. The building dates from 1986 and was renovated and expanded in 2005, the district’s profile says.

Who to call

• Front office: 864-355-1800, 2151 Fews Chapel Road
• Enrolling a new student: online through a Backpack parent account, as the district’s enrollment page explains. District INFOLine: 864-355-3100
• Which school is my address zoned for? the district’s Find Your School lookup
• Buses: the district’s Transportation Department, 864-355-1289, on the transportation page
• School website: greenville.k12.sc.us/bridgehs

Principal

Principal Ashley Wardlaw, according to the school’s leadership page.

Enrollment and teachers

• State count: 992 students in 2025-26, according to the state’s report card. The district’s 2026-27 profile lists 1,071.
• Federal count: 1,075 students in the 2023-24 school year, with 60 full-time-equivalent teachers, according to the NCES directory. That is about 18 students per teacher.

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, with graduation rate and college and career readiness added for high schools.

2025-26 rating: Excellent, 76 points. On the state’s high school scale, Excellent 67 to 100, Good 60 to 66, Average 51 to 59, Below Average 40 to 50 and Unsatisfactory 39 and below. The school was rated Excellent, with 71 points, on the 2024-25 report card.

• Four-year graduation rate: 92.3% in 2026, after 91.8% in 2025 and 84.1% in 2024 (district: 92.2% in 2026)
• College or career ready: 93.9% of the graduating class (district: 90.5%)
• End-of-course tests, share scoring A, B or C: English 82%, Algebra 89.8%, Biology 66% and U.S. History 56.4%
• AP and dual enrollment: 13.4% of the graduating class met the state’s college-ready mark through AP exams and 21.9% through dual-enrollment courses

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 the district’s Find Your School lookup. The district’s 2026-27 subdivision list for the tool zones 176 named subdivisions for Blue Ridge High, every one of them through Blue Ridge Middle. At the elementary level they come from the Mountain View, Skyland, Tigerville and Gateway elementary zones. Three Blue Ridge Middle subdivisions are zoned for Greer High instead. The list covers named neighborhoods, not every address, so confirm a specific home in the lookup.

Calendar and school hours

Every Greenville County school follows the district’s 2026-27 student calendar. Coming days off for students:

• Monday, Nov. 2: teacher development day
• Tuesday, Nov. 3: Election Day
• Nov. 25-27: Thanksgiving break
• Friday, Dec. 18: half-day for students
• Dec. 21 to Jan. 1: winter break; Monday, Jan. 4, is a teacher development day
• March 22-26: spring break
• Thursday, May 27, 2027: last day of school, a half-day

Weather closings follow the district’s inclement weather process.

Greenville County high schools run 8:45 a.m. to 3:45 p.m., with half-days ending at 1:15 p.m., according to the district’s school hours page.

Programs

The district’s profile lists 14 Advanced Placement courses, a dual-credit program and the Teacher Cadet program through Greenville Technical College, Project Lead the Way, an Air Force JROTC unit, FFA with an agriculture shop and greenhouse, HOSA and FBLA, and the J. Harley Bonds Career Center and Satellite Diploma programs.

Sports and activities

Blue Ridge is a Class 3A school in Region 3 for the South Carolina High School League’s 2026-28 classification, with Broome, Chapman, Christ Church and Union County, according to the SCHSL reclassification lookup. The Tigers’ athletics website lists teams including football, volleyball, girls flag football, competitive cheer, basketball, baseball, softball, soccer, girls lacrosse, tennis, golf, track, cross country and wrestling.

Schedules and results are in our Friday night football guide and on our scoreboard.

More

• The school’s website and the district’s school profile
• 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 Blue Ridge High serve?

Blue Ridge High serves ninth grade through 12th grade.

What is Blue Ridge High’s school rating?

Blue Ridge High was rated Excellent, with 76 points, on South Carolina’s 2025-26 school report card, released in October 2026.

Which middle school feeds Blue Ridge High?

Blue Ridge Middle on East Tyger Bridge Road, according to the district’s Find Your School zoning data.

What time does Blue Ridge High start?

8:45 a.m., with dismissal at 3:45 p.m., the district’s hours for every Greenville County high school.