Buena Vista Elementary, 310 S. Batesville Road: grades K-5, 817 students in 2025-26, rated Excellent (72 points) on the state report card.
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.
Buena Vista Elementary is a Greenville County Schools elementary school at 310 S. Batesville Road, beside the Sugar Creek subdivision, according to the district, with a Greer mailing address. It earned an Excellent overall rating, 72 points, on South Carolina’s 2025-26 report card, with Excellent marks for academic achievement and preparing for success.
Who to call
- Front office: 864-355-2200, 310 S. Batesville 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/bvista
| Address | 310 S. Batesville Road, Greer, SC 29650 |
| Phone | 864-355-2200 |
| Grades | 5K to 5 |
| District | Greenville County Schools |
| School hours | 7:45 a.m. to 2:15 p.m. |
| State school ID | 2301093 |
Principal
Principal David Burgess, according to the school’s administration page, which lists him as Dave Burgess.
Enrollment and teachers
- State count: 817 students in 2025-26, according to the state’s report card. The district’s 2026-27 profile lists 834.
- Federal count: 837 students in the 2023-24 school year, with 50 full-time-equivalent teachers, according to the NCES directory. That is about 17 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.
2025-26 rating: Excellent, 72 points. On the state’s elementary scale, Excellent 61 to 100, Good 53 to 60, Average 42 to 52, Below Average 34 to 41 and Unsatisfactory 33 and below. The school was rated Excellent, with 75 points, on the 2024-25 report card.
| Indicator | 2025-26 rating |
|---|---|
| Academic achievement | Excellent |
| Preparing for success | Excellent |
| Student progress | Good |
| English learners’ progress | Good |
| School climate | Good |
- SC READY, share meeting or exceeding expectations: English language arts 86.6% and math 84.4% (district: 68.8% and 57.4%)
- SC PASS science, share meeting or exceeding expectations: 91.4% (district: 63.9%)
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. In the district’s 2026-27 subdivision list for the tool, Buena Vista’s 51 named subdivisions all go on to Riverside High or Eastside High, but through two middle schools: 19 through Riverside Middle to Riverside High, 24 through Northwood Middle in Taylors to Riverside High, and eight through Northwood Middle to Eastside High. 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 elementary schools run 7:45 a.m. to 2:15 p.m., with half-days ending at 11:45 a.m., according to the district’s school hours page.
Programs
The district’s profile lists one-to-one student devices at every grade, a STEAM science lab, 3D printers, Lego robotics, an extended day program and the BVTV morning news program.
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 Buena Vista Elementary serve?
Buena Vista Elementary serves five-year-old kindergarten through fifth grade.
What is Buena Vista Elementary’s school rating?
Buena Vista Elementary was rated Excellent, with 72 points, on South Carolina’s 2025-26 school report card, released in October 2026.
Which middle and high school does Buena Vista Elementary feed into?
Most Buena Vista neighborhoods go to Riverside Middle or Northwood Middle and then Riverside High; a few are zoned for Northwood Middle and Eastside High, according to the district’s Find Your School data.
What time does Buena Vista Elementary start?
7:45 a.m., with dismissal at 2:15 p.m., the district’s hours for Greenville County elementary schools.
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