James F. Byrnes High, 150 E. Main St., Duncan: the high school for Greer's Spartanburg County side, 3,218 students, rated Excellent (69).

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; the S.C. Department of Education’s 2025-26 report card and report card data file; the federal NCES school directory; and the South Carolina High School League’s 2026-28 classification.

James F. Byrnes High, at 150 E. Main St. in Duncan, about six miles east of downtown Greer, is the high school for homes on Greer’s Spartanburg County side. That part of the city is in Spartanburg District Five, not Greenville County Schools. The federal directory lists Byrnes and its ninth-grade James Byrnes Freshman Academy, 100 Rowe St., Duncan, as the district’s only high schools. Byrnes earned an Excellent overall rating, 69 points, on South Carolina’s 2025-26 report card, and the school’s website says it was built in 1955.

Who to call
Address 150 E. Main St., Duncan, SC 29334
Phone 864-949-2355
Grades 9 to 12 (ninth grade at the Freshman Academy)
District Spartanburg District Five
Mascot Rebels
School hours 8:15 a.m. to 3:30 p.m.
State school ID 4205043

Principal

The state’s 2025-26 report card lists Erin Greenway as principal. We did not find the school’s own administration page.

Enrollment and teachers

  • State count: 3,218 students in 2025-26, according to the state’s report card.
  • Federal count: 2,315 students at the main campus in the 2023-24 school year, with 123 full-time-equivalent teachers, about 19 students per teacher, according to the NCES directory. The directory counts the Freshman Academy separately: 810 ninth graders and 49 teachers.

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, 69 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 Good, with 64 points, on the 2024-25 report card; the school’s website announced the new rating on Oct. 14.

Indicator 2025-26 rating
Academic achievement Excellent
Preparing for success Average
Graduation rate Excellent
College and career readiness Excellent
English learners’ progress Below Average
School climate Good
  • Four-year graduation rate: 91.3% in 2026, after 91.2% in 2025 and 91.1% in 2024
  • College or career ready: 79.7% of the graduating class
  • End-of-course tests, share scoring A, B or C: English 73.5%, Algebra 85.4%, Biology 51.3% and U.S. History 53.3%
  • AP and dual enrollment: 14.1% of the graduating class met the state’s college-ready mark through AP exams and 13.7% 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 Spartanburg District Five’s attendance lines lookup. Every Greer address zoned for Spartanburg District Five goes to Byrnes for high school, since it is the district’s only high school. The addresses we checked for our Abner Creek neighborhood guide, south of I-85, were zoned for Abner Creek Academy, Abner Creek Middle and Byrnes. Which county a Greer home sits in decides the district: most of the city is in Greenville County and zoned for Greer High, Riverside High or Blue Ridge High.

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 3:30 p.m., with early-release half-days ending at 12:30 p.m., according to the district’s start and dismissal times.

Programs

The school’s academics page says Byrnes is an AVID school. Its news page lists a FAFSA information night from 6 to 7 p.m. Tuesday, Oct. 20, in the Fine Arts Center, and says the Class of 2027 graduates on Nixon Field at the school on Thursday, May 27, 2027, at 7:30 p.m.

Sports and activities

Byrnes is a Class 5A school in Region 1 for the South Carolina High School League’s 2026-28 classification, with Eastside, Hillcrest, J.L. Mann, Mauldin and Woodmont, according to the SCHSL reclassification lookup. The Rebels play football on Nixon Field.

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

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Frequently asked questions

What high school do Greer’s Spartanburg County homes go to?

James F. Byrnes High in Duncan, Spartanburg District Five’s only high school. Ninth graders attend its Freshman Academy at 100 Rowe St.

What is Byrnes High’s school rating?

Byrnes High was rated Excellent, with 69 points, on South Carolina’s 2025-26 school report card, up from Good the year before.

What time does Byrnes High start?

8:15 a.m., with dismissal at 3:30 p.m., according to Spartanburg District Five.

Which middle schools feed Byrnes High?

Every Spartanburg District Five middle school feeds Byrnes, including Abner Creek Middle on Gin House Road in Greer.