Skyland Elementary, 4221 Highway 14 North: grades 4K-5, 756 students in 2025-26, rated Good (60 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.
Skyland Elementary is a Greenville County Schools elementary school at 4221 Highway 14 North, about eight miles north of Greer, according to the district. It has a Greer mailing address and earned a Good overall rating, 60 points, on South Carolina’s 2025-26 report card, one point below the Excellent line, with Excellent marks for academic achievement and preparing for success.
Who to call
- Front office: 864-355-7200, 4221 Highway 14 North
- 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/skyland
| Address | 4221 Highway 14 North, Greer, SC 29651 |
| Phone | 864-355-7200 |
| Grades | 4K to 5 |
| District | Greenville County Schools |
| School hours | 7:45 a.m. to 2:15 p.m. |
| State school ID | 2301083 |
Principal
Principal Leah Stafford, according to the school’s principal page, which says she joined Skyland in 2019.
Enrollment and teachers
- State count: 756 students in 2025-26, according to the state’s report card. The district’s 2026-27 profile lists 761.
- Federal count: 752 students in the 2023-24 school year, with 51 full-time-equivalent teachers, according to the NCES directory. That is about 15 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 Good means school performance 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: Good, 60 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 62 points, on the 2024-25 report card.
| Indicator | 2025-26 rating |
|---|---|
| Academic achievement | Excellent |
| Preparing for success | Excellent |
| Student progress | Average |
| English learners’ progress | Below Average |
| School climate | Good |
- SC READY, share meeting or exceeding expectations: English language arts 89% and math 81.6% (district: 68.8% and 57.4%)
- SC PASS science, share meeting or exceeding expectations: 81.8% (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. Skyland’s zone splits between two high schools. In the district’s 2026-27 subdivision list for the tool, 55 of its 69 named subdivisions go on to Blue Ridge Middle and Blue Ridge High, 12 to Greer Middle and Greer High, and two to Blue Ridge Middle and then Greer 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 a National Blue Ribbon School award, a STEAM lab with a 3D printer, arts integration through the SMART Arts program, a gifted and talented program, a robotics club, Latin club and a student-produced TV news broadcast.
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 Skyland Elementary serve?
Skyland Elementary serves four-year-old kindergarten through fifth grade, according to the district.
What is Skyland Elementary’s school rating?
Skyland Elementary was rated Good, with 60 points, on South Carolina’s 2025-26 school report card, released in October 2026.
Which middle and high school does Skyland Elementary feed into?
Most Skyland neighborhoods go to Blue Ridge Middle and Blue Ridge High; some go to Greer Middle and Greer High, according to the district’s Find Your School data.
What time does Skyland 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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