Public schools in Simpsonville, SC

Simpsonville has 16 public schools with a 2024-25 address in the city: 3 high, 4 middle, 9 elementary, enrolling 15,427 students. They are run by 3 districts and agencies; Greenville County Schools runs 14 of them.

NCES Common Core of Data 2024-25: schools open that year with enrollment · method

The 3 districts and agencies that run Simpsonville's public schools

Each district decides who can enroll where; its page holds its schools, spending and teachers.

DistrictSchools in SimpsonvilleDistrict students, fall 2022Spending per student, FY23
Greenville County Schools1477,978$12,375
Charter Institute at Erskine122,535$20,062
South Carolina Public Charter School District117,601$23,863

Source: NCES Common Core of Data 2024-25: school location city and operating agency; NCES F-33 fiscal year 2022-23: district fall membership and current spending per student. Schools on a city's edge can serve students from outside it.

3 high schools in Simpsonville, 2,795 students

SchoolStudents 2024‑25Per teacherFree lunchDistrict
Hillcrest High1,89419.149.1%Greenville County Schools
Brashier Middle College Charter High51117.64.3%Charter Institute at Erskine
GREEN Upstate High School39011.521.0%South Carolina Public Charter

Source: NCES Common Core of Data 2024-25 (membership, staff, lunch); level from the directory. All free (CEP): every student eats free under the Community Eligibility Provision, so the school reports no free-lunch count.

4 middle schools in Simpsonville, 3,615 students

SchoolStudents 2024‑25Per teacherFree lunchDistrict
Hillcrest Middle98917.844.2%Greenville County Schools
Bryson Middle94116.871.7%Greenville County Schools
Mauldin Middle92217.148.5%Greenville County Schools
Ralph Chandler Middle76316.845.4%Greenville County Schools

Source: NCES Common Core of Data 2024-25 (membership, staff, lunch); level from the directory. All free (CEP): every student eats free under the Community Eligibility Provision, so the school reports no free-lunch count.

9 elementary schools in Simpsonville, 9,017 students

SchoolStudents 2024‑25Per teacherFree lunchDistrict
Ruldolph G. Gordon School at Jones Mill1,62116.930.6%Greenville County Schools
Bryson Elementary1,03817.261.3%Greenville County Schools
Mauldin Elementary1,03616.568.6%Greenville County Schools
Plain Elementary97517.346.9%Greenville County Schools
Bethel Elementary91516.046.5%Greenville County Schools
Oakview Elementary88717.424.6%Greenville County Schools
Bell's Crossing Elementary87716.028.4%Greenville County Schools
Monarch Elementary87016.621.8%Greenville County Schools
Simpsonville Elementary79816.462.2%Greenville County Schools

Source: NCES Common Core of Data 2024-25 (membership, staff, lunch); level from the directory. All free (CEP): every student eats free under the Community Eligibility Provision, so the school reports no free-lunch count.

How Simpsonville's public schools compare with South Carolina's

The median Simpsonville school has 16.9 students per full-time teacher, more than the South Carolina median of 13.8. 0% of its schools ran a schoolwide Title I program in 2021-22, against 50% across the state. Its median school enrolls 919 students (state 554).

Simpsonville against South Carolina, schools open in 2024-25 with students
SimpsonvilleSouth Carolina
Median students per teacher16.913.8
Median school size (students)919554
Schools with a schoolwide Title I program (2021-22)0%50%
Schools where every student eats free (CEP)63%54%
Charter schools13%6.5%

Source: NCES Common Core of Data 2024-25 (membership, staff, lunch program, charter status; the 16 Simpsonville schools and the 1,183 South Carolina schools open that year with students); Title I status CCD 2021-22. Students per teacher counts 2024-25 teachers and ratios from 3 to 99.

What to look at next in Simpsonville

  1. Greenville County SchoolsRuns 14 of Simpsonville's 16 public schools and spent $12,375 per student in fiscal year 2022-23.$12,375
  2. Hillcrest High, the largest high school in Simpsonville1,894 students in 2024-25, 19.1 per teacher.1,894
  3. Compare Greenville County Schools with Charter Institute at ErskineSimpsonville's two largest operators side by side: enrollment, spending and schools.
  4. The largest public schools in South CarolinaSouth Carolina's 50 largest schools open in 2024-25, by enrollment.
  5. Find the school district for a Simpsonville addressA home's district, not its city, decides which public schools it can enroll in.

Source: NCES Common Core of Data 2024-25 (schools and their operating agencies); NCES F-33 finance survey, fiscal year 2022-23 (spending per student).

Choosing among them: how to choose a school district with the federal data, and what a Title I school is.

Other cities in South Carolina

  1. Columbia74 schools
  2. Greenville49 schools
  3. Charleston31 schools
  4. North Charleston29 schools
  5. Spartanburg28 schools
  6. Rock Hill26 schools
  7. Summerville26 schools
  8. Myrtle Beach25 schools

Questions about schools in Simpsonville

  1. How many public schools are in Simpsonville, SC?
    16 public schools with an address in Simpsonville were open in 2024-25: 3 high, 4 middle, 9 elementary, enrolling 15,427 students. 2 are charter schools.
  2. What is the largest high school in Simpsonville?
    Hillcrest High, with 1,894 students in 2024-25 (Greenville County Schools).
  3. Which districts run Simpsonville's schools?
    Greenville County Schools (14 schools), Charter Institute at Erskine (1 school), South Carolina Public Charter School District (1 school). A school's district, not its city, decides who can enroll.

These figures are for information and are not a substitute for the district's enrollment office, which confirms the school a home is assigned to.

Sources

Source: NCES Common Core of Data School directory, membership, staff and lunch files · 2024-25

Source: NCES Common Core of Data Public school search (the official record of each school) · 2024-25

Compiled from official source data by .