Alta Vista, south of downtown by Cleveland Park, has about 900 homes in ZIPs 29601 and 29605, zoned for Hughes Academy and mostly Greenville High.

Last checked Oct. 16, 2026. Sources: the City of Greenville’s neighborhood association list and GIS layers (National Register sites, address points, parks, trails); Greenville County Schools’ Find Your School; the state’s 2025 school report cards; Zillow Research; Greenlink’s published GTFS schedule; and OpenStreetMap.

Alta Vista is a residential area south of downtown, between Augusta Street and Cleveland Park, made up mostly of single-family houses. The city lists an Alta Vista Neighborhood Association among its neighborhood associations. Two houses in the area are on the National Register of Historic Places.

What this means for you

  • Zoned high school: Greenville Senior High Academy for 33 of the 40 addresses we checked, J.L. Mann for the rest. Confirm yours with Find Your School.
  • Home value: $571,299 in ZIP 29601 and $298,298 in ZIP 29605 in September 2026, according to the Zillow Home Value Index.
  • Nearest interstate exit: I-385 exit 42 (U.S. 276, Stone Avenue), about 2 miles by road.

Part of our Greenville neighborhoods guide.

Where it is

The city does not draw a boundary for Alta Vista, so this guide uses the Alta Vista place point in OpenStreetMap and the area within about 0.45 miles of it inside city limits, leaving out areas with their own pages. That is about 0.6 square miles with roughly 900 residential addresses in the city’s address file: about 660 single-family houses and about 240 apartment, condo or townhouse units. About 74% are in ZIP code 29601 and 26% in 29605. All are inside city limits, so the city provides police, fire and trash service. The city’s Fire Station 3, the Augusta Road Station, is at 20 E. Faris Road, by the area.

National Register listings inside it, from the city’s National Register layer:

  • Lanneau-Norwood House, listed July 1, 1982.
  • T.Q. Donaldson House, listed Sept. 4, 1980.

Schools

We looked up 40 residential addresses spread across the area in Greenville County Schools’ Find Your School tool for the 2026-27 school year. Ratings are the overall ratings on the 2025 state report cards.

Level School Addresses 2025 rating
High Greenville Senior High Academy, 1 Vardry St. 33 Excellent
High J.L. Mann High Academy, 160 Fairforest Way 7 Excellent
Middle Hughes Academy, 122 DeOyley Ave. 40 Good
Elementary Sara Collins Elementary, 1200 Parkins Mill Road 29 Excellent
Elementary Augusta Circle Elementary, 100 Winyah St. 10 Excellent
Elementary Blythe Academy, 100 Blythe Drive 1 Good

The state’s scale runs Excellent, Good, Average, Below Average and Unsatisfactory. Because the elementary and high school zones split inside the area, look up the exact address. More in our schools guide.

Home values

The typical home value in ZIP 29601 was $571,299 in September 2026, up 0.76% from $567,010 in September 2025, according to the Zillow Home Value Index. In 29605, which covers the southern quarter of the area and much of the south side, it was $298,298, up 3.17%. The index is a modeled typical value for the middle third of homes, not a sale price, and both ZIP codes reach well beyond Alta Vista. The citywide figure was $328,460. More in our home prices guide.

Parks and trails

  • Watts Park, 210 Cleveland St., inside the area. See the city’s park page.
  • Henry Bacon McKoy Park, 19 Afton Ave., inside the area. See the city’s park page.
  • Cleveland Park, 150 Cleveland Park Drive, along the eastern edge, with the Swamp Rabbit Trail and the Cleveland Park Trail on the city’s trail map. Cancer Survivors Park, 52 Cleveland St., is about a quarter mile away.

More in our parks and trails guide.

Getting around

  • Interstate: I-385 exit 42 (U.S. 276, Stone Avenue), about 2 miles by road, or I-85 exit 46 (Augusta Road, Mauldin Road), about 3.5 miles, by the exit numbers in OpenStreetMap.
  • Downtown: about 1.7 miles by road to Main Street at Washington Street.
  • Airport: about 15 miles by road to GSP International Airport. These are distances on the OpenStreetMap road network, measured with the OSRM routing engine, not drive times.
  • Greenlink: no route stops inside the area; Route 501 Pleasantburg stops just outside it, according to Greenlink’s published schedule data.

More in our getting around guide.

Groceries and everyday stores

From OpenStreetMap, on Augusta Street just west of the area: Harris Teeter, 1720 Augusta St.; Walgreens, 2018 Augusta St.; and CVS Pharmacy, 2100 Augusta St.

How we drew this area

Alta Vista has no official boundary. We used the OpenStreetMap place point and a radius of about 0.45 miles, inside city limits, minus the areas that have their own pages. Counts and ZIP codes come from the city’s address points; school counts from 40 addresses checked in Find Your School on Oct. 16, 2026. Store and place locations are © OpenStreetMap contributors.

Frequently asked questions

Is Alta Vista in Greenville a good place to live?

Here are the facts. Alta Vista is a mostly single-family area south of downtown next to Cleveland Park, with about 900 residential addresses. Every address we checked is zoned for Hughes Academy, rated Good on the 2025 state report card, and 33 of 40 for Greenville Senior High Academy, rated Excellent. Zillow put the typical value in ZIP 29601 at $571,299 in September 2026.

What high school is Alta Vista Greenville zoned for?

Greenville Senior High Academy for 33 of the 40 addresses we checked in Find Your School for 2026-27, and J.L. Mann High Academy for the other seven. Both were rated Excellent in 2025.

What ZIP code is Alta Vista in Greenville?

Mostly 29601. About a quarter of the residential addresses, on the southern side, are in 29605.

What parks are near Alta Vista?

Watts Park, 210 Cleveland St., and Henry Bacon McKoy Park, 19 Afton Ave., are inside the area, and Cleveland Park and the Swamp Rabbit Trail run along its eastern edge.