Berea High, Greenville: zone, report card and calendar

Last checked Oct. 16, 2026. Sources: the school’s website; its administration page; Greenville County Schools’ Find Your School lookup and subdivision list; 2026-27 calendar and school hours; the S.C. Department of Education’s 2025-26 report card data; the federal NCES school directory; the Census Bureau’s city boundary; the South Carolina High School League’s 2026-28 reclassification and the school’s athletics site.

Berea High, on Burdine Drive, has a Greenville mailing address but sits outside the city limits in the unincorporated Berea area, according to the Census Bureau’s boundaries. Its zone reaches a small part of the city. It was rated Average, with 57 points, on South Carolina’s 2025-26 report card, and the school’s graduation rate rose to 85.8% for the class of 2026, from 77.6% a year earlier.

Who to call

• Front office: 864-355-1600, 201 Burdine Drive
• School website: greenville.k12.sc.us/bereah/
• Enrolling a new student: online through a Backpack parent account; forms are on the district’s enrollment page. District InfoLine: 864-355-3100
• Which school is my address zoned for? the district’s Find Your School lookup
• Buses: the district’s transportation page

Principal

Principal Mike Noel, according to the school’s administration page.

Enrollment and teachers

• State count: 1,131 students in the 2025-26 school year, according to the state’s report card data.
• Federal count: 1,296 students in the 2023-24 school year, with 70 full-time-equivalent teachers, according to the NCES directory. That is about 19 students per teacher.

State report card

South Carolina rates every public school each year as Excellent, Good, Average, Below Average or Unsatisfactory. 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, according to the state’s report card site and the Education Oversight Committee’s accountability manuals.

2025-26 rating: Average, 57 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. An Average rating means school performance “meets the criteria to ensure all students meet the Profile of the SC Graduate.”

• End-of-course tests, share scoring A, B or C: English 55.3%, Algebra 31.9%, Biology 38.6% and U.S. History 39.8% (district: 72.9%, 80%, 56.7% and 58.9%)
• Four-year graduation rate: 85.8% for the class of 2026, after 77.6% in 2025 and 78.4% in 2024 (Greenville County Schools: 92.2%)
• College or career ready: 83.8% of the 2026 graduating class (district: 90.5%)
• College-ready routes: 6.6% through AP exams and 5.3% through dual-enrollment courses, among 2026 graduates

The full report card, with results by student group, teacher data, school safety and spending, is on the state’s SC School Report Cards site. The state published the 2025-26 ratings in October 2026.

Attendance zone

Check an address with the district’s Find Your School lookup. Greenville County Schools assigns students by subdivision, apartment complex and street address, and zones do not follow the city limits.

We ran 222 addresses spread across Greenville’s city limits through the lookup on Oct. 16; 6 were zoned for Berea High.

In the district’s 2026-27 subdivision list, the Berea High zone takes in streets zoned for Berea Middle, Lakeview Middle and League Academy for middle school, most often the first named. The elementary zones in it are Armstrong Elementary, Berea Elementary, Paul L Dunbar Child Development Center, Duncan Chapel Elementary, Monaview Elementary, Westcliffe Elementary, Stone Academy, A.J. Whittenberg Elementary, Alexander Elementary, Summit Drive Elementary, Cherrydale Elementary and Hollis Academy.

Calendar and school hours

Berea High follows Greenville County Schools’ 2026-27 calendar. Coming dates from the district’s calendar file (all district calendars are on its calendars page):

• Monday, Nov. 2: no school for students (teacher development day)
• Tuesday, Nov. 3: Election Day, student holiday
• Nov. 25-27: Thanksgiving break
• Friday, Dec. 18: half day, end of the second quarter
• Dec. 21 to Jan. 1: winter break; Monday, Jan. 4, is a teacher development day, so students return Tuesday, Jan. 5

School hours: 8:45 a.m. to 3:45 p.m. for all Greenville County high schools, according to the district’s school hours page. Half days end at 1:15 p.m.

Sports and activities

Berea is a Class 3A school in Region 1 for the South Carolina High School League’s 2026-28 classification, with Daniel, Pickens, Seneca, Southside and Walhalla, according to the SCHSL reclassification lookup.

The school’s athletics website, bereahsathleticzone.com, lists teams in baseball, basketball, competitive cheer, cross country, flag football, football, golf, soccer, softball, swimming, tennis, volleyball and wrestling, with boys and girls teams in most of them.

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

More

• The district’s profile of Berea High
• Every public school in Greenville, with zones and report cards
• Our Greenville schools guide for the district calendar, enrollment and the school board
• Friday night football and the scoreboard

Frequently asked questions

What grades does Berea High serve?

Berea High serves ninth through 12th grade, according to Greenville County Schools.

What is Berea High’s state report card rating?

Berea High was rated Average, with 57 points, on South Carolina’s 2025-26 school report card, published in October 2026.

Which middle schools feed Berea High?

In the district’s 2026-27 subdivision list, streets zoned for Berea Middle, Lakeview Middle and League Academy go on to Berea High; check an exact address with Find Your School.

What time does Berea High start?

Classes run 8:45 a.m. to 3:45 p.m., the hours Greenville County Schools sets for all its high schools.